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SolarWinds Security Event Manager

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Spec score 7.6 #12 of 29 in Security Information and Event Management

Spec sheet

Purpose
SEM is an on-premise SIEM for collecting, storing, analyzing, and reporting logs to help IT teams identify cyberthreats and demonstrate compliance.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Intended users
SolarWinds describes SEM as a tool for IT and security professionals, including teams with limited security or compliance resources.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Deployment
SEM is delivered as a virtual appliance and described by SolarWinds as an on-premise SIEM tool.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Trial
SolarWinds offers a fully functional 30-day trial of SEM.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Support
SolarWinds offers SEM self-led onboarding, product documentation, troubleshooting articles, training, and customer support plans.Read 8 Oct 2026 · support.solarwinds.com
Founded
1999Read 28 Sep 2026 · solarwinds.com
Compliance reporting
Its out-of-the-box reports and filters cover frameworks including HIPAA, PCI DSS, SOX, ISO, DISA STIGs, FISMA, FERPA, NERC CIP, and GLBA.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Connectors
SolarWinds says SEM includes hundreds of pre-built connectors, and its documentation lists connectors across categories such as firewalls, operating systems, routers, and switches.Read 8 Oct 2026 · documentation.solarwinds.com
File integrity monitoring
SEM can monitor file and directory access, movement, and shares, and correlate file audit events with system and Active Directory events.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Incident response
Active Response can automate actions such as blocking USB devices, killing malicious processes, and logging off users.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Log collection
It collects, consolidates, normalizes, and visualizes logs from sources including firewalls, IDS/IPS devices, applications, switches, routers, and servers.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Search and investigation
SEM provides visualizations, filters, keyword searches across live and historical event data, and scheduled searches.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com
Threat detection
SEM correlates machine data in real time to identify threats and attack patterns.Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com

Plans and prices

Security Event Manager $1,789 a month per node, per month; volume discounts available Pricing starts at this rate · licensed by log-emitting sources, not log volume Read 8 Oct 2026 · solarwinds.com

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