AWS Security Hub vs AlienVault OSSIM comparison

The compared AT&T and Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions aren't in the same category. AT&T is ranked #12 in SIEM , with an average rating of 7.4, and holds a 1.6% mindshare in the category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #13 in CSPM , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 3.5% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of AT&T users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 89% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users who would recommend it.

AlienVault OSSIM

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80% willing to recommend

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89% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

AlienVault OSSIM and AWS Security Hub are often compared in the security information and event management category. AWS Security Hub generally has more advanced features and integrations, giving it an edge despite AlienVault OSSIM's competitive pricing and support.

Features: AlienVault OSSIM users like its open-source model, integrative functionality, and cost-effectiveness. AWS Security Hub is praised for its comprehensive security coverage, automated compliance checks, and extensive integration with AWS services.

Room for Improvement: AlienVault OSSIM should improve scalability, reporting efficiency, and integration capabilities. AWS Security Hub could benefit from better integration with non-AWS services, more intuitive policy management, and enhancements in user interface navigation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AlienVault OSSIM is straightforward to deploy but has mixed customer service feedback. AWS Security Hub has a more complex deployment process but strong customer service support and robust documentation.

Pricing and ROI: AlienVault OSSIM is favored for its cost-effectiveness due to its open-source model. AWS Security Hub, though more expensive, provides excellent ROI with its advanced security features and seamless AWS integration.

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Review summaries and opinions

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Categories and Ranking

AlienVault OSSIM

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.1

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (12th)

AWS Security Hub

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (13th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. AlienVault OSSIM is designed for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and holds a mindshare of 1.6%, down 4.1% compared to last year.
AWS Security Hub, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), holds 3.5% mindshare, down 4.5% since last year.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AlienVault OSSIM	1.6%
Splunk Enterprise Security	7.2%
Wazuh	5.8%
Other	85.4%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AWS Security Hub	3.5%
Wiz	14.3%
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks	9.3%
Other	72.9%

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Featured Reviews

Brandon Pearce

Independent Contractor at a comms service provider with 5,001-10,000 employees

Enables cost-effective security management for small businesses

Scaling for USM is always challenging for any product unless it is purpose-built or overbuilt at the front end. They will use Palo Alto and its competitors, and LevelBlue will manage that implementation. The main area where the AlienVault product was lacking around the 2018 timeframe was in its ability to scale. By pushing it to a cloud-based system, they've largely alleviated scale issues. It's native in Amazon but will also run in Azure. They have worked with cloud service providers to offer enough throughput at a cost reasonable for a corporation. Scaling was their biggest problem, and they've largely conquered those issues.

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Karthik Ekambaram

Director at Scybers

Has helped identify misconfigurations and prioritize risks but lacks multi-cloud support and deeper integration features

AWS Security Hub cannot scale up to multiple different cloud environments; it only works for AWS. There are other products in the market for CSPM that can give you multi-cloud environment misconfigurations, even Microsoft for that matter. Regarding the integration of AWS Security Hub with third-party tools, I am not certain whether we can integrate them, but there is no need to do so. However, AWS Security Hub cannot integrate with other cloud providers, so it only supports the AWS environment. The compliance checks within AWS Security Hub are good, but we don't use them much. We utilize compliance frameworks such as CIS compliance frameworks and ISO 27017 framework, which are beneficial, but it can improve in other areas too, such as including NIST and other frameworks beyond just ISO and CIS. Improvements can be applicable for scalability, particularly on integration with multi-cloud environments, and compliance frameworks can be added for more variety as well. The unified dashboard in AWS Security Hub is adequate; I cannot say it is exceptional, but the content available in the dashboards is satisfactory for now.

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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 logging capability."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"The threat policies of the solution are always very advanced and the best in the market, and they are very persistent in terms of keeping up with security protocols."

"The most valuable features of AlienVault OSSIM are vulnerability assessment, network intrusion detection system, response to critical events, and awareness of the whole network."

"The paid version of the solution has reporting and better scalability options."

"There are a lot of people you will find using OSSIM since they are also offering OTX as a service"

"It has helped us remediate threats in the past by providing significant events that assisted in identifying suspicious activities, such as logins from multiple countries."

"The solution is very stable. Compared to Qradar and Splunk, it's very stable."

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"I really like the seamless integration with the AWS account structure. It can even be made mandatory as part of the landing zone. These are great features. And there's a single pane of glass for the entire account."

"Within AWS Security Hub, there is a feature for aggregating and prioritizing security findings which allows for better risk prioritization based on misconfiguration, as they know AWS thoroughly."

"AWS Security Hub provides comprehensive alerts about potential compliance issues with CIS standards. The integration with third-party tools is another excellent feature. All our workloads are on AWS."

"One of the most effective features of AWS Security Hub is the easy access to a dashboard with a ready-to-use security score."

"The most beneficial aspect of Security Hub is its proactive capability, allowing us to identify potential security issues before they escalate."

"It's a security posture management tool from AWS. Basically, it identifies misconfigurations, similar to Trusted Advisor but on a larger scale."

"AWS Security Hub's unified dashboard does help streamline my process of identifying vulnerabilities, but we don't use Inspector."

"The solution shows us our compliance score."

