Cisco Systems

Splunk Enterprise Security

Composite Score

8.4 /10

CX Score

8.4 /10

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What is Splunk Enterprise Security?

Splunk Enterprise makes it simple to collect, analyze and act upon the untapped value of the big data generated by your technology infrastructure, security systems and business applications—giving you the insights to drive operational performance and business results.

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Awards & Recognition

Splunk Enterprise Security won the following awards in the Security Information and Event Management category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

12 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation

2024

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023

8 Top Rated Capabilities

13 Top Rated Features

2023

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

6 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2022

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Product Impact
Conflict Resolution

2022

Splunk Enterprise Security Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

87 Likeliness to Recommend

90 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Splunk Enterprise Security?

3% Negative

8% Neutral

89% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Helps Innovate
Security Protects
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Analytics and Reporting

Log Collection

Security Threat Visibility

Correlation

Data Security and Retention

Scalability and Network Performance

Data Enrichment

Big Data Analytics

Forensic Analysis Support

Incident Management and Remediation

UEBA - User Environment Behavior Analytics (NG)

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Customization

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Implementation

Availability and Quality of Training

Splunk Enterprise Security Reviews

Zachary C.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Government
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jul 2022

Fantastic product, but expensive.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Splunk Enterprise Security from other similar products?

Ease of use

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to use, accurate results.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Splunk is very expensive

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you have the budget splunk is top of the line, but cheaper alternatives do exist.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Charges for Enhancements

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Engineering
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Feb 2022

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Alessandro D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

The first choice when it comes to SIEM

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Splunk Enterprise Security from other similar products?

Splunk is the lightest SIEM out there yet efficient and reliable. Easy to deploy and very scalable, it's the first SIEM everyone should consider

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Splunk is simple yet powerful and it's very customizable and it suits perfectly every needs based on infrastructure.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It can be hard to first approach to its logic, it's very different from other SIEMS and that, when it comes to choose a product, can be disadvantage

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Splunk gives its best when in a lab environment, test out every feature before going in production and you'll find why this is one of the best in its category,

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Acts with Integrity

Cons

Less Transparent

Splunk Enterprise Security

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020 Emotional Footprint Champion

2019 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2018 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Splunk Enterprise Security Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

90 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Splunk Enterprise Security?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Log Collection Collection from firewall and network logs, IDS logs, Windows server logs, web server logs, and various syslog sources.

Security Threat Visibility Integration with security technologies for monitoring, incident analysis, and data enrichment to enable tracking and analysis of related events.

Correlation Analyze real-time telemetry and detect attacks and other activities of interest

Data Security and Retention Access controls to system data, protection of SIEM data, system access monitoring, external storage integration, and efficient data compression.

Scalability and Network Performance The product's ability to scale horizontally and vertically, while employing various methods to reduce any latency impacts from CAN activities.

Data Enrichment Includes the enhancement of the value of internally held data by appending related attributes from external sources .

Big Data Analytics Use of big data analytics through integration into purpose-built big data tools or native capabilities, incorporating advanced security methods.

Forensic Analysis Support Query capabilities with pre-built and custom drill down, pivot, and parsing; includes export functions and event session reconstruction.

Incident Management and Remediation Detection and incident management with preset and customizable remediation capabilities, integration into workflow systems, and optional automatic remediation.

UEBA - User Environment Behavior Analytics (NG) Provides capabilities to profile problematic user behaviors.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Splunk Enterprise Security Reviews

Zachary C.

Fantastic product, but expensive.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Fantastic product!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Alessandro D.

The first choice when it comes to SIEM

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Analytics and Reporting

Log Collection

Security Threat Visibility

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Data Security and Retention

Scalability and Network Performance

Data Enrichment

Big Data Analytics

Forensic Analysis Support

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