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The AlienVault Unified Security Management platform is one of the most unique products we have ever had the pleasure of reviewing. Off the bat, it comes in for this review cycle as the least expensive hardware SIEM. The price is nothing to go by, however. This device comes with some of the most advanced functionality of any SIEM we have seen. It is available as a preconfigured VM, an Amazon cloud appliance, or as a hardware appliance like the one we received.
The setup phase of our examination went flawlessly. We removed the tool from the box, racked it up and hooked up our mouse and keyboard. Then, we connected it to power and turned it on. After it booted, we were greeted by a wizard-based onboard setup program to...