My main use case for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is a 24/7 managed SOC. The native platform provided managed detection and response, along with log and telemetry ingestion capabilities, but my primary focus was on the SOC 24/7 operations.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response (MDR)
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Used to be too expensive, but now we love it
Managed detection has reduced alert noise and has strengthened 24/7 security operations
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has impacted my organization positively by helping remove stress and saving time for my team. The whole visibility of the network and the threat intelligence has been valuable. Having a human analyst is probably one of the biggest benefits, as there is somebody present that I can actually communicate with. The fact that it combines all of these things together is one of the major benefits overall.
What is most valuable?
I think the Concierge Security Team is very good. Having a named team is great, and it was an extension of the internal team. Additionally, one of the biggest benefits is the reduction in noise, so I am not being drowned in alerts. I get validated incidents that need my attention. The onboarding is really good as well. It is pretty structured, easy to understand, and guided in terms of working through the data sources, integrations, and baselining. I think it is a very good product and a mature SOC. In terms of return on investment, the way to look at it is that it replaces the need to hire a fully managed operations team, which could cost a lot in terms of salaries.
For a company that does not have the ability or time maturity to run their own SOC, the best features Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response offers are not just features, but network visibility, the Concierge Security Team, threat hunting, and incident response report support. Having that in place and the security of it helps with overall security confidence and posture for the company.
The Concierge team has helped my organization by having that team and security on hand. They only get in touch if something requires attention and do not contact me with every single alert. The benefit is validating those incidents and reducing the overwhelming amount of alerts and incidents that do not necessarily mean anything. A lot of companies are understaffed and unable to handle that amount of threats or false positives. Again, it is quite expensive to have to pay for a team of salaries for an operations team.
I have noticed specific outcomes or metrics from Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response. I manage false positives, have network visibility, and receive guidance during potentially real incidents. The incident response support is commendable, and I would identify those three areas as the most valuable.
What needs improvement?
I cannot think of anything regarding how Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response can be improved.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response for about two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response can handle anything from a small to medium enterprise to mid to large enterprise. I am not certain how that works in terms of pricing or if there is a higher tier based on the amount of staff on the network, but from what I understand and my research during that time, it absolutely does scale.
How are customer service and support?
The customer support for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is very good, and I have no complaints.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution before Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response.
How was the initial setup?
My experience with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response pricing, setup cost, and licensing is pretty good. The pricing was fair. The experience is good, and as I mentioned earlier, the onboarding was straightforward, and getting everything set up was guided through the integrations and tuning. It is not instant or at the flick of a switch, but once everything is dialed in, set up, and configured, it runs smoothly overall.
What was our ROI?
I have seen a return on investment with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response. The benefit comes from the cost of the product compared to hiring a SOC team, which is enormous. Additionally, the time away from business as usual for an analyst to go through all the noisy alerts is very time-consuming, which translates to money. I do not have a metric for what that cost is, but it is there.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, I did not evaluate other options. I spoke to a few different vendors, but I did not go down the evaluation route. It was highly recommended to me by somebody whose opinion I trusted.
What other advice do I have?
My advice to others looking into using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is that it is a very good product. In comparison to other products, it is broader across the environment. It has a low operational burden, and overall, it is a very good product. It can definitely help reduce the difficulty of hiring and managing a whole full security operations team. I would rate this product an 8.5 out of 10.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is a very good product, typically for mid-market to enterprise organizations that do not have a mature SOC. Companies that are smaller do not necessarily need a managed SOC or do not want to build one. I think it is really good for teams that are understaffed but exposed to real threats, and it is a good affordable product.
Arctic Wolf: A Force Multiplier for Small Security Teams
Concierge security team has strengthened our law firm’s threat detection and response
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response at my law firm is that we use it as our main source of alerts and security features, relying on it for logs and other sensors, including physical sensors as well as connecting cloud centers and agents installed on all of our devices of our users.
What is most valuable?
The best features Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response offers include the Concierge Security Team, which is really helpful because they are knowledgeable and aware of our environment, and they are also very much readily available, making it a dependable tool.
My experience with the Concierge Security Team is that they are really reliable and knowledgeable, acting as an arm of our organization, unlike talking to another vendor who has no idea about our environment; they truly partner well and integrate with our systems.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has positively impacted my organization by catching many issues, eliminating risks, and preventing compromises; overall, it has been a great security feature.
What needs improvement?
I do not think of any improvements that come to mind for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response at the moment.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response for nine months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is great.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is great.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Over the years, I have used different solutions and different vendors, but Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is definitely the most secure and full force tool that I have found.
What was our ROI?
I cannot speak to specific return on investment metrics, but I can say that Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has definitely been a helpful tool.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
I did not evaluate other options before choosing Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response because that choice was made before I started at Barger Montag, but I have seen others since then.
What other advice do I have?
My advice for others looking into using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is to make sure that they look into it and investigate all the tools that are available in it, ensuring they utilize everything to the best benefit. I would rate this solution a 9 out of 10.
Continuous monitoring has improved audit readiness and streamlined vulnerability reporting
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response involves conducting audits to manage the security posture at the customer. I injected Arctic Wolf tools into all of the devices at the network to see what vulnerabilities existed, and then, once I remediated those vulnerabilities based on the results that I saw in Arctic Wolf, I would do another scan with that tool and see that the posture was improved for reporting purposes.
There was a time when Arctic Wolf helped me identify a vulnerability by highlighting some weak ciphers enabled on some of our servers, so we disabled those ciphers and then did a rescan.
