SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security - AI Powered CNAPP

I use cloud security in cybersecurity, where it plays one of the major roles in my career. Things that cannot be safeguarded in a normal environment are what I have been utilizing, such as information that one person can trust.

Therefore, I must say that cloud security is one of my major architectures that I am using in my day-to-day work environment.

What I appreciate the most about it is its high performance and the way it simplifies tasks, along with the optimization as well.

The Secret Scanning feature in SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security  is one of the coolest features I have ever worked with, as it primarily functions through its Singularity  Cloud Native  Security. It is designed to find any kind of sensitive data that developers accidentally leave in their code, which leads to major causes of cloud breaches. The Secret Scanning feature offers a wide scope of coverage, as it does not only look for passwords; it is designed to detect over 800 types of secrets, including API keys, and the tool itself scans across the entire development life cycle to catch any kind of secrets before they reach production.

When it comes to Drift Detection in SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security , I think it is one of the critical features within its application protection platform. Its configuration mainly focuses on infrastructure as code versus the actual live environment. The coolest feature is that it detects when someone manually tries to change a setting in the cloud console that was not in the original code, and it also has a binary drift option for containers and Kubernetes .

Regarding the downsides of cloud security, I do not have much negative to discuss about cloud security, because it is one of the helpful features that I work on in my daily life. However, I would say one drawback is that data breaches can easily happen in cloud security, and it has some limited visibility. That is also one of the drawbacks I would mention, and in my team, some people are telling me that we are facing some compliance issues in cloud security as well.

When I discuss the easily happening data breaches in cloud security, it is all stored in the cloud environment, so anyone who has access to cloud can easily breach the data. It is also easily vulnerable to theft through breaches or any kind of malware or accidental exposures. I would say that attacking cloud storage is quite easy compared to other things.

I have been using it in my career for around 4.10 years.

I can say that there is nothing unstable about SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, as there is no lagging, crashing, or downtime.

I would rate the scalability of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security as high, as it operates in a cloud-native architecture that is highly scalable for any kind of organization, ranging from small businesses to global enterprises with thousands of devices.

I have not contacted any technical support for SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security so far.

I have used alternatives similar to SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, and I would say one of the products is Akamai . Akamai  is one of the main options.

I would say that the initial deployment for SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is really easy compared to other things in cloud computing, especially with public platform models.

When I deployed it for the first time, it took me around an hour or less, but sometimes, due to its complexity, it may take a day.

When it comes to the number of people required for deployment, technically speaking, a single person can deploy the cloud environment, but the number of people involved depends entirely on the scale of my organization. So, while it is possible to deploy a cloud environment with a single person, it also depends on the organization.

Regarding the pricing for SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, I do not think it is something I can compare.

When I compare them, I prefer Akamai more.

The reason I prefer Akamai more is that Akamai is the best. Both have excellent performance, but Akamai offers strong performance in terms of security. Furthermore, it efficiently manages unwanted bots, making Akamai the best compared to cloud security or any other software out there.

Regarding how SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security Runtime Protection compares to Akamai in terms of adaptability to new and unknown threats, it depends on what you are protecting. I do not think I can compare them while they overlap in cloud security, as they both perform different roles in the cyber stack. For SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security, its priority is to secure the endpoint, while for Akamai, its main primary task is to protect network and application security. I would rate this review overall as a 9.

I have worked on two use cases for this product regarding its major purposes. One is that end-users want to check posts in their multi-cloud environment, where they have AWS , Azure , and Google Cloud . They were asking for multiple security checks based on compliances across each platform, as AWS  has its own compliance checks and Azure  has its own compliance checks, but they needed to verify if configurations comply with standards such as NIST or MITRE. That was the major concern for the team. They have many compliances because they were operating projects around the world, so they had to comply with GDPR, HIPAA, and CERT-In, and in Australia they also have some projects with additional compliance requirements. For that reason, they looked for this product, and I was able to analyze all their environments. I was able to integrate their AWS accounts, Azure accounts, and Google accounts to SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security . I was able to showcase how it provides security ratings of each instance or each container. I was also able to showcase misconfigurations, such as instances where a particular configuration was given on a temporary basis but was not removed afterward. I was able to identify these issues and make them aware of them. I was also able to provide fixes and references to fixes using SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security .

The biggest benefit of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is that it has a good AI-based analytics engine that helps with the detection part by providing full visibility. I was able to see all the configurations that were made, all the permissions that were being given on IAM  roles, user role-based access, and everything in SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security on a granular basis and across multiple cloud environments.

