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We performed a comparison between Tenable Security Center and Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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Pros
"With Wiz, we get timely alerts for leaked data or any vulnerabilities already existing in our environment.""The solution is very user-friendly.""The automation roles are essential because we ultimately want to do less work and automate more. The dashboards are easy to read and visually pleasing. You can understand things quickly, which makes it easy for our other teams. The network and infrastructure teams don't know as much about security as we do, so it helps to have a tool that's accessible and nice to look at.""The product supports out-of-the-box reporting with context about the asset and allows us to perform complex custom queries on UI.""The first thing that stood out was the ease of installation and the quick value we got out of the solution.""The security baseline and vulnerability assessments is the valuable feature.""The vulnerability management modules and the discovery and inventory are the most valuable features. Before using Wiz, it was a very manual process for both. After implementing it, we're able to get all of the analytics into a single platform that gives us visibility across all the systems in our cloud. We're able to correspond and understand what the vulnerability landscape looks like a lot faster.""Out of all the features, the one item that has been most valuable is the fact that Wiz puts into context all the pieces that create an issue, and applies a particular risk evaluation that helps us prioritize when we need to address a misconfiguration, vulnerability, or any issue that would put our environment into risk."

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"Has a great advanced scanning feature.""The predictive prioritization features are pretty good. They do a lot of research and we trust the research that they do internally. They have knowledge of what's going on with many companies, where we only get a view into what's going on here. So the ability to get best practices out of them as part of this solution, is valuable to us.""Compliance and vulnerability scans are most valuable. Compliance scan helps in validating how our teams are complying, and vulnerability scan helps in future-proofing. Its vulnerability detection is accurate.""Tenable is the leading product for vulnerability scanning.""The most important features are the dashboard and reporting. The dashboard provides statistics with graphs and bar charts for our management.""The most valuable feature of the product is the Assurance Report Card, which gives us an overview of the security poster in just a simple glance.""Initial setup was pretty straightforward.""The Auto-Remediate feature is good."

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"With Threat Stack, we quickly identified some AWS accounts which had services that would potentially be exposed and were able to remediate them prior to release of products.""There has been a measurable decrease in the meantime to remediation... because we have so many different tech verticals already collated in one place, our ability to respond is drastically different than it used to be.""Every other security tool we've looked is good at containers, or at Kubernetes, is good at AWS, or at instance monitoring. But nobody is good at tying all of those things together, and that's really where Threat Stack shines.""Technical support is very helpful.""The number-one feature is the monitoring of interactive sessions on our Linux machines. We run an immutable environment, so that nothing is allowed to be changed in production... We're constantly monitoring to make sure that no one is violating that. Threat Stack is what allows us to do that.""The most valuable feature is the SecOps because they have our back and they help us with the reports... It's like having an extension of your team. And then, it grows with you.""We're using it on container to see when activity involving executables happens, and that's great.""We like the ability of the host security module to monitor the processes running on our servers to help us monitor activity."

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Cons
"We wish there were a way, beyond providing visibility and automated remediation, to wait on a given remediation, due to a critical aspect, such as the cost associated with a particular upgrade... We would like to see preventive controls that can be applied through Wiz to protect against vulnerabilities that we're not going to be able to remediate immediately.""Wiz's reporting capabilities could be refined a bit. They are making headway on that, but more executive-style dashboards would be nice. They just implemented a community aspect where you can share documents and feedback. This was something users had been requesting for a while. They are listening to customer feedback and making changes.""The only small pain point has been around some of the logging integrations. Some of the complexities of the script integrations aren't supported with some of the more automated infrastructure components. So, it's not as universal. For example, they have great support for cloud formation and other services, but if you're using another type of management utility or governance language for your infrastructure-as-code automation components, it becomes a little bit trickier to navigate that.""The solution's container security could be improved.""One significant issue is that the searches are case-sensitive, so finding a misconfigured resource can become very challenging.""The remediation workflow within the Wiz could be improved.""We're looking at some of the data compliance stuff that they've got Jon offer. I know they're looking at container security, which we gonna be looking at next.""The reporting isn't that great. They have executive summaries, but it's only a compliance report that maps all current issues to specific controls. Whether you look at one subscription or project, regardless of the size, you will get a multipage report on how the issues in that account map to that control. Our CSO isn't going to read through that. He won't filter that out or show that to his leadership and say, "Here's what we're doing." It isn't a helpful report. They're working on it, but it's a poor executive summary."

