# Netwrix Threat Manager Reviews **Vendor:** Netwrix **Category:** [Incident Response Software](https://www.g2.com/categories/incident-response) **Average Rating:** 4.4/5.0 **Total Reviews:** 4 ## About Netwrix Threat Manager Netwrix Threat Manager (formerly StealthDEFEND) detects and responds in real-time to advanced cyberattacks, providing an additional layer of security around your identities and data. Leveraging unsupervised Machine Learning, Netwrix Threat Manager eliminates excessive and undifferentiated warnings to surface truly meaningful trends and alerts on attempts to compromise your sensitive data. TOP FEATURES: - Unsupervised Machine Learning – Analyze a rich set of data with Machine Learning models that evaluate, correlate, and baseline the activity and behavior of users. - Seamless Sensitive Data Integration – Threat and Data Access Governance information is seamlessly integrated, further reducing noise by honing in specifically on the files that matter most. - Preconfigured Threat Models – Netwrix Threat Manager has been purpose-built to detect file system threats associated with Ransomware, Abnormal Behavior, First Time Host Access, First Time Client Use, Unusual Processes, and more. - Response Playbooks – Netwrix Threat Manager's actions engine automates security responses and connects various security applications and processes together with multi-stage actions. Out-of-the-Box or custom "Playbooks" can be leveraged to respond to threats automatically or programatically. - User Behavioral Profiles – Concrete understanding of each individual user’s behavior is incorporated into Netwrix Threat Manager’s threat analytics and Machine Learning models, complemented by visuals that make understanding any user’s normal behavior a trivial task. - Comprehensive Investigations – Create, configure, and save detailed reports, alerts, and threats on User and Group activity. - SIEM Integration – Out-of-the-box SIEM integration and preconfigured dashboards extend ready-to-use functions. - Real-Time Alerting – Real-time security alerts powered by Machine Learning allow you to master your threat data in a continuous way that leads to faster investigations and threat neutralizations. - Interactive, Real-Time Visualizations – Through a unified web presentation layer, threat data is streamed, processed, and visualized as it happens, including modern visualization elements like heat maps that update themselves in real-time to bring data to life. - Incident Detection Response Workflow – Quickly coordinate your team’s efforts so they’re prepared to share information and track who is working on an issue at any given time. ## Netwrix Threat Manager Reviews ### 1. StealthDefend is like boarder security - keeps harmful stuff out **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Matt D. | Systems Administrator, Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Netwrix Threat Manager?** This program is really ingenious, it is constantly analysing and checking current patterns to ensure that no malicious occurrences are occurring. If it detects something is not right it has several ways to alert you. It is always looking at trends from now and right back to when it was installed. You also have the benefit of running different set of tasks i,e disable the account, shutdown a server, run custom scripts, etc. This program helps us keep one step ahead of the bad guys and keep our data safe and sound. **What do you dislike about Netwrix Threat Manager?** There is no automatic update function, instead you have to go to their website and keep checking for new improvements or bug fixes. **Recommendations to others considering Netwrix Threat Manager:** If your looking for a product that protects against next generation threats this product should be high on your list to consider. This does an amazing job of detecting patterns and analyzing potential threats, before you even know what is going on - it has already highlighted what is going on where and when. This product also is not as pricey as some of the other products on the market, which is great because this gives you the protection you need with out the huge cost. **What problems is Netwrix Threat Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?** Protecting against cryptolocker type of malware and keeping our data safe. ### 2. Powerful insights into data and systems. **Rating:** 4.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Environmental Services | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 29, 2019 **What do you like best about Netwrix Threat Manager?