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 #13 in CSPM , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 3.5% mindshare in the category. LevelBlue is ranked #30 in SIEM , with an average rating of 8.0, 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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89% willing to recommend

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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Review summaries and opinions

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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) (13th)

USM Anywhere

Average Rating

8.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

115

Ranking in other categories

Log Management (37th), Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (30th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (44th), Compliance Management (13th)

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 3.5%, down 4.5% compared to last year.
USM Anywhere, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 1.0% mindshare, up 1.0% since last year.

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)

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
USM Anywhere	1.0%
Splunk Enterprise Security	7.2%
Wazuh	5.8%
Other	86.0%

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

"Very good at detection and providing real-time alerts."

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

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

"Currently, our organization utilizes AWS for various purposes, including SaaS (Software as a Service), PaaS (Platform as a Service), and hosting applications in the cloud. We develop our applications and use AWS services as a platform for basic functions and secondary development needs. Additionally, we rely on PaaS for accounting services. Approximately, 50% of our applications are hosted in the cloud environment, making it a significant part of our current setup."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to manage...It is a scalable solution."

"The advantage is that it is cloud-native, and we do not need to install agents or sensors to find findings."

"Security Hub provides insightful information about what is running and where there might be weaknesses."

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"It allows you to define what alerts you want to see, or not to see, as well as if you want them grouped, or ungrouped."

"It has streamlined log aggregation and analysis to meet organizational and regulatory needs."

"In terms of monitoring, my best feature would be the monitoring of components across the network. It monitors the respective nodes and any new node that comes onto the network and provides reports. The reporting dashboards are really helpful for management in terms of making decisions around patch management."

"The dashboards are very descriptive and contain just the right amount of information. The activity alarms and events contain a plethora of data that is very descriptive and useful."

"AlienVault provides a checklist answer when using SIEM."

"Allowed us to help our customers satisfy compliance needs around logging and monitoring."

"I can easily check (in one place) all the logs and data in relation to attacks. It also gives me an overview if a server is not configured properly."

"The main menu: You can see everything there, what is happening on the servers, and in the logs, you can view more details of each event."

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Cons

"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."

"Security Hub is currently not worth investing in, as it requires more configurations and integration with other services to work effectively."

"There is room for improvement in implementing AI capabilities. It would be beneficial for Security Hub to implement preventative measures and to directly apply recommendations instead of just suggesting them."

"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."

"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 user interface, graphs, and dashboards of the solution could improve in the future. They are not very sophisticated and could use an update."

"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."

"The solution will only give you insight if you have configure rule enabled. It should work more like Prisma Cloud and Dome9 which have a better approach."

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"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."

"The solution already has quite good tools, however, they need better integration tools for linking with Office 365, Google Suite, and so on."

"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."

"There are scalability issues due to a 60 TB limit, which restricts its use for large customers like banks."

"Reporting is convoluted and difficult at times, although they claim to have hundreds of pre-built reports, very few of them are actually useful for anything but what the USM is doing."

"There could be some type of integration with our existing portal. We have our own customer portals, and it would be good if there was an integration so that our portal can provide reports. There could be some type of API into the AlienVault system with the USM system so that it is easy to show the customers high-level reports of the system through our portal."

"This solution could be easier to use."

"The one thing I continue to dislike about the USM is the limitation on reports."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

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

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

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

"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."

"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."

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

"The price of this solution is reasonable, which is one of the reasons why we selected it over other solutions."

"It's very reasonably priced. It was one of the lowest among the ones I looked at. Licensing is pretty flexible. They can do a two-year or a three-year, even a one-year, perhaps."

"The price point is good."

"Do the one month trial and try to work out the kinks during it, as it has free support and service hours."

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

"AT&T AlienVault USM is an expensive solution and we pay for the license and the support separately. We paid for the license and support for three years."

"Its price is much lower than McAfee ESM."

"Use the AlienVault team. They are helpful and the documentation that they provide is second to none."

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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

Financial Services Firm

11%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

12%

Comms Service Provider

10%

Performing Arts

Financial Services Firm

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 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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What is your primary use case for AT&T AlienVault USM?

USM Anywhere is used for threat detection and investigation. It provides a solution with built-in threat intelligence and various other investigation tools.

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Comparisons

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Compared 35% of the time

Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks vs AWS Security Hub

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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Compared 3% 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 4% of the time

OpenText Enterprise Security Manager vs USM Anywhere

Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 4% 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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