AWS Security Hub Reviews

AWS Security Hub is a CSPM (cloud security posture management) solution where you can get your current configuration posture or the security posture of your cloud. You can scan it through multiple compliance checks like CIS Benchmark, AWS Security Best Practices, or PCI DSS.

The best feature of AWS Security Hub is that you can get compliance or your cloud's current security posture. We are currently using CIS benchmark and AWS Security Best Practices. So you'll get the score and all the findings.

Although AWS Security Hub does a periodic scan of your overall infrastructure, it doesn't do it in real time.

Real-time scanning should be included in the solution’s next release.

I have been using AWS Security Hub for around four years.

AWS Security Hub is a stable solution.

AWS Security Hub is a scalable solution. You can add multiple accounts to one place and monitor it from there. Around 20 people from the cloud security and DevOps teams are using the solution in our organization. We are not planning to increase the solution's usage in the future.

AWS Security Hub's technical support is excellent because we always get a quick response from them. I rate AWS Security Hub's technical support an eight or nine out of ten.

Positive

Before AWS Security Hub, we used third-party tools like CloudGuard from Check Point. We decided to switch to AWS Security Hub because third-party tools provide the same capability as AWS Security Hub, and they are quite expensive.

AWS Security Hub is easy to implement and can be done in just a few clicks.

AWS Security Hub's pricing is pretty reasonable.

AWS Security Hub has an updated version from AWS. So there is no version control from the customer side. It's a managed service provided by AWS.

It's easy to integrate AWS Security Hub with products by other vendors.

AWS Security Hub is the best service I could find in AWS native security service, and anyone can leverage it to get an overall view of their infrastructure posture. You can find out what is the current score of their infrastructure according to security.

Multiple findings or multiple loopholes can be fixed directly from the solution. AWS Security Hub will help improve any new organization or a new AWS account to get to an optimal security posture.

Overall, I rate AWS Security Hub a nine out of ten.

We use AWS Security Hub for cloud security posture management and automated remediation.

The most valuable features of the solution are the scanning of all the cloud environments and most of the compliances available in the cloud. We can integrate the findings of different services into AWS Security Hub and analyze our cloud infrastructure based on that. We inform the owners if we find anything that is non-compliant or does not adhere to the security best practices.

We are facing some cost-related issues with the solution. We integrated a couple of services into AWS Security Hub, and some rules are not required for our environment. However, the assessment happens based on those rules, and we have to pay some additional costs.

We need some customization into the compliances whenever we enable specific compliances. We need more granular-level customizations to enable or disable the rules in AWS Security Hub.

Suppose we enabled one of the compliances and have more than 100 rules for that compliance. If one of the customers is not using all the services, those services are not really used in the environment. We are looking for some customizations to disable that rule so that the scanning will not happen based on that rule, and we can save some cost.

I have been using AWS Security Hub for four years.

I rate the solution a nine out of ten for stability.

Not all users in my organization have access to AWS Security Hub. Our security and cloud engineering teams actively use the solution in our organization.

I rate the solution an eight out of ten for scalability.

The technical support is good from a security perspective because AWS provides 24/7 support for all the services.

Positive

I have worked with different solutions, but not for the same organization. I have worked with different third-party tools like Prisma for cloud security posture management.

The initial setup of the solution is easy. We did some automation within the Lambda functions. If we onboard a new account, Lambda functions will help us enable AWS Security Hub into that account and send the findings to the administrator account.

The solution can be implemented in less than five minutes.

We integrated AWS Security Hub with Jira. If we find new findings in AWS Security Hub, the tickets get automatically created in Jira. If the automated remediation solution is available for a specific rule, it gets automatically remediated, and the ticket is closed by adding some comments. We have integrated AWS and GuardDuty into AWS Security Hub. Scanning, findings, and alerting are the most effective features of AWS Security Hub.

Integrating AWS Security Hub with other AWS services lets you see all the findings within your account from a single dashboard. I would recommend AWS Security Hub to users who don't have a multi-cloud environment.

Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

I use it for security posture management.

I really like the seamless integration with the AWS account structure. It can even be made mandatory as part of the landing zone. These are great features.

And there's a single pane of glass for the entire account.

There is room for improvement in a couple of things. One is that the dashboard isn't very customizable. Another is that the alerting level is the same across the entire account. Every organization has different needs, like sandbox accounts. Even though they have the same alert level, it might not be critical for them.

Security needs to be measured based on their own criteria. We can't add custom criteria specific to our organization. For example, having an S3 bucket publicly available might be flagged as a critical alert, but it might not be critical in a sandbox environment. 