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Cons

"They can add more compliance templates."

"GUI could be improved."

"AlienVault OSSIM could improve by having better integration with some of the newer tools."

"It does not give me a prompt response for any such malicious traffic; it takes time to get that alert from the AlienVault system."

"The initial setup was a bit complex. You've got to do a lot of reading. It's not an intuitive implementation."

"It's under heavy traffic. If you have heavy traffic, the system is slow."

"The price of this solution is very high and it could be cheaper."

"There are somewhat more false positives with the user behavior analytics, which could benefit from an additional machine learning model to detect user patterns more rapidly."

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"I would like a more fine-grained capability for creating custom rules and a more user-friendly experience programmatically in writing queries and configuring custom security rules, making it quicker and easier."

"Although AWS Security Hub does a periodic scan of your overall infrastructure, it doesn't do it in real time."

"Shortening the response time for support tickets, particularly in production issues, could make the service more efficient."

"Security needs to be measured based on their own criteria. We can't add custom criteria specific to our organization. For example, having an S3 bucket publicly available might be flagged as a critical alert, but it might not be critical in a sandbox environment. So, it gets flagged as critical, which becomes a false positive. So, customization options and creating custom dashboards would be areas for improvement."

"The telemetry doesn't always go into the control center. When you have multiple instances running in AWS, you need a control tower to take feeds from Security Hub and analyze your results. Sometimes exemptions aren't passed between the control tower and Security Hub. The configuration gets mixed up or you don't get the desired results."

"It is not flexible for multi-cloud environments."

"One aspect that could be improved in the solution is its adaptability to different markets and geopolitical restrictions. In certain regions like Thailand, specific services from certain countries or providers, such as AWS or Azure, might be limited or blocked. It also needs improvement in would require configuring the solution more adaptable to AWS infrastructure and function."

"AWS Security Hub cannot scale up to multiple different cloud environments; it only works for AWS."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"I used the paid version of the tool and found it to be expensive. It has been a while since I changed to Securonix. I will have to check whether AlienVault charges per device, user, or log."

"OSSIM is free."

"OSSIM is open source, and USM is the paid license. So, if you want, you can switch to USM. There you will have to buy a license, and they have a support team that helps you out on issues you face."

"The tool's licensing costs are yearly."

"The licensing fees for the non-community edition are paid on an annual basis, and there are no costs in addition to this."

"The price of AlienVault OSSIM is too high sometimes for us to present to our customers. The price should be lower. We are on a three-year license to use the solution. We had to pay extra for the support."

"AlienVault OSSIM is an open-source solution."

"AlienVault pricing is the best. Whatever cost you are paying, you are getting a return on every penny... It's not like your IBM, your QRadar, or Splunk, where the cost is too high."

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"The price of AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions."

"There are multiple subscription models, like yearly, monthly, and packaged."

"AWS Security Hub's pricing is pretty reasonable."

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

"The pricing is fine. It is not an expensive tool."

"AWS Security Hub is not an expensive tool. I would consider it to be a cheap solution. AWS Security Hub follows the PAYG pricing model, meaning you will have to pay for whatever you use."

"The price of the solution is not very competitive but it is reasonable."

"The cost is based on the number of compliances, core checks, and services required, and for more than 10,000 recommendations, the charge is just one dollar."

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Feb 16, 2015

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Comms Service Provider

12%

Manufacturing Company

Financial Services Firm

Computer Software Company

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

10%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	18
Midsize Enterprise	9
Large Enterprise	8

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AlienVault OSSIM?

Asset discovery is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlienVault OSSIM?

It depends. I would need to review their cost models, but generally, they are on a scaled basis based on throughput usage. Because it's a software as a service solution for their core product for U...

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What needs improvement with AlienVault OSSIM?

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Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?

We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...

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What do you like most about AWS Security Hub?

The most valuable features of the solution are the scanning of all the cloud environments and most of the compliances available in the cloud.

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What needs improvement with AWS Security Hub?

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Also Known As

OSSIM

SQRRL

Overview

AlienVault OSSIM, Open Source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), provides you with a feature-rich open source SIEM complete with event collection, normalization and correlation. Launched by security engineers because of the lack of available open source products, AlienVault OSSIM was created specifically to address the reality many security professionals face: A SIEM, whether it is open source or commercial, is virtually useless without the basic security controls necessary for security visibility.

AT&T

AWS Security Hub is a comprehensive security service that provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across an AWS environment. It collects data from various AWS services, partner solutions, and AWS Marketplace products to provide a holistic view of security posture. With Security Hub, users can quickly identify and prioritize security issues, automate compliance checks, and streamline remediation efforts.

The service offers a range of features including continuous monitoring, threat intelligence integration, and customizable dashboards. It also provides automated insights and recommendations to help users improve their security posture. Security Hub integrates with other AWS services like Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Config, and AWS Macie to provide a unified security experience. Additionally, it supports integration with third-party security tools through its API, allowing users to leverage their existing security investments.

With its user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities, AWS Security Hub is a valuable tool for organizations looking to enhance their security and compliance posture in the cloud.

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Sample Customers

Council Rock School District

Edmunds, Frame.io, GoDaddy, Realtor.com

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