AWS Security Hub vs USM Anywhere comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and LevelBlue solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #16 in CSPM , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 3.9% mindshare in the category. LevelBlue is ranked #32 in SIEM , with an average rating of 7.5, and holds a 1.0% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 92% of LevelBlue users who would recommend it.

AWS Security Hub

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USM Anywhere

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92% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

USM Anywhere and AWS Security Hub are comprehensive cybersecurity solutions but differ in key areas. AWS Security Hub seems to have the upper hand due to its extensive features and user satisfaction with performance despite the cost.

Features: USM Anywhere offers strong event correlation, threat detection capabilities, and valuable cloud monitoring. AWS Security Hub is praised for its seamless integration with other AWS services, comprehensive security standards, and ecosystem compatibility.

Room for Improvement: USM Anywhere can enhance its cloud monitoring, reporting functions, and overall functionality depth. AWS Security Hub needs better multi-account support, improved customization options, and more flexibility for scaling.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: USM Anywhere is straightforward to deploy and is preferred for its overall support. AWS Security Hub integrates well within AWS environments but may require more configuration time, with a strong cloud-native design making deployment in AWS environments advantageous.

Pricing and ROI: USM Anywhere is considered more cost-effective and offers a good return on investment. AWS Security Hub, while more expensive, is seen as worth the investment due to its advanced capabilities.

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Categories and Ranking

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) (16th)

USM Anywhere

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (40th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (32nd), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (49th), Compliance Management (15th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. AWS Security Hub is designed for Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and holds a mindshare of 3.9%, down 4.6% compared to last year.
USM Anywhere, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 1.0% mindshare, down 1.1% since last year.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
AWS Security Hub	3.9%
Wiz	16.6%
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks	9.6%
Other	69.9%

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
USM Anywhere	1.0%
Splunk Enterprise Security	7.4%
Wazuh	7.3%
Other	84.3%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

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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Kris Nawani

Co-Founder/Director at Bangkok MSP Company Limited

Offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools The solution offers complete coverage without the need to install additional software, as it is maintained by the vendor. It helps in saving…

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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

"I find all of the features to be highly valuable."

"AWS Security Hub can check your infrastructure against multiple compliance frameworks. You can turn on or off specific frameworks based on your needs."

"Finding out if your infrastructure is secure is a valuable feature."

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

"The solution shows us our compliance score."

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

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

"I like that AWS Security Hub currently has several good features, around four or five. The technical support for AWS Security Hub is also responsive."

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"AT&T AlienVault USM is good for ELK Stack, the user experience is great because of its architecture. The ELK has a great performance and it has very good speed in the search and Kibana. Additionally, the visuals and dashboards and very nice and customizable."

"The AlienVault solution has enabled us to create a SOC on a budget with smaller than usual staff requirements, offering a wider range of solutions for our customers."

"On any given day I could give you a different answer regarding the most valuable features of the product. The feature that is most important is the fact that it has a lot of features, that it's not just a log collection and correlation system, that it has a lot of other components built in. The bundle of features is really the killer feature."

"It brought our logs into one place for review and set up alarms based on changes we were missing due to lack of having one place for everything to go."

"The asset management functionality (active and passive scans) is also really important. You can't protect what you do not know about, so having an inventory of all your devices and software is critical to a security management program."

"AlientVault has helped us in improving our visualization and incident response during cybersecurity situations."

"It is my "security person" looking at irregularities and letting me know when something has occurred."

"The vulnerability scanning is helpful to identify the areas that need patching or fixes installed."

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Cons

"From an improvement perspective, there is a need to add more compliance since, right now, AWS Security Hub only provides four to five compliances to control the tool."

"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."

"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."

"Whenever my team gets some alarms from the central team, my team needs to initiate whether it's a real or false trigger. The central team needs to keep adjusting to the parameters or at least the concerned IPs, whether it's really from the company's pool of IPs, so the trigger process can be improved. In the next release of AWS Security Hub, I'd like a better dashboard that could result in better alert visibility."

"Adding SIEM features would be beneficial because of the limited customization of AWS Security Hub."

"AWS Security Hub's configuration and integration are areas where it lacks and needs to improve."

