Upwind Cloud Security Platform
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Outstanding Support and Customization—A Joy to Work With
What do you like best about the product?
Upwind has been a joy to work with from initial contact through deployment and beyond. Their sales and CS staff is on top of any issues and they work diligently to get the right solution in place. Their technical staff has been super responsive to any questions we have and are always willing to consider adding new functionality to meet the needs of their customers. Awesome tool and staff.
What do you dislike about the product?
None so far! If anything there is work to be done on the compliance front for reporting NIST or GDPR compliance checks.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Providing visibility into our cloud environment and making discovery of gaps easy to identify.
Outstanding Visibility, But Overwhelming Volume of Findings
What do you like best about the product?
Upwind has given us excellent visibility and has greatly enhanced our risk posture.
What do you dislike about the product?
The level of visibility we have leads to a large number of vulnerability findings, which can quickly become overwhelming.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Before using upwind, we lacked any insight into our container run times, so adopting it brought significant value to our operations. Additionally, we now benefit from greater visibility throughout our environment, along with comprehensive data that aids in both identifying and addressing issues.
Lightning-Fast Detections, Needs Bulk Alert Management
What do you like best about the product?
Fast near realtime detections, low noise.
What do you dislike about the product?
Unable to bulk resolve or suppress alerts.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
It is an integral component of our organization's cloud detection stack.
Effortless AWS Integration That Delivers as Promised
What do you like best about the product?
Extremely easy implementation to our AWS environment
What do you dislike about the product?
Nothing in particular, we don't have enough experience working with alternatives. It delivers what we hoped for
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
We needed a good IDPS and Upwind delivered at a balanced price point
Stunning Graphics and Easy Resource Management
What do you like best about the product?
The graphics are really good, it is easy to spot resources and threats within the product.
The support is qvery quick to respond.
The support is qvery quick to respond.
What do you dislike about the product?
Upgraded features are a point that is taken care of but could be more agile.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
I didnt see problems, feature updates were needed and working upon them.
Increased compliance and visibility boost cloud security posture
What is our primary use case?
We use Upwind for runtime security in our cloud environments. We also use Upwind for cloud security posture management, API security, and cloud vulnerability management.
What is most valuable?
Upwind has great runtime detection and response capabilities for our cloud workloads. It provides great context for vulnerability management, allowing us to see what our most important vulnerabilities are. Upwind gives us insight into API security threats and helps us identify misconfigurations in our cloud environments to align with security frameworks like CIS or NIST. With Upwind, we have greatly increased our cloud security posture. Our compliance rates have improved significantly, and they have helped us automate vulnerability management and gain insights into API endpoint security.
What needs improvement?
Upwind just needs to continue on the path they are on. They have some really great ideas and need to keep refining their different tool sets and add to their reporting and automation. However, they have a strong platform as it is.
For how long have I used the solution?
I started using Upwind a couple of years ago.
What was my experience with deployment of the solution?
It was very easy for us to deploy. Their deployment is much more modern and automated than others that we have seen.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Absolutely, Upwind is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Upwind scales great for us. It is deployed in such a way that whenever we build something new, it automatically deploys to those new resources, and we really don't have to touch it much. So, it scales really well.
How are customer service and support?
Customer support is fantastic. We have a very good relationship with the Upwind team. They are always timely in their response and provide direct integration with us via Slack. Whenever we have issues, they are right there to support us.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Yes, we did. We used another cloud security provider. We switched because they were a more legacy provider and their integrations were not as modern or capable. Their runtime alerting did not surface the same amount of detail or events, and we felt Upwind was cloud-first, which aligns with our company's cloud-first direction.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was fairly straightforward. Pretty much everything was done via infrastructure as code, using either Terraform or CloudFormation. It was as easy as applying those templates to our environment.
What was our ROI?
Upwind has definitely saved us a lot of time in reviewing the findings with the posture findings. It also saved us time in vulnerability management by significantly lowering the number of vulnerabilities we need to focus on, reducing the time required to address critical issues.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Pricing, setup costs, and licensing were very fair.
What other advice do I have?
I would just say it's a great product. They have greatly improved our visibility. They are great to work with. They are a great overall cloud security platform and they continue innovating and adding new features. I would rate the overall solution a 10 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Upwind "Best for Cloud Security"
What do you like best about the product?
The best thing about this Upwind app is, that it works on a real-time basis. Automatically detect the threats and solve the issue instantly. Its very easy to use. We can integrate easily in our system.
What do you dislike about the product?
I think everything is good, no dislikes about upwind.
What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?
Upwind is helping me in cloud security, It is running in the background, which is very helpful.
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