** The reports are easily consumable, and actionable. The alerts allow for prompt response and resolution of issues. The pre-configured reports and alerts cover some of the most critical cases. The report and dashboard interfaces provide a quick and easy way to review the status of the environment. **What do you dislike about Netwrix Threat Manager?** The system is quite complex and requires significant understanding to utilize fully. The menus are a bit hard to navigate, and the overall feel of the system is not intuitive. The setup process has had a few roadbumps as well due to recent releases having some incompatibilities with our environment. **Recommendations to others considering Netwrix Threat Manager:** This is an incredibly powerful tool. It's worth the effort to configure and implement as it provides nearly immeasurable time savings once running. It also provides more insight into company and user behaviors than just about any other tools. **What problems is Netwrix Threat Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?** StealthDEFEND is moving us towards compliance with security requirements without increasing our staffing needs. ### 3. Insights I didn't even know I needed **Rating:** 5.0/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Electrical/Electronic Manufacturing | Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 24, 2019 **What do you like best about Netwrix Threat Manager?** I love the alerts for abnormal behavior. We've been able to find some process that were causing small issues here and there but were unable to track down in the past. **What do you dislike about Netwrix Threat Manager?** The software does so much that configuration can be daunting **Recommendations to others considering Netwrix Threat Manager:** It is a very complex piece of software but support is amazing and the payoff is well worth it. **What problems is Netwrix Threat Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?** Insight in to what is changing and how often things are changing. We've had trouble in the past with files moving without anyone knowing who did it. Now we can see that very quickly ### 4. Implementing and happy so far **Rating:** 4.5/5.0 stars **Reviewed by:** Verified User in Government Administration | Enterprise (> 1000 emp.) **Reviewed Date:** January 31, 2019 **What do you like best about Netwrix Threat Manager?** I like the deep functionality and configurability of the product. **What do you dislike about Netwrix Threat Manager?** UI is a little busy and intuitive compared to competitor. **What problems is Netwrix Threat Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?** We are assuring compliance with audits and improving our security posture. - [View Netwrix Threat Manager pricing details and edition comparison](https://www.g2.com/products/netwrix-threat-manager/reviews?section=pricing&secure%5Bexpires_at%5D=2026-05-25+09%3A27%3A11+-0500&secure%5Bsession_id%5D=ccca58b2-54df-480b-bd9a-2b621fdbf5f2&secure%5Btoken%5D=5f9423a0a23014d35af49abc4a6de1e77dc609b6c3b917aa3ce37bec52635e67&format=llm_user) ## Netwrix Threat Manager Features **Security** - Encrypted Storage - Anomoly Detection - Data loss Prevention - Policy Enforcement **Agentic AI - User and Entity Behavior Analytics (UEBA)** - Autonomous Task Execution - Multi-step Planning - Proactive Assistance - Decision Making **Response** - Resolution Automation - Resolution Guidance - System Isolation - Threat Intelligence - Incident Investigation **Cloud Visibility** - Data Discovery - Cloud Registry - Cloud Gap Analytics **Analysis** - Continuous Analysis - Behavioral Analysis - Data Context - Activity Logging **Administration** - Reporting and Monitoring - Breadth of Partner Applications - Auditing **Access Control** - User, Role, and Access Management - Access Rights - User Analytics - Compliance Monitoring **Records** - Incident Logs - Incident Reports **Security** - Data Security - Data loss Prevention - Security Auditing **Detection** - Anomaly Detection - Incident Alerts - Activity Monitoring **Management** - Incident Alerts - Incident Case Management - Workflow Management **Identity** - SSO - Governance - User Analytics **Generative AI** - AI Text Generation - AI Text Summarization ## Top Netwrix Threat Manager Alternatives - [CrowdStrike Falcon Endpoint Protection Platform](https://www.g2.com/products/crowdstrike-falcon-endpoint-protection-platform/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (384 reviews) - [KnowBe4 PhishER/PhishER Plus](https://www.g2.com/products/knowbe4-phisher-phisher-plus/reviews) - 4.6/5.0 (562 reviews) - [Cisco Duo](https://www.g2.com/products/cisco-duo/reviews) - 4.5/5.0 (496 reviews)