So, it gets flagged as critical, which becomes a false positive. So, customization options and creating custom dashboards would be areas for improvement.

I've been using it personally for the past five years.

I never had any problems with stability. 

It's scalable in the sense that it's good for posture management, but only within AWS. If you have a multi-cloud environment, you can't use Security Hub for anything else. That's a limitation. There are other tools available that are cross-cloud platforms.

AWS support is normally good. Depends on your contract agreement with them. But normally, it's good.

Positive

I've used Splunk and Sentinel. They're considered SIEM tools, more advanced than Security Hub.

Splunk and Sentinel are industry-standard SIEM tools, while Security Hub doesn't easily categorize as one. It's not fully functional as a SIEM tool and lacks some features. It offers some posture management but isn't a full SIEM. 

The SIEM tools have more process integration, organization-wide integration, log correlation, and customizable dashboards. They also allow easy alert configuration from the tool itself. 

Security Hub can do this, but it requires AWS Lambda and server activity, not an out-of-the-box configuration. 

On the other hand, Security Hub has low cost and good performance. SIEM tools sometimes struggle with high log volumes, but Security Hub doesn't.

The initial setup was easy. It's basically just enabling a few things. And there's good documentation available.

It was actually enabled as part of the LandingZone, so it didn't take long to deploy. Maybe a day or two.

We had mainly one dedicated architect and maybe two or three engineers. But they weren't just working on Security Hub; it was part of deploying the LandingZone. Security was enabled as part of the overall setup.

It's a managed service by AWS. We don't have to do much beyond looking at the dashboards and working on it. We did spend some time creating the auto-remediation part, which is an extension of the security app. But otherwise, it's a well-managed service.

Security Hub is not an expensive solution. Security Hub is a free AWS product included in the subscription.

Overall, I would rate the solution a six out of ten. Security Hub is a good starting point for security monitoring and management but not the end solution. Unless AWS adds major features, becoming more like a SIEM tool, organizations can't fully rely on it. It lacks the full capabilities of a SIEM, forcing reliance on other paid solutions. That's the biggest drawback right now.

We use AWS Security Hub to find vulnerabilities. We can check if an IAM user has multiple policies. We can check whether it is directly attached to the user and not attached to the group.

We take precautionary steps instead of responding to vulnerabilities. We haven’t faced any security breaches or vulnerabilities yet. We use GuardDuty. It provides us with information about IPs so that we can block them. We can restrict the IP from entering our network.

The solution shows us our compliance score. Based on the score, we can check what is preventing our compliance score from becoming 100%. The tool provides an explanation and steps for remediation. We can easily assign tasks to juniors. Even people without experience can understand the remedies.

The support must be quicker.

I have been using the solution for three to four years.

I rate the tool’s scalability an eight out of ten. We manage various customers. We use the Security Hub in every project. Some customers do not use AWS. They use Prisma. However, Prisma has similar features.

I raise support requests to the support team. If we raise tickets that impact services, we get quick support. If we raise a normal ticket that does not impact services, we do not get quick support.

Neutral

The initial setup is easy. Anyone can do it.

I have used Prisma and Qualys. They have the same approach as AWS. Instead of purchasing a third-party solution, we choose Security Hub. It is an in-built tool in AWS.

We are partners. I will recommend the tool to others. It is better to use an in-built tool like AWS Security Hub than using a third-party solution. It helps with compliance. Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.

We use AWS Security Hub for vulnerability or compliance detection.

The platform has valuable features for security. It helps in identifying misconfigurations and vulnerabilities and fixing them early.

It's a dependent platform. It is not flexible for multi-cloud environments. They should add features for cloud diagnosis to analyze logs from the cloud in a standardized format. Additionally, its integration capabilities with external systems could be improved.

I have been working with AWS Security Hub for two years.

The AWS technical support is excellent. They have multiple channels of support.

Positive

The setup is straightforward. The time taken for deployment depends on how many AWS services you are using and the complexity of your environment. But in general, it only takes a few hours. The process involves collecting logs and storing them in CloudVoice.

There are multiple subscription models, like yearly, monthly, and packaged.

I recommend AWS Security Hub to those who build their infrastructure only in the AWS cloud. If you don't want to spend much on adopting a new tool, I will strongly recommend the product.

I rate AWS Security an eight out of ten.

We use Security Hub to collect telemetry information about misconfigurations in the cloud environment. It helps us identify any misconfigurations in the AWS Cloud stack. 

