IronNet Collective Defense Platform vs Skybox Security Suite comparison

 

Comparison Buyer's Guide

Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

IronNet Collective Defense ...
Average Rating
0.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) (16th), Network Detection and Response (NDR) (15th)
Skybox Security Suite
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
34
Ranking in other categories
Vulnerability Management (19th), Firewall Security Management (6th)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of June 2024, in the Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) category, the mindshare of IronNet Collective Defense Platform is 0.2%, down from 0.6% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Skybox Security Suite is 0.3%, down from 0.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
Unique Categories:
Vulnerability Management
0.6%
Firewall Security Management
11.1%
 

Featured Reviews

GS
Feb 23, 2021
Easy to use, stable, and easy to install
We use this solution for the Ministry of Defense and the special agencies It adds value to our existing platform, and therefore our system becomes more important for the customer. The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the full reach of services. It's pretty decent, and I don't see…
NenadMijatovic - PeerSpot reviewer
Feb 8, 2024
Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use
Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature because it lets you focus on the most critical vulnerabilities. That's the important thing. Here in Serbia, there are not so many companies that have too many firewalls inside one company. So, they usually don't buy this model for Firewall Assurance unless there is some compliance. So you can prove that your firewalls are compliant. So, that model is not so important here in Serbia. It's for bigger companies. So, they usually buy network assurance to build the model of the network and vulnerability management to focus on the most important vulnerabilities. Moreover, Skybox can collect data for many vendors. From the endpoint protection vendors to the network equipment vendors to other security vendors. So, it supports more than one hundred vendors to collect data from them.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the full reach of services."
"The ability to appropriately prioritize vulnerabilities inside the environment, and then to have visibility into the traffic and rule sets of an organization, are two of the top capabilities that I recommend. Skybox is the only one that does both of those in a single platform."
"Skybox allows organizations to reprioritize the vulnerability they attempt to patch and mitigate, based on the contextual awareness of the network."
"Key features for us include the firewall change audit every week. Also, being able to track firewall ACL usage, so that we can produce semiannual reports on ACL usage and shadowed and redundant rules on the firewall."
"It has a good policy management feature and can provide customers with good quality outputs."
"The solution's simplicity of use is its most valuable feature."
"We are currently working on rule review and compliance. The logging features are good."
"Correlates logs and threats and prioritizes; provides network maps;p provides change result context and resulting vulnerability."
"The way that it's built with three-tier architecture, it makes it very horizontally scalable, so I can have multiple fallbacks. If one machine does fall offline, there are four other machines that are doing the exact same job to pick it up"
 

Cons

"I would like to see it integrate with third-party systems."
"The Network Assurance, which helps to create the network model, is not so rich."
"The price is costly, and I hope they can reduce the cost."
"Skybox should improve their UX features by making them easier to use."
"The most recent update was not tested with all of the vendors before it was released, so some of the features are misbehaving."
"The only place where Skybox has room for improvement, and they're working on releasing this, it's just a slow-go, is the UI. The user interface has historically been via a locally installed thick client. They are moving to a web-based console and it's slowly coming out."
"They are not satisfied with the complexity of the solution and the price."
"I've had issues with licensing where, when they were expiring and I asked for the updated licenses, I would the wrong ones. I think their process needs to be straightened out a little bit - I don't know if they fixed it already, it has been awhile. It wasn't as straightforward as it could have been."
"The initial setup with Skybox Security is hard. You need one or two strong security engineers on your team."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"Licensing costs are yearly."
"Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abroad, resulting in slightly higher costs. Its pricing is in the middle."
"I think the price is fair."
"It's expensive."
"Fully understand the total cost of ownership. They have gone to a new model where you have to replace the hardware every X amount of years at a very substantial cost and fully understand your intended number of nodes. To operate a firewall, you have to pay two licenses, a firewall node and a network node. If you are a reasonable-sized organization, this gets expensive very quickly."
"When compared with other companies, the license is more costly."
"I rate the pricing two on a scale of one to ten, where one is very expensive, and ten is cost-effective."
"The price of the Skybox Security Suite can be expensive."
"Pricing is on the higher side. In terms of licensing, you should buy the complete suite rather than buying only the Change Manager. I think Change Manager with Vulnerability Control is something that would be interesting to look at."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Computer Software Company
21%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Government
8%
University
6%
Computer Software Company
18%
Financial Services Firm
16%
Manufacturing Company
9%
Government
6%
 

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Midsize Enterprise
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What do you like most about Skybox Security Suite?
Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integrat...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Skybox Security Suite?
Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abr...
 

Also Known As

IronDefense, Iron Dome, Cyber Operations Center
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