RSA NetWitness Reviews

Few weeks ago, I had an opportunity using the platform. And for what I have found out that its not so complicated after all.

DIdnt find any as of this few weeks using it.

For some security platforms kinda hard to make a playbook. But on this platform I just could create it very quick and run it right away so easily.

We like this tool at the gateway because it allows us to capture network data and transmit it to security and network staff. With that we have visibility, detection of threats and then mitigate them. I also like the friendly, intuitive interface and easy to administer and configure security rules.

We have been using it for a long time and no one has reported any problems with using the RSA NetWitness Network. The tool offers great cost-benefit protection against simple and complex threats.

The RSA NetWitness Network tool is complete. It deals with the recognition and detection of threats, such as responses to security incidents. In addition, he is able to conduct a forensic investigation and analysis. It is always updated frequently, has great support and quality.

1) Easy to use

2) Secure

3) Using RSA you can use your application any where in the word.

4) It has feature to configure at both ANdroid & iOs

5) Good security feature when using specially banking application

6) Access simplifies authentication and credential management, helping to reduce IT support costs. With a conditional-access and risk-based approach, it ensures users are who they say they are and provides the right level of access from any device, across cloud and on-premises applications.

7) Two-Factor Authentication

The RSA token is a physical ‘pen’ that generates a random code every 60 seconds. This code is used, along with the RSA PIN number that you choose, in order to gain authentication for access to an account or server. The RSA token offers a two-factor authentication process that consists of:

‘Something you know’ – A four digit, memorised PIN number.

‘Something you have’ – The physical token, which generates a 6 or 8 digit code every 60 seconds.

8) it does greatly enhance login security. It’s useful for anyone who wants to use two-factor authentication.

9) Deliver convenient, secure access to your extended enterprise with RSA SecurID Access, the leading multi-factor authentication and identity assurance solution. Whether you deploy it as a service in the cloud or on premises, RSA SecurID Access protects both SaaS applications and traditional enterprise resources with a full range of authentication methods and dynamic, risk-driven access policies.

1) Stolen Seeds?

Every RSA SecurID has a unique 128 bit key hardware coded into it, a 128 bit number is very long number, so it’s very hard to brute-force/guess what it is. This key is often referred to as the seed. RSA keep a copy of the seed unless the customer specifically tells them to remove it, RSA’s storage of SecurID seeds is what is suspected to have been compromised. Each SecurID issued to a customer is associated with a customer based RSA SecurID Server, which stores the seed number. The seed is in essence a private key which must be kept secret, even from the user, and is used to generate the challenge response number on the SecurID token, and is used to match it up on SecurID Server.

In simple terms, if an attacker were to know which SecurID token you had, based on the serial number on the back or from the customer site database; and assuming the attacker had the stolen RSA database of serial numbers and seed numbers, the attacker could generate the SecurID number without having possession of SecurID token, which defeats the purpose of two factor authentication.

2) However they are many factors and ‘ifs’ in play, assuming the attacker had the full RSA SecurID database in their possession, to be fully successful the attacker would need to obtain the username, password, remote gateway details and SecurID serial number. Most of this information would need to be collected from the user or from within the customer site. So phishing attacks, social engineering and network attacks are most likely ways to obtain such information, which is why RSA is providing warnings to be on the guard with such attacks.

Used two factor authentication so good for banking application

1) Easy to use

2) Secure

3) Using RSA you can use your application any where in the word.

4) It has feature to configure at both ANdroid & iOs

5) Good security feature when using specially banking application

6) When we forgot the password then need to know the security questions. If we do not know the security questions then there is a long process to reset the PIN.

Calculation, Analytics and Cosmetic view of the application

Sometimes it would be slow and you need to be patient

Make sure. Your try this at least once to get best RSA experience

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Customer Support

Number of Features

Threat correlation

Integration Challenges and Resource demands

Handling multiple environment are able to support multi-tenancy, correlating seemingly unrelated events, providing a more coherent picture of potential security incidents and aiding in the identification of complex attack patterns.

The response speed at GUI for Security Analysis and threat hunting purpose is the best part. Even to fetch the old data for any of the audit purposes it takes just seconds.

I don't like the Hybrid component i.e Hybrid log decoder (Decoder+ Concentrator) as if in case we face problem in any of the component we have to face trouble with other as well. Better to prefer all the standalone component in RSA Netwitness.

It's a one of the good SIEM technology in the market one can opt for

All the technical issues whether it is related to storage, licences, upgrade or any other troubleshooting part I am working upon. The benefits of even getting a issue is that you will get to learn things from that as the RSA support is quite good.

Overall ecosystem Netwitness create with all solutions which enrich each other and make a not so but perfect solution.

Lack of additional apps like Splunk and Qradar

Go for it if you want a evolved SIEM but make sure you give a look to all netwitness products as it can be useful to have right control at place and make single source of truth.

Centralised log monitoring and log correlation.

As a user and part of security team in my company, the platform's ease of use and compact interface is a must on our daily monitoring. This alone is vital in part of investigation and response to any incidents that may arise. Based on my colleague, support team is also helpful and there are resources that is available to the community. Overall a great tool to assist on our job.

It will take some time to get into the familiarity of navigating through the platform. This is not for an entry-level position, but learnings this tool will be a solid help in the future.

This greatly helps in our day-to-day monitoring and response which improves our overall team performance.

1- The visibility RSA NetWitness packet (NDR) provides is brilliant.

2- Easy installation and deployment.

3- The scalability of deployment is very good.

4- The combination of NDR, EDR and Logs in the same interface.

5- Effective technical support.

1- Documentation that is poor.

2- Integration with log sources is limited in comparison with other brands.

3- Building use cases is not easy, and poor built-in use cases.

4- Weak parsing of logs.

5- The user interface is not friendly enough.

6- Respond module requires significant enhancement.

1- Databases stability.

2- Meeting client expectations.

3- Solving contract conflicts.

4- Maintaining the NetWitness service availability.

5- Engaging RSA NetWtiness management to solve complex problems and disputes.

alerts are a powerful tool to notify you of an incident

set up could be complicated , and support it's nota the best

Yes , it's a powerfull tool when it's configured correctly

I use notification about incidents