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About Standing watch, by your side. Intelligent security analytics for your entire enterprise. See and stop threats before they cause harm, with SIEM reinvented for a modern world. Microsoft Sentinel is your birds-eye view across the enterprise. Put the cloud and large-scale intelligence from decades of Microsoft security experience to work. Make your threat detection and response smarter and faster with artificial intelligence (AI). Eliminate security infrastructure setup and maintenance, and elastically scale to meet your security needs—while reducing IT costs. Collect data at cloud scale—across all users, devices, applications, and infrastructure, both on-premises and in multiple clouds. Detect previously uncovered threats and minimize false positives using analytics and unparalleled threat intelligence from Microsoft. Investigate threats with AI and hunt suspicious activities at scale, tapping into decades of cybersecurity work at Microsoft.	About NetWitness Platform brings together evolved SIEM and threat defense solutions that deliver unsurpassed visibility, analytics and automated response capabilities. These combined capabilities help security teams work more efficiently and effectively, up-leveling their threat hunting skills and enabling them to investigate and respond to threats faster, across their organization’s entire infrastructure—whether in the cloud, on premises or virtual. Gives security teams the visibility they need to detect sophisticated threats hiding in today’s complex, hybrid IT infrastructures. Analytics, machine learning, and orchestration and automation capabilities make it easier for analysts to prioritize and investigate threats faster. Detects attacks in a fraction of the time of other platforms and connects incidents to expose the full attack scope. NetWitness Platform accelerates threat detection and response by collecting and analyzing data across more capture points.
Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported	Platforms Supported Windows Not Supported Mac Not Supported Linux Not Supported Cloud Supported On-Premises Not Supported iPhone Not Supported iPad Not Supported Android Not Supported Chromebook Not Supported
Audience IT security teams	Audience IT security teams looking for an accelerated threat detection and response from endpoint to the cloud to rapidly detect targeted attacks
Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported	Support Phone Support Supported 24/7 Live Support Supported Online Supported
API Offers API Supported	API Offers API Not Supported
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Pricing Logs from Microsoft 365 are ingested for free. Free Version Supported Free Trial Supported	Pricing No information available. Free Version Not Supported Free Trial Not Supported
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Pros & Cons from Real Users Pros Seamlessly integrates with other Microsoft services such as Azure and Office 365, leveraging existing infrastructure and familiarity. Utilizes AI and machine learning to detect and respond to advanced threats quickly. Scales effectively to meet the needs of both small businesses and large enterprises, handling vast amounts of data efficiently. Provides automation capabilities for incident response and remediation, improving efficiency and reducing manual effort. Helps organizations meet compliance requirements with built-in tools and capabilities. Built on Azure, Microsoft Sentinel scales effortlessly to handle increasing log volumes without requiring on-premises infrastructure upgrades Deep integration with M365, Azure Active Directory, Defender for Endpoint, and mdCloud enhances security monitoring across endpoints, identities, and workloads Sentinel collects and correlates data from a wide range of sources, including third-party solutions, using connectors. Integration with threat intelligence feeds enhances its detection capabilities Supports KQL (Kusto Query Language) for custom query creation, giving analysts flexibility in analyzing and visualizing log data Sentinel leverages built-in AI and ML to identify anomalies, detect threats, and reduce false positives. Customizable analytics rules allow security teams to focus on relevant alerts Cons Users may face a learning curve, especially if they are not familiar with Azure or Microsoft's ecosystem, impacting initial setup and configuration. Depending on usage and scale, costs associated with Azure Sentinel can be significant, especially for smaller organizations or those with limited budgets. While Sentinel follows a pay-as-you-go model, costs for data ingestion can escalate quickly, especially for large-scale organizations generating high volumes of logs. Retention beyond 90 days incurs additional expenses, making cost management a challenge Sentinel works best within the Microsoft ecosystem. Organizations with diverse tech stacks or heavy reliance on non-Microsoft services may find its integrations with third-party tools less seamless or feature-rich compared to vendor-agnostic SIEM solutions
Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Supported	Training Documentation Supported Webinars Supported Live Online Supported In Person Not Supported
Company Information Microsoft Founded: 1975 United States azure.microsoft.com/en-us/products/microsoft-sentinel/	Company Information NetWitness Founded: 1997 United States www.netwitness.com
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Categories AI SOC Supported Security Analytics Supported Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) Supported SIEM Supported Threat Intelligence Supported	Categories Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Supported Extended Detection and Response (XDR) Supported Log Management Supported Network Detection and Response (NDR) Supported Security Analytics Supported Security Orchestration, Automation and Response (SOAR) Supported SIEM Supported Threat Hunting Supported User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA) Supported
SIEM Features Application Security Supported Behavioral Analytics Supported Compliance Reporting Supported Endpoint Management Supported File Integrity Monitoring Supported Forensic Analysis Supported Log Management Supported Network Monitoring Supported Real Time Monitoring Supported Threat Intelligence Supported User Activity Monitoring Supported	Show More Features Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) Features Behavioral Analytics Supported Blacklisting/Whitelisting Not Supported Continuous Monitoring Supported Malware/Anomaly Detection Supported Prioritization Supported Remediation Management Supported Root Cause Analysis Supported
Integrations Google Digital Risk Protection Supported Microsoft Defender for IoT Supported SOC Prime Platform Supported AWS AppFabric Not Supported Admin By Request Endpoint Privilege Management Supported Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Supported Baits Supported D3 Smart SOAR Not Supported Delinea Cloud Access Controller Supported Docusign Supported Intezer AI SOC Supported Liminal Supported Microsoft Security Copilot Supported NXLog Supported Prancer Supported Recorded Future Not Supported SIGNL4 Supported TYCHON Supported Vimeo Supported Workday HCM Supported Show More Integrations View All 92 Integrations	Integrations Google Digital Risk Protection Supported Microsoft Defender for IoT Supported SOC Prime Platform Supported AWS AppFabric Supported Admin By Request Endpoint Privilege Management Not Supported Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Not Supported Baits Not Supported D3 Smart SOAR Supported Delinea Cloud Access Controller Not Supported Docusign Not Supported Intezer AI SOC Not Supported Liminal Not Supported Microsoft Security Copilot Not Supported NXLog Not Supported Prancer Not Supported Recorded Future Supported SIGNL4 Not Supported TYCHON Not Supported Vimeo Not Supported Workday HCM Not Supported Show More Integrations View All 20 Integrations
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