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"The integration is very good, although it still needs to improve.""Though the solution's technical support is responsive, they do take a lot of time, making it one of the solution's shortcomings that needs improvement.""A good plugin editor would be a good additional option for the Security Center.""Certain aspects require manual effort, such as exporting and analyzing data for our dashboards. The built-in components of the Tenable solution are somewhat clumsy that require external tools. So, this is an area of improvement.""The web application scanning area can be improved.""Security can always be improved.""I will say it's a lot slower compared to an MS scan. It takes so much longer, so the performance could definitely be worked on.""The product could be user-friendly, and they could enhance the web application's security features."

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"The one thing that we know they're working on, but we don't have through the tool, is the application layer. As we move to a serverless environment, with AWS Fargate or direct Lambda, that's where Threat Stack does not have the capacity to provide feed. Those are areas that it's blind to now...""Some features do not work as expected.""The API - which has grown quite a bit, so we're still learning it and I can't say whether it still needs improvement - was an area that had been needing it.""I would like further support of Windows endpoint agents or the introduction of support for Windows endpoint agents.""They could give a few more insights into security groups and recommendations on how to be more effective. That's getting more into the AWS environment, specifically. I'm not sure if that's Threat Stack's plan or not, but I would like them to help us be efficient about how we're setting up security groups. They could recommend separation of VPCs and the like - really dig into our architecture. I haven't seen a whole lot of that and I think that's something that, right off the bat, could have made us smarter.""The user interface can be a little bit clunky at times... There's a lot of information that needs to be waded through, and the UI just isn't great.""The solution’s ability to consume alerts and data in third-party tools (via APIs and export into S3 buckets) is moderate. They have some work to do in that area... The API does not mimic the features of the UI as far as reporting and pulling data out go. There's a big discrepancy there.""The compliance and governance need improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing seems pretty simple. We don't have to do a lot of calculations to figure out what the components are. They do it by enabling specific features, either basics or advanced, which makes it easy to select."
  • "The pricing is fair. Some of the more advanced features and functionalities and how the tiers are split can be somewhat confusing."
  • "The pricing is fair and comparable to their competitors. The cost seems to be going up, which is a concern. There are potential savings from consolidating tools, but we're uncertain how Wiz's pricing will change over time."
  • "I wish the pricing was more transparent."
  • "The cost of the other solutions is comparable to Wiz."
  • "Wiz is a moderately priced solution, where it is neither cheap nor costly."
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  • "It is slightly more expensive than other solutions in the same sphere."
  • "We're able to save because we don't have to employ more staff members to help wit ht he scheduling of the scans, running the reports or sending them out to the systems owners. That alone is a big ROI for us."
  • "The licensing costs for this solution are approximately $100,000 US, and I think that covers everything."
  • "The pricing is more than Nexpose."
  • "Costing is pretty reasonable compared to the competition."
  • "We're a Fortune 500 company... our licensing costs [are] in the seven figures."
  • "We pay around 60,000 on a yearly basis."
  • "The price can start at €10,000 ($13,000 USD) for between 500 and 1,000 assets, and the price can climb into the millions as more assets are added."
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  • "It is a cost-effective choice versus other solutions on the market."
  • "Pricing seems to be in line with the market structure. It's fine."
  • "It is very expensive compared to some other products. The pricing is definitely high."
  • "I'm happy with the amount that we spend for the product that we get and the overall service that we get. It's not cheap, but I'm still happy with the spend."
  • "We find the licensing and pricing very easy to understand and a good value for the services provided."
  • "It came in cheaper than Trend Micro when we purchased it a few years ago."
  • "What we're paying now is somewhere around $15 to $20 per agent per month, if I recall correctly. The other cost we have is SecOps."
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    Also Known As
    Tenable.sc, Tenable Unified Security, Tenable SecurityCenter
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    Overview

