TechValidate Research on Cisco Secure Network Analytics

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Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

What other vendors did you evaluate before choosing Secure Network Analytics?

We did not evaluate any other vendor
69%
Darktrace
15%
Plixer
9%
ExtraHop
7%
Vectra AI
5%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

What other vendors did you evaluate before choosing Secure Network Analytics?

Did you evaluate any other vendor(s) before choosing Stealthwatch?

Vectra AI
5%
ExtraHop
7%
Darktrace
15%
Plixer
9%
We did not evaluate any other vendor
69%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

What other vendors did you evaluate before choosing Secure Network Analytics?

Vectra AI
5%
ExtraHop
7%
Plixer
9%
Darktrace
15%
We did not evaluate any other vendor
69%
Other
6%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

When asked “Which of the following IaaS or PaaS vendors does your organization currently use or plan to use in the next 12 months?”, Secure Network Analytics users reported the following:

Microsoft Azure
87%
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
58%
Google Cloud Platform
23%
Oracle Cloud
11%
IBM Cloud
3%
Alibaba Cloud
1%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

What benefits have you experienced by using Cisco Secure Network Analytics in conjunction with Cisco SecureX?

Stealthwatch now comes with SecureX, Cisco’s cloud-native security platform, built-in and it also includes SecureX threat response (formerly Cisco Threat Response or CTR).

Automated detection and response using pre-built workflows or playbooks
21%
Improved confidence in alarms by correlating global intelligence and local context, across all the integrated security solutions
24%
Accelerated threat investigations and incident management using one view
32%
We haven't activated SecureX yet but plan to
59%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

In addition to Cisco Secure Network Analytics, what other Cisco Security products are you currently using?

ISE (Identity Services Engine)
82%
AnyConnect
70%
NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall)
60%
Umbrella
51%
AMP for Endpoints
37%
Email Security
35%
Threat Grid
30%
Duo (Multi-Factor Authentication/MFA)
25%
Tetration
10%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

Secure Network Analytics has reduced the time to detect and respond to threats in our organization by:

80-100%
12%
60-80%
42%
40-60%
29%
20-40%
11%
Less than 20%
6%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

90% of respondents report that Secure Network Analytics improved their confidence in protecting against both internal and external threats

How would you describe your confidence in protecting your organization against internal and external threats now that you have Cisco Stealthwatch deployed as part of your security strategy?

Very significantly improved
21%
Significantly improved
42%
Improved
27%
Somewhat improved
10%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

63% of respondents report Secure Network Analytics significantly improved their ability to protect against internal and external threats

How would you describe your confidence in protecting your organization against internal and external threats now that you have Cisco Stealthwatch deployed as part of your security strategy?

Very significantly improved
21%
Significantly improved
42%
Improved
27%
Somewhat improved
10%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

Cisco Secure Network Analytics enables my organization to:

Get visibility into what devices, users and applications are doing on the network
80%
Detect and prioritize critical threats in real-time
56%
Quickly investigate and respond to threats through contextual alerts and network audit trails
53%
Experience enhanced overall value through integrations with other Cisco solutions
40%
Protect sensitive data and assets
33%
Ensure compliance by modeling and enforcing policies
27%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

Why did you choose Cisco Secure Network Analytics?

Integration with other Cisco solutions
73%
Comprehensive visibility
60%
Efficacy of threat detection
35%
Granularity of information provided within alerts
35%
Ability to analyze encrypted traffic without decryption
34%
Scalable deployment
31%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

84% of customers reduced time to detect threats by at least 40%

Stealthwatch reduced the time to detect and respond to threats in our organization by:

80-100%: 14%
60-80%: 42%
40-60%: 28%
20-40%: 10%
Up to 20%: 6%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

Customers use Cisco Stealthwatch to provide visibility into every part of the extended network.

My organization uses Stealthwatch to gain visibility into:

User behavior
62%
Data center traffic
60%
WAN traffic
58%
Access connectivity
56%
Application bandwidth
39%
Virtualized infrastructure
26%
Mobile device traffic
20%
IoT
16%
Cloud environment and connectivity
12%
Other
6%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

Compared to other security vendors, the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization is more…

Concerned about my success
71%
Innovative
37%
Effortless to work with
49%
Concerned with quality
41%
Cost effective
20%
Comprehensive
29%
Other
2%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

How quickly were you able to recognize time to value from your engagement with Stealthwatch Customer Experience?

Immediately
28%
Less than 30 days
30%
Less than 90 days
16%
Less than 120 days
9%
More than 180 days
2%
Don’t know/not sure
14%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

How quickly were you able to recognize time to value from your engagement with Stealthwatch Customer Experience?

