TechValidate Research on SolarWinds Security

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1,756 Customers Surveyed

12,072 Data Points Collected

338 Published TechFacts

16 Published Charts

69 Published Case Studies



Selected Research Highlights


Other products considered before choosing SolarWinds Log & Event Manager?

What other vendors or products did you evaluate before purchasing SolarWinds Log & Event Manager (LEM)?

HP ArcSight
24%
IBM QRadar
10%
McAfee NitroSecurity
18%
LogRhythm
26%
GFI EventsManager
10%
Splunk
48%
AlienVault
12%
EiQ Networks
8%
NetIQ Sentinel
8%
EventTracker
14%
ManageEngine
34%
Other
16%

SolarWinds Log & Event Manager Customer Statement

A large enterprise computer software company collects logs and events from servers, switches, routers, firewalls, storage devices, virtualization infrastructure, and intrusion detection / prevention systems.

Ben Lomand Connect Saves Over $50,000 a Year with Log & Event Manager

Rates SolarWinds Log & Event Manager 9/10 because: “[It is] Easy to use and logging info consolidated in one place.”

Challenges

Network security is the most critical security area for Ben Lomand Connect.

  • Demonstrates PCI-DSS compliance requirements with SolarWinds Log & Event Manager.

Use Case

  • According to Ben Lomand Connect, the three most critical features that will help detect and respond to threats are:
    • Threat intelligence
    • Centralized real-time event detection, correlation & notifications
    • Managing security of USB devices

Results

With Log & Event Manager, Ben Lomand Connect:

  • Saved $50,001 – $100,000, within the past 12 months.
  • Detects < 10 security incidents with LEM every month.

Their favorite feature in LEM is in-depth search and log analysis.

Ben Lomand Connect now feels more prepared to deal with security and compliance issues with Log & Event Manager.

Log & Event Manager Helps Blue Detect Suspicious VPN Attempts

Rates Log & Event Manager 9/10, because of: “Great flexibility in event retrieval.”

On how Log & Event Manager helped identify and deal with a major security incident in the organization: “Multiple VPN attempts from different countries on the same day.”

Challenges

  • For Blue, user activity is the most critical security area.
  • Demonstrates and meets SOX compliance requirements with SolarWinds Log & Event Manager.

Use Case

  • For Blue, the three most critical features that will help detect and respond to threats are:
    • Threat intelligence
    • Centralized real-time event detection, correlation & notifications
    • Anomaly detection

Results

With Log & Event Manager, Blue:

  • Detects 11 – 50 security incidents, every month.
  • Saved $100,001 – $200,000 within the past 12 months.
  • Their favorite Log & Event Manager feature is in-depth search and log analysis.
  • Blue now feels more prepared to deal with security and compliance issues with Log & Event Manager

SolarWinds Log & Event Manager Customer Testimonial

[We purchased SolarWinds Log & Event Manager because] it’s an all-in-one solution.

Marie Karaffa, IT Director, John Roberts Co.

Reasons for Choosing SolarWinds Log & Event Manager

What were the main challenges your organization wanted to solve when purchasing LEM?

Report that we are meeting our compliance requirements to auditors
46%
Meet compliance requirement, for example, by storing log data for a required retention period
50%
Determine whether a security incident has occurred and what happened
68%
Troubleshoot application and network problems
49%
Collect and store log data from all devices in a single place
65%
Protect endpoints by monitoring events, and file and registry changes
30%
Correlate logs and events from network devices, servers, and applications
59%
Other
2%


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About SolarWinds Security

SolarWinds delivers powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use IT security tools to help you monitor, patch, and eliminate security threats and vulnerabilities across your network. Get fast and easy compliance reporting for HIPAA, PCI, SOX, ISO, and more.

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