    Wiz is a highly efficient solution for data security posture management (DSPM), with a 100% API-based approach that provides quick connectivity and comprehensive scans of platform configurations and workloads. The solution allows companies to automatically correlate sensitive data with relevant cloud context, such as public exposure, user identities, entitlements, and vulnerabilities.This integration enables them to understand data accessibility, configuration, usage, and movement within their internal environments.

    Wiz's Security Graph delivers automated alerts whenever risks emerge, allowing teams to prioritize and address the most critical issues before they escalate into breaches. Furthermore, Wiz ensures rapid and agentless visibility into critical data across various repositories, enabling organizations to easily determine the location of their data assets.

    Wiz Features

    Wiz provides various features in the following categories:

    • Agentless Scanning: The solution can scan every layer of a cloud environment without requiring agents, managing the entire process and providing comprehensive visibility.

    • Workflow Integration: Users can create customized workflows within Wiz to identify and assign actions based on urgency, integrating them with ticketing systems for quick and efficient remediation.

    • Vulnerability Management: Wiz's vulnerability management modules provide detailed analytics and visibility across cloud systems, streamlining the manual process of vulnerability discovery. The automated attack path analysis helps identify risks and trace potential points of exposure, allowing users to understand and mitigate them effectively and proactively.

    • CSPM (Cloud Security Posture Management): Wiz's CSPM module offers instant visibility into high-level risks to an enterprise’s cloud environment, covering all accounts without the need for agents.

    • Out-of-the-Box Reporting and Custom Queries: The service supports comprehensive reporting with asset context, allowing users to perform complex custom queries on the solution’s user-friendly interface.

    • Automation Roles and Dashboards: The solution facilitates automation by providing essential roles and dedicated dashboards that enable teams to understand security information quickly, even those with limited expertise.

    • Contextual Risk Evaluation: The service contextualizes the various components contributing to an issue, providing a risk evaluation framework that helps prioritize remediation efforts.

    • Security Graph and Visibility: Wiz's security graph offers visibility across the entire organization, even with multiple accounts, enabling users to understand their environment and assets effectively.

    The Benefits of Wiz

    Wiz offers the following benefits:


    • Comprehensive agentless scanning

    • Effective identification and mitigation of vulnerabilities

    • Streamlined vulnerability management

    • Robust reporting capabilities and customizable queries

    • Enhanced automation and role-based access control

    • Prioritized risk evaluation for efficient remediation

    • Security posture across multiple accounts

    Reviews from Real Users

    Kamran Siddique, VP Information Security at boxed.com, remarks his company has seen a ROI while using Wiz, as it simplifies the process by integrating multiple useful tools into one solution.

    According to a Senior Security Architect at Deliveroo, Wiz has given their company a fresh approach to vulnerability management, as Wiz's native integrations are extremely useful and paramount to the operational success of their platform.



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    Get a risk-based view of your IT, security and compliance posture so you can quickly identify, investigate and prioritize your most critical assets and vulnerabilities.

    Managed on-premises and powered by Nessus technology, the Tenable Security Center (formerly Tenable.sc) suite of products provides the industry’s most comprehensive vulnerability coverage with real-time continuous assessment of your network. It’s your complete end-to-end vulnerability management solution.

    Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform is a CWPP (Cloud Workload Protection Platform) that provides your organization with comprehensive security for modern applications and APIs. It is designed specifically for monitoring cloud environments, vulnerabilities, covering workloads, infrastructure, and compliance. The solution offers application infrastructure protection for all layers of your infrastructure stack and delivers the necessary observability for proactive and targeted remediation action. In addition, it is platform-independent and easily adapts to various environments. Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform works best for companies who want real-time protection against active external threats and need to reduce alert investigation time. It is ideal for small, medium, or large-sized organizations.

    Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform Features

    Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • High-efficacy threat detection
    • App deployment speed
    • Increased visibility
    • Remediation integration
    • Security and compliance telemetry
    • Built-in and configurable rules
    • ML and advanced analytics
    • Integrations with third-party SecOps tools
    • File integrity monitoring
    • Host-based intrusion detection
    • Vulnerability assessment
    • Fully integrated IDS functionality
    • Real-time alerts and threat response

    Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • All-in-one solution: Because Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform offers everything you need in one solution, you don’t need to integrate multiple security solutions in the cloud or spend time manually tweaking the desired functionality.
    • Continuous proactive monitoring: Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform provides continuous proactive monitoring across your full infrastructure stack. It monitors your web application, can track risky behavior from the point of deployment, can scan your operating system, detect any unusual patterns in file hosting, and analyze other server events in real time.
    • Real-time protection: The solution offers protection from active intrusion attempts and gives you visibility into ongoing events on the server so you can discover data breaches before it’s too late.
    • Flexibility: The Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform is tailored to your server’s specific operating system deployment and remains accessible to you no matter how your infrastructure changes or scales over time.
    • Quick threat detection: Because Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform can quickly isolate problems, issues are less likely to cause damage and can be remediated faster.
    • Monitoring for reactive, proactive, and interactive threats: The solution is designed to detect even the most evasive discrepancies in your server events.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Below are some reviews and helpful feedback written by PeerSpot users currently using the Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform solution.

    Skyler C., Software Development Manager at Rent Dynamics, says, “The most valuable feature is the SecOps because they have our back and they help us with the reports. We jump on calls monthly to set goals and roadmaps internally for how we can secure our platform more. Their SecOps program is absolutely amazing when you do not have a dedicated resource for security.”

    An IT Engineer at a consultancy mentions, “The platform has a good threat and vulnerability manager with very helpful technical support. The scalability is great.”

    Sample Customers
    Wiz is the fastest growing software company ever - $100M ARR in 18 months: Wiz becomes the fastest-growing software company ever | Wiz Blog  Discover why companies, including Salesforce, Morgan Stanley, Fox, and Bridgewater choose Wiz as their cloud security partner. Read their success stories here: Customers | Wiz
    IBM, Sempra Energy, Microsoft, Apple, Adidas, Union Pacific
    StatusPage.io, Walkbase, Spanning, DNAnexus, Jobcase, Nextcapital, Smartling, Veracode, 6sense
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company38%
    Retailer13%
    Outsourcing Company13%
    Manufacturing Company13%
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    Computer Software Company16%
    Financial Services Firm14%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government6%
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    Financial Services Firm31%
    Comms Service Provider15%
    Manufacturing Company15%
    Computer Software Company12%
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    Educational Organization16%
    Government12%
    Computer Software Company12%
    Financial Services Firm10%
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    Computer Software Company24%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    University8%
    Real Estate/Law Firm7%
    Company Size
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise25%
    Large Enterprise58%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise15%
    Large Enterprise65%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business35%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise47%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business19%
    Midsize Enterprise27%
    Large Enterprise54%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business22%
    Midsize Enterprise56%
    Large Enterprise22%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business26%
    Midsize Enterprise12%
    Large Enterprise63%
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    Tenable Security Center is ranked 10th in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) with 48 reviews while Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform is ranked 31st in Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM). Tenable Security Center is rated 8.2, while Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Tenable Security Center writes "A security solution for vulnerability assessment with automated scans". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform writes "SecOps program for us, as a smaller company, is amazing; they know what to look for". Tenable Security Center is most compared with Tenable Vulnerability Management, Qualys VMDR, Tenable Nessus, Rapid7 InsightVM and Forescout Platform, whereas Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform is most compared with Darktrace, AWS GuardDuty, Palo Alto Networks URL Filtering with PAN-DB, Qualys VMDR and Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks.

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