We performed a comparison between ArcSight Logger and Check Point Security Management based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Log Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."It provides in-depth information on business activities once we log into the system."
"We haven't had any crashes or bugs. It is stable."
"The most valuable feature is the search capability, which is simple to use."
"We check a lot of logs in ArcSight Logger because we're running a massive database platform."
"ArcSight's robustness is its most valuable feature."
"The ability to customize the solution in great detail is its most valuable features. We can customize the use cases and also have the ability to do scripting. We can personalize our dashboard as well. The scalability the solution offers is quite impressive."
"It's an efficient solution."
"In terms of ArcSight Logger's most valuable feature, it is their scalability. ArcSight's real advantage is its scalability because they have two layers, including the logger layer."
"Each department can easily share data with the management without fear of data compromise."
"The support is pretty incredible. Check Point has support rep programs that go all the way up to putting one of their own people in your business to help you. Then, they have support programs. If you're an expert, you just need to be able to download updated files and stuff. They have support programs like that, too."
"The cluster solution made our job easier any fault to the device will not halt entire internet connectivity."
"Key features include the ability to include logs for everything that you do for admin. Also, it has web filtering built in and VPN."
"The intuitive interface also allows new team members to adapt to the technology if they are not familiar with it initially. It doesn't take much for one to familiarize themselves with the product."
"The management API is the best new feature for me. It allows us to further automate our customers' automated server ordering."
"As the security administrator, who is responsible for the day-to-day tasks (e.g. creating new firewall rules, monitoring the security alerts and incidents etc.) and the maintenance (e.g. installing the new Jumbo Hotfixes), I find the Check Point Security Management R80.10 to be the great solution."
"We can easily push the policies to any of our gateways."
"We have had problems with archiving."
"It is really difficult to work in ArcSight Logger, as it is very slow."
"I would rate the technical support only 5 out of 10. The technical support is not satisfactory."
"The console in older versions is not user-friendly."
"You have limited reporting capabilities and I wouldn't choose ArcSight Logger for this purpose."
"I would like to see better scheduling in the next release of this solution."
"I think the ArcSight team should try to simplify legacy products for the customers, because that product is not easy to use or to work with. It needs more more competency or appeal to use. We hope Micro Focus is trying to resolve this."
"The solution could be improved in maintenance settings."
"We'd like to see more and more integration possibilities between Checkpoint and other vendor security solutions such as Malwarebytes, SIEM solution providers, and standalone vulnerability scanners."
"We would like to improve the upgrade process in order to do mass upgrades to firewalls and to be able to upgrade target firewalls at the same time."
"Some costs are ridiculously high."
"Check Point could improve by enhancing the networking in their solution in order to align it with the existing network architecture."
"I would like for users to have more control over the platform in the next release. Right now, the system is very central and general requiring new rules to be created that better-suite our requirements."
"The tool is expensive."
"It would be great if the SmartView Monitor could become integrated into the SmartView Console Platform."
"Sometimes the security system slows down when it is overloaded."
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ArcSight Logger is ranked 28th in Log Management with 31 reviews while Check Point Security Management is ranked 9th in Log Management with 55 reviews. ArcSight Logger is rated 7.8, while Check Point Security Management is rated 8.8. The top reviewer of ArcSight Logger writes "A scalable and stable solution that enables users to see all the event logs in one place". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Check Point Security Management writes "Great DDoS protection, high availability, and useful firewall rule implementation". ArcSight Logger is most compared with Splunk Enterprise Security, IBM Security QRadar, Elastic Security, Wazuh and Graylog, whereas Check Point Security Management is most compared with Wazuh, Fortinet FortiAnalyzer, IBM Security QRadar, LogRhythm SIEM and VMware Aria Operations for Logs. See our ArcSight Logger vs. Check Point Security Management report.
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