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ClearScale Ubuntu 26.04 LTS vs Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules comparison

 

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Categories and Ranking

ClearScale Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
419th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
5
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Cyber Security Cloud Manage...
Ranking in AWS Marketplace
15th
Average Rating
8.0
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Featured Reviews

reviewer2855598 - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud DevOps Engineer at a consultancy with 10,001+ employees
CIS hardening has simplified secure container workloads but AppArmor still blocks Docker by default
The CIS L1 AppArmor enforcement breaks Docker out of the box. Containers fail to start with a permission denied on the containerd task directory. There is no documentation about this. A simple note explaining that Docker users need to either update the runc AppArmor profile or disable it would save a lot of debugging time. It takes a while to trace the failure back to AppArmor blocking runc writes to /run/containerd/.
AmitRathod - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Analyst at Toll Holdings Limited
Automated cloud security has protected web apps and APIs while enforcing least privilege access
The best features of Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules include core features that extend protection specific to CMS platforms such as WordPress and Joomla or framework exploits. These rules are regularly updated against the latest CVEs, botnets, and malware without requiring human intervention. I can specify the range in the system and it will update against the latest botnets or malware without requiring any human intervention. It also includes a specialized rule set which mitigates threats targeting web applications, APIs, and serverless environments. Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules help in managing vulnerabilities such as SQL injections and XSS by modeling user and device behavior across the entire cloud estate. If an admin suddenly logs in from a suspicious location or a script makes unusual API calls, Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules instantly isolates the resource or flags it for review. When a particular threat is recognized, Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules bypasses the need for human intervention to execute defensive actions such as changing firewall modes, blocking malicious IP addresses, or revoking compromised credentials. I have CI/CD deployment pipelines which are assigned strict scoping to IAM roles, so these roles have the precise permissions required to push updates to Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules via infrastructure as code. This ensures that every deployment is pre-validated and consistent with the organization's security policies. I assess the impact of continuous updates provided by threat intelligence as significant because I have set a particular number of alerts. Whenever I see that this alert is triggered, I conduct monitoring. Based on the manage rules defined in AWS and whatever protocol enforcement exists, my model detects and blocks unauthorized access which deviates from standard HTTPS or other standard protocols, and it mitigates sophisticated bot and malware attacks. API gateway or serverless stage is specifically tuned to block API security and serverless threats. These rules can be natively deployed in front of CloudFront or application load balancer and API gateway. For enhanced operational control, these managed rules are commonly paired with WAF-Champ or automated WAF operation service which helps to manage exception and false positive rates. The detailed logs and analytics from Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules help when it comes to making informed security decisions, and it totally depends on the decisions and what logs are needed. As long as I have defined all logs related to sign-in logs and audit logs, based on the logs, I decide whether to go with those alerts or whether to minimize that security risk and where to focus.

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

Pros

"Once you get that launch template dialed in, the image is incredibly solid."
"ClearScale Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is an excellent choice for organizations adopting cloud-native technologies and modern DevOps practices."
"The same-day engineering support has been very valuable."
"The pre-applied CIS L1 benchmark is the main selling point, as getting a hardened baseline without manual effort is genuinely useful and the Ubuntu 26.04 LTS base also means I'm on a supported, up-to-date kernel with long-term security patches."
"The hourly software charge is small relative to the engineering time we used to spend building and maintaining our own hardened AMI."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules has positively impacted my organization because earlier, a complete SOC team was required 24/7 for manually checking the alerts, acting upon those alerts, and doing forensics, and with cloud managed rules being automated and intelligent and updating in real time, the manual intervention by the SOC team has been significantly reduced, resulting in a comparatively higher detection rate than before."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules has positively impacted my organization; the impact was great."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules has positively impacted my organization as we have been using it for two years, saving us considerable time because we do not need people to validate traffic or perform any manual deployment anymore."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules has positively impacted my organization by reducing the manual WAF management by fifty percent and accelerating the automated updates and improvement in threat intelligence."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules have impacted my organization very positively because my company is security-focused."
"The detailed logs and analytics from Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules help when it comes to making informed security decisions, and it totally depends on the decisions and what logs are needed."
"From my experience, this product is the most stable option available."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules has positively impacted our organization because we are a tech company, so we always prefer to get security first."
 

Cons

"Enterprise management and compliance tooling could be more comprehensive out of the box."
"The CIS L1 AppArmor enforcement breaks Docker out of the box."
"Because the firewall ships default-deny, the first launch in a new environment takes a little planning to open the exact ports the app and load balancer health checks need."
"It'd be cool to have more detailed changelogs with each new release so we can see exactly what packages got updated without having to boot up a test instance and diff it ourselves."
"Regarding pricing, setup cost, and licensing, I find it a bit more expensive."
"This product requires skilled people because there is a lot of automation needed to understand all the features in the dashboard."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules can be improved by automating the responses, enhancing visibility, providing deeper insights, integrating with DevOps and SecOps, and facilitating real-time analysis."
"Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules has a very high rate of false positives."
"I would describe the customer support for Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules as pretty average. They provide a link and then disappear, so I have to do my own research."
"Sometimes, there is over-blocking within the cloud managed rules where valid requests or IPs could be blocked, which should be fine-tuned to reduce over-blocking."
"Sometimes false positives do come across, and we have incidents where people who are actually trying to access are getting blocked out, which is how I think Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules can be improved."
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Questions from the Community

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for ClearScale Ubuntu 26.04 LTS?
The hourly premium is honestly negligible compared to the salary hours I was wasting building, patching, and maintaining my own custom images. If you have a decent-sized fleet, look at the total co...
What needs improvement with ClearScale Ubuntu 26.04 LTS?
It would be cool to have more detailed changelogs with each new release so I can see exactly what packages got updated without having to boot up a test instance and diff it myself.
What is your primary use case for ClearScale Ubuntu 26.04 LTS?
I run a bunch of stateless REST APIs and web apps in AWS behind an Application Load Balancer. Everything lives in Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs). I use this AMI as the default base for those instances ...
What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules?
Regarding my experience with pricing, setup costs, and licensing, this was not handled by my team because we have a separate team for cost factors, setup costs, and licensing. I am not involved in ...
What needs improvement with Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules?
Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules needs improvement in such a way that whenever the application team or development team is doing any kind of deployments, they need to regularly enable or disable ...
What is your primary use case for Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules?
My main use case for Cyber Security Cloud Managed Rules is to protect from malware like DDoS incidents, against cross-site scripting, against SQL injections, and against geofencing. These are the a...
 

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