AWS Security Hub provides comprehensive alerts about potential compliance issues with CIS standards. The integration with third-party tools is another excellent feature. All our workloads are on AWS.

The telemetry doesn't always go into the control center. When you have multiple instances running in AWS, you need a control tower to take feeds from Security Hub and analyze your results. Sometimes exemptions aren't passed between the control tower and Security Hub. The configuration gets mixed up or you don't get the desired results. 

I have used AWS Security Hub for about four months.

Security Hub is native to AWS, so it's stable. 

AWS Security Hub is pretty scalable. 

Security Hub is enabled on AWS by default. You don't need to deploy anything, but you have to configure your policies.

We are evaluating several other CSPM solutions, including Tenable. 

I rate AWS Security Hub seven out of 10. I recommend Security Hub if all of your workloads are on AWS and you don't have deployments on any other cloud platforms. It's the best option when you don't want to spend money.

AWS Security Hub is used to run automated security checks across Amazon AWS environments.

The solution has helped my company because I can track IMT.

The most valuable feature of AWS Security Hub is the ability to track when monitoring is not enabled on any of my resources.

AWS Security Hub should improve the time it takes to update. It takes a long period of time when updating. It can take 24 hours sometimes to update. Additionally, when integrating this solution with more security tools, takes time.

I have been using AWS Security Hub for approximately two years.

AWS Security Hub is stable. The solution is built on top of our Amazon services which makes it reliable.

The solution is highly scalable.

I rate the scalability of AWS Security Hub a seven out of ten.

I rate the initial setup of AWS Security Hub a seven out of ten.

I have received a return on investment using AWS Security Hub.

The price of AWS Security Hub is average compared to other solutions.

Security is paramount when it comes to the cloud. For any company that wants to migrate to the cloud or is in the cloud already, we need to take our security into consideration. I would advise everyone this solution provides one dashboard for all the security events happening in the environment.

I rate AWS Security Hub an eight out of ten.

The use case of AWS Security Hub is to manage the compliance part. It is a CSPM tool that helps you understand the compliance level of your infrastructure in the cloud. The tool gives you a score considering the levels of compliance you follow.

The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to manage, and a user of AWS does not have to log in to different consoles. If you have an AWS infrastructure, then it works fine. If you have multiple cloud infrastructures in your organization that may consist of cloud services from AWS, Azure, or GCP, then the tool may not be that effective since it can be described as a native tool for AWS.

From an improvement perspective, there is a need to add more compliance since, right now, AWS Security Hub only provides four to five compliances to control the tool. It should be made possible to integrate some of the other tools with AWS Security Hub so that it can give you complete visibility of the product.

AWS Security Hub needs a lot of improvement since it is a native tool meant for AWS products only. For providing compliance, a number of tools are available in the market to take care of the protection part.

In the future, AWS needs to implement a single dashboard and make different kinds of modules available. To use it as a CSPM tool, you must go with AWS Security Hub, Amazon Inspector, and AWS Config. AWS Security Hub needs to introduce a single dashboard that allows a security person to go and log in, see the status, and take action if necessary.

I have been using AWS Security Hub for three to four years. I work as an integrator, and my company has partnerships with many companies involved in OEM tools.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

It is a scalable solution.

I have implemented AWS Security Hub for five to six customers of our company.

AWS office has two types of support, namely business and standard. If you have opted for standard support, then it will be very complex to connect with the technical staff of AWS. If you have opted for business support, then the technical staff of AWS will connect with you within a minute. Business support is paid support.

The initial setup of AWS Security Hub was straightforward.

The product's deployment process is very easy and can be completed within an hour. As soon as you enable the product, it works. The product doesn't require the user to undergo any other implementation phases since it is a tool that you just have to enable in your environment to make it work across your environment.

The product's deployment process is very easy since you just need to log in to the control before going to Security Hub to enable it. You may enable AWS Security Hub in which account you want to enable.

The solution is deployed on the cloud.

One or two staff members are enough to manage the solution's deployment and maintenance. If you have a bigger environment with thousands of machines, then one or two people are enough to take care of the visibility part of the solution, but the maintenance will require a large number of staff members.

AWS Security Hub is not an expensive tool. I would consider it to be a cheap solution. AWS Security Hub follows the PAYG pricing model, meaning you will have to pay for whatever you use.

If a person only wants a CSPM tool, then they can go with AWS Security Hub. If a person wants the product to be more than just a CSPM tool, then they need to evaluate the solutions available in the market.

I rate the overall tool a seven out of ten.