From the customer and end-user point of view, they were able to have visibility throughout their cloud infrastructures, whether on AWS, Azure, or GCP. They were able to get complete visibility and identify the loopholes present in their cloud infrastructure solutions.

Regarding built-in integrations in the product, the integration part can be improved by having more third-party vendors because SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is much more focused on premium vendors and premium OEMs. Most customers will be using common platform vendors, but some will be using customized solutions or SMB-level customers may be utilizing custom or new vendors. If possible, they can improve their API integrations with all other platforms. To provide a small example, in the South or APEX region, SonicWall is one of the key players in providing network security, but SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security does not have any integrations for SonicWall. Also, with Zoho, there is not much of an integration part that the end-user would expect.

The main improvement needed is the integration part with other third-party vendors. Also, they can support multiple platforms and provide support for multiple platforms in terms of features.

Response time can be improved because not all things are perfect in every product, whether CrowdStrike or Trend Micro. In some cases, I have felt that the response time could have been better. Regarding response to an attack or incident, in most cases, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security has helped me and has also provided a good reactive approach. Even if the endpoint gets compromised, there is rollback functionality. If it provides rollback, it would be able to provide the rollback functionality based on other platforms, such as Linux and Mac platforms. This would allow me to achieve something that no other competitive product is giving. Regarding response time, it can be improved.

I have been working with SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security for the past one and a half years.

I would say support is excellent. I would give them a rating of 9.5 to 10 because they are providing prompt support, and in my experience, I have never encountered a junior person or someone without knowledge coming into support from SentinelOne. In the support part, they are doing a great job.

It needs some time to install. For the complexity, I would give around six or seven on a scale of ten, where ten is more complex and zero is simple.

In some cases, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is better than Trend Micro. In detection and visibility control, it is much better than both Trend Micro and Fortinet. Fortinet is just now evolving and has entered the market, but I do not see many references for this particular CNAPP  solution.

From the customer and end-user point of view, they were able to have visibility throughout their cloud infrastructures, whether on AWS, Azure, or GCP. They were able to get complete visibility and identify the loopholes present in their cloud infrastructure solutions. My overall rating for this product is eight out of ten.

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security  was implemented across our multi-cloud infrastructure, with all of these infrastructures integrated into the platform. The solution pulled all accounts and subscriptions from AWS  and Azure , providing a consolidated view of our entire infrastructure. Within those infrastructures, it ran agentless scanning and could identify any vulnerabilities, malware, or risks associated with our infrastructure resources.

SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security was user-friendly and not difficult to understand in terms of how the application works. The integration process was pretty straightforward. We integrated with AWS , Azure , and Google, though integration with Google required significant workarounds involving Terraform . Once the integration was completed, the process became straightforward. The onboarding process for accounts was somewhat tedious, but apart from that aspect, everything was straightforward.

From a security operations perspective, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security played an important role. I work with the infrastructure team and closely work with the Infosec team, which is the primary security team. They relied on all the risks and alerts from the platform and worked on how to remediate them and determine whether patching was required. All remediation decisions were based on the initial visibility of any infrastructure risk provided by this application.

The secret scanning feature in SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security is very important. When we create new accounts or onboard new accounts for any business unit, we gain visibility into what exactly that team is doing and what risks are associated with their activities. As a platform engineer, I work with multiple business units who want to work on Kubernetes  or Docker  solutions in test environments or sandboxes. When we create an account for a business unit without segmentation around what connects to what, SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security runs scanning and provides visibility. For example, if a developer creates a vulnerable Jenkins  instance, the SOC team and I get a better view of the risks associated with instances that the developer team is working on, even though the developers themselves may not be aware of those risks.

Drift detection with respect to infrastructure code is important. When somebody makes changes to infrastructure code, it creates a drift and lets you know what changes have been made at the infrastructure level.

The first downside of SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security was the onboarding process, which was very challenging and took a lot of time. We faced many challenges around onboarding accounts. However, once we got past that initial phase, everything became pretty straightforward and we did not have any issues.

The speed of opening a ticket with SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security support is good. However, there were some cases where getting a support agent on a call was a little difficult.

The company went with Prisma because within multiple operating companies, there is a significant footprint of Palo Alto devices for firewalls and endpoint firewalls on-premise. Since Prisma is also a Palo Alto product, it integrates natively with their existing applications. SentinelOne Singularity Cloud Security operated through the cloud, while Prisma also provides risk assessment for on-premise devices, which is an additional capability. This is the reason why Prisma is preferred currently.