Blumira Automated Detection & Response Pros and Cons

Blumira Automated Detection & Response Pros and Cons: Top 5 Advantages and Disadvantages

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Users appreciate the ease of use of Blumira, enjoying intuitive navigation and quick deployment options. (20 mentions)

Users commend the responsive customer support of Blumira, consistently answering queries on the same day for effective assistance. (17 mentions)

Users appreciate the easy setup of Blumira Automated Detection & Response, enabling quick deployment and hassle-free monitoring. (15 mentions)

Users commend the deployment ease of Blumira, appreciating quick setup and immediate visibility into security issues. (13 mentions)

Users find the easy setup of Blumira Automated Detection & Response makes deployment quick and hassle-free. (12 mentions)

Users note the limited customization options in reporting and detection filters, impacting their user experience. (7 mentions)

Users find the pricing model inflexible and costly, making it challenging to justify its value for all needs. (4 mentions)

Users find a lack of customization in reports and filters, hindering their ability to tailor the tool effectively. (4 mentions)

Users find the limited reporting options challenging, requiring extra effort for presentation and customization. (4 mentions)

Users note that the alert system lacks customization, leading to repetitive notifications and challenges in managing false positives. (3 mentions)

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Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/24/2022

"Great product, very informative!"

5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

The Email details and actions to resolve. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Nothing so far. Ilea haven't used it that long but it's been great. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Erica Mixon of Blumira Automated Detection & Response

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Thank you for the feedback! We're happy to hear that you've been enjoying the product so far.

Dr Adrian S.

Managing Director

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/2/2022

"Easy to use SIEM solution for a SMR, easy to install, easy to run"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Simple to operate, no alert fatigue so far after a month, excellent technical account management and root cause fix for false positives, good price point, easy to install and rollout, overall really pleased. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

You have to put a ticket in for a manual fix for every new rule to remove repeat false positives rather than automate the process, but I can see that is a tough thing to automate Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Alicia Beaubien of Blumira Automated Detection & Response

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Thank you for your review, Dr Adrian! We love hearing that you find our solution easy to install, use and run! We also appreciate you bringing up ways that we can continue to improve. We are working on ways to streamline allowlisting for you and all of our customers; it’s great to know that you’d find this helpful as well. Please stay tuned, and thank you for holding steady with us in the meantime!

Verified User in Construction

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

2/7/2022

"Set it and Forget it"

5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

We have been using Blumira for about 6 months now. It has been a great addition to our company's security profile. The best part is that I don't have to have my staff constantly monitor event logs all day long. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

There are times when I want to see the raw logs. It takes some experience to decipher the raw log area. I think this will be a non-issue when I get some more exposure to using the raw log area. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Alicia Beaubien of Blumira Automated Detection & Response

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Thank you for your review! We are glad to hear you are seeing the value in Blumira and we always welcome your feedback.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/19/2022

"Retrieving Logs with Great Efficiency"

4/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

THe ability to not only focus/do integrations but preparing EDR tools like Crowdstrike where options of read/write options in Crowdstrike as detections, actors, hosts and host groups could come. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

The UI is a little bit typical from that of the competition but not bad. Hoping to see more improvements over time and anything within RBAC as well would be even better. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Alicia Beaubien of Blumira Automated Detection & Response

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Thank you for your honest feedback! We are working to continue to improve and advance our products. Keep your eyes peeled for more to come soon!

Verified User in Government Administration

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

8/24/2022

"A must have service for any org"

5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

The integration with sysmon to provide real-time analysis of the behavior of domain workstations is invaluable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

No major complaints with the system. We would absolutely love to see Blumira integrate with ESET cloud. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Rusell M.

Director, IT

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

12/6/2021

"Blumira is EASY to setup"

5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Blumira was great throughout the sales process and configuration. But, the setup/configuration was the best because it was so easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

So far, there isn't anything that we dislike. We have gotten a couple of notifications and I was notified as expected and was able to take care of the issue. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blumira Automated Detection & Response:

Highly recommended. Very competitive pricing and great support throughout the entire process; from Sales to Configuration and Support. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blumira Automated Detection & Response solving and how is that benefiting you?

Quick notifications of security events are crucial. Just the fact that we are notified of issues at all is great. I hate to think we missed events in the past. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

5/10/2021

"strong incident detection and response capability"

5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Blumira's strength is in their creation of high quality detections known as "findings" in the blumira dashboard. They are constantly improving the product by adding new finding types to respond to the latest threats. The step by step workflows that walk you through how to respond to each finding when it is received are very helpful especially for teams that do not have establised in house security teams or incident response capabilites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

While the detection and response capabilities are great, blumira's weakness is in generic log search and threat hunting through existing logs. The provided log search tools make discovery of column names and relevant information difficult when compared to the UI of other platforms such as ELK, and humio. Still, if your primary goal is real security and not digging through logs, blumira has an excellent product. Another area that could be improved is the onboarding process for getting up and running with high signal log sources. It would be easy to miss the value of blumira if GPO audit settings, linux syslogs, sysmon, and other sources are not properly configured for good coverage. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Blumira Automated Detection & Response:

If your current SIEM solution only does logging and generates reports, consider switching to Blumira to upgrade to real detection and response capabilites. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Blumira Automated Detection & Response solving and how is that benefiting you?

Blumira provides the important SIEM corner of the SOC Visability Triad. It gives peace of mind that there is an additional layer of protection beyond basic EDR and leverages SIEM as a detection tool due to the valuable findings . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Christopher R.

CISO

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

6/7/2021

"Great boutique SIEM"

5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Customer service and regular updates of the product Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Anything that was missing was generally remedied quickly by Blumira. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

5/10/2021

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"Great solution that fits our needs"

5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

it fits our needs and provides excellent alerts via email. Also support is top-notch and always solves our issues within a reasonable amount of itme. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

I don't have anything about Blimira that I dislike. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

1/21/2021

"Why didn't I do this sooner"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Blumira was easy to set up and only took a few days to roll out. The staff at Blumira is always willing to answer questions or help set up reports or filters. The system requirements are minimal and their cloud instance was able to take any and all logs that we could throw at it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Blumira Automated Detection & Response?

Like any product it takes a little while to get used to all the features and interfaces. Trying to dig through logs to trace down an issue however the team at Blumira is always available to help. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Patrick Garrity of Blumira Automated Detection & Response

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Thanks for feedback! Did you know we added a new interface and look that you can find in your account settings?

We are continuing to work on improving the user interface and provide better reporting to make it easier to find what you are looking for.