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

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"Its reporting tools need improvements. It would be good if they can provide integration with other ticketing systems. Currently, we only have integration with Slack and Jira. It is also a bit slow, and its replication engine can be improved."

"I've been told that AlienVault doesn't have a full version of NES running in there, but I'm not sure if that's accurate or if my engineer made it that way. I'm not sure he was completely honest either because we had NES in the environment before. Those tools could be improved because AlienVault is a SIEM, and it added all these other features."

"Windows log collection works with HIDS, but documentation is sparse and confusing."

"Maybe logs are the problem, as the database query is too slow. If you want to search something, you need time to find it."

"The reporting tools are a bit lacking for building reports to give directly to customers, but support has been helpful in giving our requests for new features to the development team and following up with us."

"It was easy on PoC, but when we got to the product it was different story. We had to learn the product again and got feeling that the PoC was a different product."

"they seem to have bugs from time to time that go unfixed for a while and that is frustrating. I'm not saying the product needs to be bug-free, but they need to be responsive to bugs."

"This solution could be easier to use."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"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 AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions."

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

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

"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."

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

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

"The price point is good."

"So far, I feel the product's pricing is a good value. The technology is decent. You get what you pay for. I think it's fair."

"It's affordable for most customers."

"I don't think the product's pricing is a good value because they try to raise the price 50 percent every year... AlienVault needs to understand that not all customers are huge enterprises... Their sales team is way too aggressive. The price they advertise is not always the price you get."

"The pricing is a good value. The key thing is that for the new product, the licensing of it, is subscription-based and it's based on data. Clients need to be really careful when thinking about that, because odds are they're going to need to put a lot more data into it than what they initially estimate, which is going to drive their subscription costs up."

"The price for this solution is very good, but since the features do not work the price is expensive."

"AlienVault is flexible on their pricing for unlimited licenses."

"We ran a few PoCs. The price and feature set were the best with AlienVault."

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Director of Operations at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

Feb 16, 2015

Cybereason vs. Interset vs. SQRRL

Capture DB - they all use NoSQL db and hence solve the ad hoc query and 'go back in time' problem with current best of breed SIEM and DLP solutions that rely on real time analysis of incoming logs (and don't store them). This means deeper and quicker iterative threat analysis and assessment…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

12%

Financial Services Firm

11%

Manufacturing Company

11%

Government

Computer Software Company

13%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Performing Arts

Educational Organization

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	64
Midsize Enterprise	29
Large Enterprise	25

Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about AT&T AlienVault USM?

The most valuable feature of the solution is the ease of deployment that it provides to users. The integrations that the product has with third-party applications are useful.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AT&T AlienVault USM?

The pricing is amazing and really cheap.

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What needs improvement with AT&T AlienVault USM?

There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks. It is also limited when used with bigger products and has complex password requirements.

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 7% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

SQRRL

AT&T AlienVault USM, AlienVault, AlienVault USM, Alienvault Cybersecurity

Overview

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.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

USM Anywhere centralizes security monitoring of networks and devices in the cloud, on premises, and in remote locations, helping you to detect threats virtually anywhere.

Discover

Network asset discovery
Software & services discovery
AWS asset discovery
Azure asset discovery
Google Cloud Platform asset discovery

Analyze

SIEM event correlation, auto-prioritized alarms
User activity monitoring
Up to 90-days of online, searchable events

Detect

Cloud intrusion detection (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Network intrusion detection (NIDS)
Host intrusion detection (HIDS)
Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR)

Respond

Forensics querying
Automate & orchestrate response
Notifications and ticketing

Assess

Vulnerability scanning
Cloud infrastructure assessment
User & asset configuration
Dark web monitoring

Report

Pre-built compliance reporting templates
Pre-built event reporting templates
Customizable views and dashboards
Log storage

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Sample Customers

Edmunds, Frame.io, GoDaddy, Realtor.com

Abel & Cole, Bank of Ireland, Bluegrass Cellular, CareerBuilder, Claire's, Hays Medical Center, Hope International, McCurrach, McKinsey & Company, Party Delights, Pepco Holdings, Richland School District, Ricoh, SaveMart, Shake Shack, Steelcase, TaxAct, Taylor Morrison, Vonage and Zoom

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