I have also used Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response not just for detection and response, but for email security awareness campaigns, which were really helpful in stopping that attack vector.
What is most valuable?
The best features Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response offers include providing an up-to-date view of the vulnerabilities that exist in the network.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has positively impacted our organization by allowing us to have professional reports that we could present to auditors when they came, so that we could maintain the business with those customers.
The measurable improvements we noticed included automating the process of having all of those vulnerabilities presented to us consistently so that we could fix them, and having meetings.
What needs improvement?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response can be improved because the deployment was rather involved; the initial deployment was very lengthy, and there were many things to account for when we had to implement it initially, so making that process easier would be an improvement.
The ease of deployment is not completely there, and the administration on the dashboard is not extremely intuitive; it could be simpler for administration.
For how long have I used the solution?
I used Arctic Wolf Detection and Response for about three years.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
At one of my previous roles, we used Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response for about three years.
What other advice do I have?
I advise others looking into using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response to leverage Arctic Wolf support team for deployment because it can be involved, and to take advantage of the tutorials that team gives for administering the product for the exact features you need. Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has many features, and it can get complicated, so you should narrow down exactly the use cases you have for it and focus on those during the onboarding trainings. I would rate this product an 8 out of 10.
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If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Security monitoring has protected our infrastructure and supports 24x7 compliance reporting
What is our primary use case?
My main use case for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is protecting our overall IT infrastructure with a SOC and a guard dog for our house, so to speak, to protect all our IT assets at the edge.
A specific example of how I used Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response in practice is that I sold that service to a small to medium-sized company so that they could protect credit card and PCI for their customers, ensuring they were compliant on a SOC level and could meet insurance requirements.
At the time that I was selling this particular service, my main use case for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was that it was number one in the market, and while there have been other players that have come into the market, Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was easy to implement, easy for my end client to understand, and was considered a good value.
What is most valuable?
The best features Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response offers are difficult to specify.
The features of Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response are correct, particularly that they use 24/7 response with generally three different agents to monitor your environment, ensuring the workload gets spread out while having someone monitoring your environment 24/7.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has positively impacted my organization and my clients' organizations by becoming a standard to meet insurance requirements or overall protection environments within an IT infrastructure, leading to growing sales for the company as I see it becoming a standard within the industry very soon at almost all levels.
What needs improvement?
I think Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response can be improved by addressing the high turnover with employees at the company, which made it hard to find a point person within the company to move transactions forward.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response for two years at one of my previous roles, where I was a value-added reseller for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is considered one of the leaders in the stability segment.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
From my understanding, the scalability of Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is almost unlimited.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I did not previously use a different solution; I was selling Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response.
What was our ROI?
Regarding return on investment, I find it to be a case-by-case situation depending on deployment with Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
My experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response seemed to be fair market value for the service.
What other advice do I have?
The specific outcomes I noticed from using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response include that the end user responsible for the monitoring on the company's side was happy that all the reports got into one particular pane of glass.
I would advise others looking into using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response that it should be worth considering when reviewing any budget or criteria for a SOC.
I would rate this product an 8 overall.
Effortless Log Management and Monitoring with Built-In Parsers
Regular threat reports have improved our security awareness and response to abnormal activity
What is our primary use case?
The main use case for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response during those four years was receiving weekly reports of security scans. Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response would alert us to intrusion alerts from time to time.
When Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response would find malware on a particular location coming from us, it would alert us to that.
How has it helped my organization?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response has impacted my organization positively.
What is most valuable?
The best features Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response offered were that it sent regular alerts that it found and the reports.
What needs improvement?
Some of the alerts or reports were not very easy to understand, and it took time to go through those, which was sometimes a little frustrating.
Some of the reports from Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response were difficult to understand, and it would take time to go through the report to actually be able to comprehend all of the data.
For how long have I used the solution?
As a Systems Administrator, I have been working for about eight to ten years. I am not currently using Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response, but we used it for about four years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is stable. We did not experience downtime or issues.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was able to grow just fine with my organization.
How are customer service and support?
We used Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response's support from time to time, and they were responsive. We met, I think, once a month to go over any issues; perhaps it was quarterly, I don't remember exactly, but we had regular meetings to go over any issues that we saw. Their support team was good.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
The contract for our previous solution was expiring, so we switched to Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response.
How was the initial setup?
The setup process for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was straightforward. They wanted to add some other tools like Sysmon, which I didn't want to use, but Arctic Wolf agent was fairly straightforward.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing for Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was comparable to other products, and it wasn't necessarily worse or better than other products.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did evaluate other options before choosing Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response. I don't recall what those were, but there were several that we evaluated, and Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was the one that we chose based on price, features, and overall meeting our needs.
What other advice do I have?
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response always seemed to be prompt with their findings if they found anything that was abnormal.
The way Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response does things holds it back from a perfect score. I don't think it's perfect, but it's pretty good.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response was on-premises at the time. We don't have Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response currently. We've moved off of their product because the contract expired.
Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response is a good product, and I would recommend it for any business. I would give Arctic Wolf Managed Detection and Response an eight out of ten.
Happy client of AWN for many years
Impressive security solution
What sets Arctic Wolf apart is their commitment to not just detecting threats but also helping us strengthen our overall security posture. Their platform is user-friendly, and the onboarding process was both painless and seamless.
Since implementing Arctic Wolf MDR, we've seen a significant improvement in our ability to identify and respond to potential threats quickly and effectively. I highly recommend Arctic Wolf to any organisation looking to enhance their cybersecurity defences.