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

Reid W.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Oct 2022

Versatile platform applicable in many fields

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Splunk Enterprise Security from other similar products?

Splunk Enterprise Security has proven to be efficacious not only in collecting data and analyzing it, but also in data visualization. Splunk Enterprise Security deals with data from networks, transactions, security, and customer data

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Splunk Enterprise Security extracts virtually alla data types. Essentially, there is no limitation on data type - structured and unstructured, and machine-generated data. It is makes it easy to view queries within the dashboard, edit them, see reports as well as build new visualizations

What do you dislike most about this product?

Data retrieval is a bit slower due to its heavy byte data scale. However, with better sharding it is a little faster. The Splunk query error is very complicated and also very generic for troubleshooting

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Typically, this software captures, indexes, and correlates the data in searchable containers to produce alerts, graphs, and dashboards. Both large and small-sized organizations can deploy Splunk Enterprise Security

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jack F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2022

Well founded solution for rapid investigations

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Splunk Enterprise Security from other similar products?

Splunk ES helps visualize the organization's security posture using predefined dashboards and Custom Glass Table views

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Splunk ES facilitates rapid investigations by offering ad hoc search capabilities alongside static, dynamic, and visual correlations that help detect malicious activities

What do you dislike most about this product?

More flexibility to use all data without using custom connectors or obtaining vendor support to enable free rapid access and analysis of data

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Splunk ES offers capabilities that will help you monitor and detect events from various network and security devices

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2022

Extremely easy to use and overall data output

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Efficient Service
Effective Service

Splunk Enterprise Security

What is 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

Reid W.

Versatile platform applicable in many fields

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jack F.

Well founded solution for rapid investigations

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Extremely easy to use and overall data output

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Log Collection

Security Threat Visibility

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Data Security and Retention

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Data Enrichment

Big Data Analytics

Forensic Analysis Support

Incident Management and Remediation

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