Skybox Security Suite vs XM Cyber comparison

Skybox Security and XM Cyber are both solutions in the Vulnerability Management category. Skybox Security is ranked #28 with an average rating of 7.0, while XM Cyber is ranked #31 with an average rating of 8.0. Skybox Security holds a 0.5% mindshare in VM, compared to XM Cyber’s 1.4% mindshare. Additionally, 82% of Skybox Security users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 100% of XM Cyber users who would recommend it.

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Skybox Security Suite and XM Cyber are competitors in the cybersecurity market. XM Cyber is preferred for feature richness, user satisfaction, and support, while Skybox Security Suite is recognized for its comprehensive analytics capabilities.

Features: Skybox Security Suite offers robust risk analysis, comprehensive network modeling, and detailed network vulnerability insights. XM Cyber includes advanced attack simulation, proactive threat identification, and mitigation features. Skybox focuses on network analysis, whereas XM Cyber emphasizes proactive threat defense.

Room for Improvement: Skybox Security Suite could improve by simplifying the deployment process, reducing the learning curve, and enhancing integration with other security tools. XM Cyber can expand its analytics capabilities, provide more detailed vulnerability scanning, and improve reporting features.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Skybox Security Suite requires a complex deployment process and a steep learning curve, backed by strong customer support. XM Cyber offers a straightforward deployment method praised for ease of use and rapid setup, with responsive customer service.

Pricing and ROI: Skybox Security Suite has higher initial costs, justified by its extensive analytical capabilities, offering significant ROI for organizations needing deep network security insights. XM Cyber provides competitive pricing with quicker ROI, focusing on preventing breaches and reducing attack surfaces.

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Categories and Ranking

Skybox Security Suite

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

28th

Average Rating

7.6

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Firewall Security Management (6th)

XM Cyber

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

31st

Average Rating

8.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) (5th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (25th)

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Skybox Security Suite is 0.5%, down from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of XM Cyber is 1.4%, up from 1.1% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Vulnerability Management

Featured Reviews

NenadMijatovic

Director of Sales at S4E Serbia

Feb 8, 2024

Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use

Vulnerability management is the most valuable feature because it lets you focus on the most critical vulnerabilities. That's the important thing. Here in Serbia, there are not so many companies that have too many firewalls inside one company. So, they usually don't buy this model for Firewall Assurance unless there is some compliance. So you can prove that your firewalls are compliant. So, that model is not so important here in Serbia. It's for bigger companies. So, they usually buy network assurance to build the model of the network and vulnerability management to focus on the most important vulnerabilities. Moreover, Skybox can collect data for many vendors. From the endpoint protection vendors to the network equipment vendors to other security vendors. So, it supports more than one hundred vendors to collect data from them.

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Chee Young Tan

Director at ST Electronics

Feb 9, 2024

Has a valuable feature for attack simulation; it highlights the vulnerability and offers recommendations for improvement

We use the product to identify the vulnerabilities in the network The platform's most valuable feature is attack simulation. It provides an efficient testing ground for security functionalities. XM Cyber could identify all areas of vulnerability. They could expand the identification span for…

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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 firewall management."

"Skybox allows organizations to reprioritize the vulnerability they attempt to patch and mitigate, based on the contextual awareness of the network."

"The revalidation and policy recertifications are most valuable."

"The solution's most valuable and unique assets are the vulnerability management and change management solutions because they identify mistakes in the network before implementation which reduces risks."

"It's given us more visibility in terms of what are the kinds of configurations that are on these devices, and how many of these are stale rules. So it's helped greatly in terms of cleaning up of rules, for sure. And it has definitely given us a more secure way of backing up the configuration on these devices."

"When you import all the assets that you have, like desktops, servers, networks, devices, routers, and then firewalls, and other products, then Skybox makes like, a model of the network, but with context. So, it is not just a model in VIZIO. Or something like it like that. You get the model with context, and, like, it looks like a real network in a real-time. So you can check your network and the security of your network on that model."

"The product's most valuable feature is vulnerability management."

"The initial setup process was easy."

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"The platform's most valuable feature is attack simulation."

"What I personally like very much, from my experience, is that it is very reliable."

Cons

"There is room for improvement in the technical support."

"The Network Assurance, which helps to create the network model, is not so rich."

"The price is costly, and I hope they can reduce the cost."

"Skybox should improve their UX features by making them easier to use."

"There are multiple dashboards but no custom dashboard. It would be good to include a custom dashboard so that we can actually choose which field and what kinds of things we want to look at."