Immediately
24%
Less than 30 days
28%
Less than 90 days
15%
Less than 120 days
7%
More than 180 days
2%
Don’t know/not sure
24%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

The goal of the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization is to help our customers accelerate time to value through our Services and customer engagement. Based on your interaction, how would you describe your success in achieving these results?

Significantly faster time to value
35%
Faster time to value
60%
Slowed my time to value
3%
Not delivered any value
3%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

Our records show that you have engaged with the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization in the past several months (for training, support, professional services, etc.).

In what ways has this engagement helped you improve your use of Stealthwatch?

Helped to increase operational efficiency
50%
Allowed me to detect different types of potential threats on my network
38%
Allowed me to secure more of my network (devices, remote locations, etc.)
38%
Helped me to integrate Stealthwatch with other security tools
38%
Helped me fix/troubleshoot an issue on my network
25%
Allowed me to detect threats faster
13%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

Based upon your interaction with the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization, please rate your likelihood to re-engage with the following services.

Extremely likely Very likely Likely Not at all likely
Learning Services

48%

14%

31%

7%

Professional Services

38%

19%

31%

12%

Support

57%

17%

26%

0%

Customer Success Manager

46%

14%

35%

5%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

Compared to other security vendors, the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization is more…

Concerned about my success
60%
Effortless to work with
48%
Concerned with quality
34%
Innovative
34%
Comprehensive
26%
Cost effective
16%
Other
8%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

Compared to your other security vendors; how would you rate the Stealthwatch Customer Experience team?

Extremely better
28%
Significantly better
26%
Better
26%
Don’t know/not sure
17%
Worse
2%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

The goal of the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization is to help our customers accelerate time to value through our Services and customer engagement. Based on your interaction, how would you describe your success in achieving these results?

Significantly faster time to value
31%
Faster time to value
55%
Not delivered any value
11%
Slowed my time to value
4%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

What has improved as a result of your engagement with the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization?

Network troubleshooting
36%
Overall security posture
35%
Forensic investigations
33%
Network baselining
33%
Real-time threat detection
33%
Incident response
24%
Capacity planning
20%
Compliance
15%
Network segmentation
15%
Other
9%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Experience Customer Research

Our records show that you have engaged with the Stealthwatch Customer Experience organization in the past several months (for training, support, professional services, etc.). In what ways has this engagement helped you improve your use of Stealthwatch?

Helped me fix/troubleshoot an issue on my network
61%
Helped me to integrate Stealthwatch with other security tools
30%
Allowed me to detect different types of potential threats on my network
28%
Helped to increase operational efficiency
26%
Allowed me to detect threats faster
23%
Allowed me to secure more of my network (devices, remote locations, etc.)
18%
Allowed me to expand Stealthwatch to additional roles/teams
16%
Other
12%

Stealthwatch Enterprise Customer Research

Cisco Stealthwatch helps customers improve their security posture.

Provide visibility into what devices, users and applications are using the network
70%
Investigate the source of the threat through network audit trails
62%
Detect and prioritize advanced malicious attacks and insider threats in real-time
59%
Mitigate threats using the existing network infrastructure
40%
Simplify network segmentation by modeling and enforcing policies
31%

Stealthwatch Enterprise Customer Research

Customers use Cisco Stealthwatch to provide visibility into every part of the extended network.

Data centers
69%
Core
66%
Access
65%
Edge
58%
User data
48%
Application usage
41%
Virtualized infrastructure
26%
Mobile devices
19%
IoT devices
14%
Cloud environments
13%

Stealthwatch Enterprise Customer Research

Reasons why customers prefer Cisco Stealthwatch over competitive solutions.

Integration with other Cisco products and technologies
59%
Uses existing network infrastructure
45%
Comprehensive visibility
44%
Advanced security analytics using machine learning and entity modeling
28%
Scalability
27%
Encrypted Traffic Analytics
14%

Stealthwatch Enterprise Customer Research

Challenges faced by customers before deploying Cisco Stealthwatch.

Lack of visibility into a complex network with branches, IoT devices, remote employees and guests, cloud infrastructure, etc.
72%
Detection of insider threats
61%
Lack of a threat investigation and forensic analysis tool
50%
Threat mitigation
46%
Real-time malware detection
43%
Protecting sensitive data
41%
Creating and enforcing segmentation policies
29%
Analyzing encrypted traffic without decryption
27%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

Stealthwatch enables my organization to:

Use the Network as a Sensor
52%
Use the Network as an Enforcer
10%

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Research

Stealthwatch enables my organization to:

Detect threats faster
67%
Secure more areas of the network
43%
Illuminate blind spots in the network
58%
Reduce mean time to dwell for threats on the network
30%
Accelerate incident response
55%
Improve forensic investigations
54%



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