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We performed a comparison between Microsoft Entra Permissions Management and Tenable Cloud Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"Multifactor authentication is valuable."

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"The tool alerts us on depreciating performance or deficiencies of our web application. It helps us react on time.""The key benefit lies in having the largest and most up-to-date database. When it comes to using any Tenable product, it excels in finding vulnerabilities and providing analytics.""The product's visibility and remediation work fine for me.""If you have multi-cloud tenancy using AWS and Azure, you can have a single dashboard where you can onboard all the cloud infrastructure and have visibility into it.""The solution’s vulnerability management feature has helped us identify and mitigate risks well.""Ermetic can provide super visibility for our cloud environment (we are using AWS)."

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Cons
"We use a third-party API called Nebula API to integrate the account for authorization. The time-bound access area in Entra can be a problem. It can be improved in terms of the granularity of the permissions."

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"The product must provide more features.""I didn't find anything that wasn't useful or needed to be added.""There is a need for the support team to improve their response time since it is one of the areas where the product's technical team has certain shortcomings.""Ermetic needs to improve its security scanning. I would like to see more dynamic graphical forms.""I do think there might be room for more integrations. This could allow for further customization and flexibility, essentially offering different functionality options to accommodate various budgets.""If Tenable Cloud Security offers a complete Cnapp solution with CWP, CIEM, and Waap security, it will be able to compete with other competitors."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "We are a Fortune 500 company, so we always negotiate with Microsoft."
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  • "The tool's pricing is fair."
  • "There is a need to opt for a subscription-based pricing model to use Tenable Cloud Security. I rate the product price an eight on a scale of one to ten, where one is low price and ten is high price."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Multifactor authentication is valuable.
    Top Answer:We are a Fortune 500 company, so we always negotiate with Microsoft.
    Top Answer:We use a third-party API called Nebula API to integrate the account for authorization. The time-bound access area in Entra can be a problem. It can be improved in terms of the granularity of the… more »
    Top Answer:The solution’s vulnerability management feature has helped us identify and mitigate risks well.
    Top Answer:The product must provide more features. It must integrate with AI. The reporting features are bad. The reports do not have detailed information. We cannot do CI/CD with the tool.
    Top Answer:The use cases attached to Tenable Cloud Security include compliance verifications for the cloud environment.
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    Also Known As
    CloudKnox Permissions Management
    Ermetic
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    Overview

    Microsoft Entra Permissions Management is a cloud infrastructure entitlement management (CIEM) solution that provides comprehensive visibility into permissions assigned to all identities – users and workloads – actions, and resources across cloud infrastructures. It detects, right-sizes, and monitors unused and excessive permissions and enables Zero Trust security through least privilege access in Microsoft Azure, AWS, and GCP.

    Take control of your cloud security program with Tenable Cloud Security (formerly Tenable.cs) low-impact cloud agentless scanning, automated threat detection and risk prioritization. Developed by the leader in vulnerability management, Tenable Cloud Security enables security teams to continuously assess the security posture of cloud environments, offering full visibility across multi-cloud environments and helping you prioritize efforts based on business risk.

    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company15%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company8%
    Government7%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Manufacturing Company7%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise69%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business25%
    Midsize Enterprise9%
    Large Enterprise66%
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    Microsoft Entra Permissions Management is ranked 5th in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) with 1 review while Tenable Cloud Security is ranked 2nd in Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM) with 6 reviews. Microsoft Entra Permissions Management is rated 7.0, while Tenable Cloud Security is rated 8.6. The top reviewer of Microsoft Entra Permissions Management writes "Provides resource-based access and security, but time-bound access can be a problem". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Tenable Cloud Security writes "Provides excellent features and helps identify and mitigate risks". Microsoft Entra Permissions Management is most compared with SailPoint IdentityIQ, Microsoft Identity Manager, Saviynt and Microsoft Defender for Cloud, whereas Tenable Cloud Security is most compared with Wiz, Orca Security, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and Amazon Inspector.

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