"Change Manager can be improved. If they can improve Change Manager so that whatever we want to do on a firewall, we are able to do it through Change Manager, it will be helpful for us. Whenever we are doing a change, it only does them at an L3 and L4 level, but all the firewalls are at the application layer. So, whatever needs to be done on the firewall, we aren't able to get it done through Change Manager. Currently, this functionality is not there because of which we are sometimes losing customers. I can create a role on Layer 3, Layer 4, but when it comes to the application layer, such as configuring and defining URLs or other things at the application level, it can't be done through Change Manager. Customers demand that they should be able to do everything through Change Manager. They don't want to do it through some other mechanism to accomplish their complete change management policy. They don't want to use a firewall manager because sometimes, they don't have any manager. They ask if they can use our solution so that a manager is not required. If Change Manager can do all the management automatically without involving any other manager, it will be great. They can also provide better integration with other managers so that everything can be done through a central point."

"The setup documentation needs a lot of improvement."

"The tool does not offer options for customization."

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"We'd like to see a cheaper price."

"XM Cyber could identify all areas of vulnerability. They could expand the identification span for different areas."

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The pricing has increased exorbitantly in the last few years, so now it is questionable. Now, it makes me want to review other products."

"With licensing, the number of network nodes becomes very expensive to the point where you have to rationalize if the tools are warranted anymore."

"I would rate the tool's pricing an eight out of ten."

"Pricing is on the higher side. In terms of licensing, you should buy the complete suite rather than buying only the Change Manager. I think Change Manager with Vulnerability Control is something that would be interesting to look at."

"I've seen the pricing of every solution on the market. When you compare apples to apples, where Skybox becomes exceedingly expensive is if you look at it compared to something like FireMon that only does a fraction of what Skybox does. But if you include everything that Skybox does, it becomes way more expensive than the competition, but you're also not comparing apples to apples. If you look at FireMon, and you look at like just the firewall assurance piece, they are fairly comparable and, actually, Skybox comes in a little bit cheaper in some cases, depending on which product you're looking at."

"The price is not expensive."

"The software is expensive. I rate its pricing an eight out of ten."

"The licensing fee is paid yearly and is approximately $100,000."

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"We have to pay standard licensing fees."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

18%

Financial Services Firm

16%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Government

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Skybox Security Suite?

Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integrat...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Skybox Security Suite?

Skybox Security Suite has indeed helped us reduce costs. The prices of AlgoSec and Skybox Security Suite are approximately 50 percent different. The tool may require special vendor support from abr...

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What needs improvement with Skybox Security Suite?

There is room for improvement in the product's user interface. It could be more user-friendly.

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What do you like most about XM Cyber?

The platform's most valuable feature is attack simulation.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for XM Cyber?

We have to pay standard licensing fees. There are no additional costs. It is an expensive product. I rate the pricing a seven out of ten.

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What needs improvement with XM Cyber?

XM Cyber could identify all areas of vulnerability. They could expand the identification span for different areas.

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Overview

The Skybox Security Suite platform combines firewall and network device data with vulnerability and threat intelligence, prioritizing security issues in the context of your unique environment. Powerful attack vector analytics reduce response times and risks, bringing firewall, vulnerability and threat management processes for complex networks under control.

Firewall Assurance brings all firewalls into one normalized view, continuously monitoring policy compliance, optimizing firewall rulesets and finding attack vectors that others miss. Skybox covers the most comprehensive list of firewall vendors, complex rulesets, even virtual and cloud-based firewalls. With proven scalability in 1,500+ firewall deployments, Firewall Assurance keeps rules optimized and ensures changes don’t introduce new risk.

Gain total visibility of the vulnerabilities in your attack surface without waiting for a scan. Leverage Skybox Research Lab's vulnerability and threat intelligence, and automatically correlate it to your unique environment. With network modeling and advanced simulations, pinpoint exposed vulnerabilities and other attack vectors. And use context to prioritize vulnerabilities in terms of actual risk and respond to threats with accuracy and efficiency.

For more information or to view a demo, visit www.skyboxsecurity.com.

XM Cyber is a leading hybrid cloud security company that’s changing the way innovative organizations approach cyber risk. Our attack path management platform continuously uncovers hidden attack paths to your critical assets across cloud and on-prem environments, so you can cut them off at key junctures and eradicate risk with a fraction of the effort. This overcomes the big disconnect that security teams experience when they’re presented with endless alerts, yet can’t see which exposures impact risk the most, how they come together to be exploited by an attacker, or how to efficiently eliminate them. This approach is a complete game-changer, which is why some of the world’s largest, most complex organizations choose XM Cyber to help eradicate risk. Founded by top executives from the Israeli cyber intelligence community, XM Cyber has offices in North America, Europe, and Israel.

Sample Customers

ADP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BT, USAID, Delta Dental, EDF Energy, EMC, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson

Hamburg Port Authority, Plymouth Rock Corporation

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