We use Lacework for cloud security.
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The best OOBE and ease of use
What do you like best about the product?
The straight forward no hustle setup and maintenance
What do you dislike about the product?
Too easy to learn! my job will be obsolete soon
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
one GUI to govern them all!
Best User - Friendly Security Features
What do you like best about the product?
- Even if you are novice on IT, you can manage / configure it
- Easy to find documentation / forums to find any setting you need
- Forti has a family of features / devices / services you can integrate it with to be able to expand the capabilities
- Easy to find documentation / forums to find any setting you need
- Forti has a family of features / devices / services you can integrate it with to be able to expand the capabilities
What do you dislike about the product?
- Some advanced settings you must to do it on CLI
- The logs are not easy to understand at first glance
- The logs are not easy to understand at first glance
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
- IPsec VPN
- InterVlan Routing
- DPI
- WebFilter
- AD Integrated Security Features
- DHCP
- NTP Server
- Network Policies
- InterVlan Routing
- DPI
- WebFilter
- AD Integrated Security Features
- DHCP
- NTP Server
- Network Policies
A cloud security platform that automates detection and alerting of misconfiguration and anomalies within or Cloud environment.
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
The ability to collect the information, analyze it, and then correlate it against the configured policy has helped us. It is easily integrated with security frameworks such as AWS, and CIS benchmarks.
Lacework, by its nature, maintains a low level of noise. Through its intelligent backend data aggregation and correlation, it effectively minimizes less relevant alerts, and instead alert on crucial matters or authentic instances of behavioral risks and concerns. However, what stands out is that having the capability to review configurations empowers us to enact adjustments internally, possibly resulting in a reduction of alerts needing attention.
What is most valuable?
Cloud Security Management is a valuable feature. In our perspective, it delivers significant benefits. The clarity it offers, along with the ability to identify misconfigurations, is invaluable. When such issues arise, we promptly acknowledge and take action, effectively collaborating with our teams and the responsible parties for those assets. This enables us to promptly manage problems as soon as they arise.
What needs improvement?
Lacework ranks high, primarily due to its role in alerting on unexpected behavior, potential vulnerabilities, and misconfiguration against policies.
Currently, a view of all policies is available within the console. However, At some point in the past, I wanted a more tailored display of my compliance posture, focusing specifically on policies relevant to me. For instance, if I'm not subject to HIPAA regulations, I'd prefer not to see the HIPAA compliance details. It's worth noting that even with this request, there exists a filtering mechanism to control the type of compliance information visible. This flexibility provides a workaround to my preference, which is why it's challenging for me to definitively state my exact improvement request.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Lacework for two years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Its a matter of forwarding logs and data for ingestion. The solution can be scaled based on needs to c
How are customer service and support?
The support is quite good. We encountered an issue when attempting to integrate Alerting Channels. Specifically, we aimed to send alerts to our communication platform, but encountered an issue that hindered this process. I submitted a request, and the response was swift. The support team addressed the matter promptly, resulting in an immediate resolution.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I have not seen many other similar solutions. I have a genuine appreciation for Lacework. Comparing it to other products wouldn't be equitable, as my experience with those alternatives is limited. Thus, it wouldn't be justifiable to make a definitive judgment about one product being superior to Lacework or vice versa. I can affirm, however, that Lacework is highly commendable and is delivering substantial benefits for our needs.
How was the initial setup?
It is deployed on the cloud. Regarding maintenance, certain tasks must be done, including policy maintenance and alert review. However, beyond these responsibilities, there's not much to manage, given its complete Software as a Service (SaaS) nature. There's no need for involvement in tasks like storage management or endpoint maintenance.
What was our ROI?
I believe that quantifying the tangible gains from deploying a security solution is a challenge. Especially in the realm of security, the implemented solutions work to avert potential significant losses that might be hard to measure. The return on investment is evident in the form of enhanced security and prevention of major security incidents. While the value gained isn't easily quantifiable in a monetary sense, it's clear that the expense is justified. Essentially, purchasing and implementing such solutions incurs a cost without direct monetary returns. However, if we were without such solutions, the alternative would involve hiring additional staff, particularly SOC engineers, to manage anomalies, issue investigations, and alert correlation.
What other advice do I have?
The overall solution can be rated 10 out of 10.
I would recommend that while utilizing the product, it's vital to actively engage in configuring your environment appropriately and adopting the right procedures, both technical and administrative. This approach ensures the realization of value from Lacework or any security solution.
FortiOS
What do you like best about the product?
FortiOS was ovious pick because it's simple to learn and included with our firewall purchase. Early on, it became clear on that FirtiOS and security would speed up and simplify our move from our present antiquated platform
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes problems with upgrading and it becomes challenging also the most recent release is not typically stable on all platforms.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It's is helping our business for smooth and easy process and deployment. It is available on reasonable prices and any one companies can afford easily. Highly recommend
Fortios (Secured OS using Linux Platform)
What do you like best about the product?
It's a good OS that will protect the system by using Linux Kernel and web application firewall
What do you dislike about the product?
Sometimes it will be slow in providing a firewall security
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
OS is very beneficial by helping us to secure our system with their Fortinet Security Fabric
Robust and Powerful
What do you like best about the product?
The ease of use is the hallmark of FortiOS. The user interface is very intuitive. The UTM features are extensive.
Also initial setup is easy and can get you up and running pretty fast.
Also initial setup is easy and can get you up and running pretty fast.
What do you dislike about the product?
There are quite a few features that are only accessible through the command line and are not readily reachable through the UI. I feel there is no point in leaving important features not easily accessible to the user like that.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Security of course. The solution is pretty robust and facilitates day-to-day security and provisioning tasks. Stability and reliability for us is an important asset.
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