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PROS

BMC Helix Cloud Security provides a cohesive view into security postures across multiple cloud accounts, including Azure, AWS, and GCP, enabling efficient management of policies and reporting.
It delivers unified visibility into baseline security across diverse cloud environments through a single pane of glass approach.
The dashboard allows Level 1 and 2 operations support teams to take action and report on security vulnerabilities effectively.
BMC Helix Cloud Security supports multiple clouds, allowing monitoring and management of AWS, Azure, and GCP from one platform.
It offers features valuable for maintaining security, including container security, vulnerability management, and regulatory compliance capabilities.

CONS

Organizations often blend multiple control bodies like FISMA, HIPAA, CIS, PCI, or SOX.
There is a demand for content in BMC Helix Cloud Security to facilitate community sharing and collaboration on security controls.
Issues have been encountered with connectors, potentially arising from APIs scanning the environment incorrectly.
Improvements have been noted with connectors in scanning environments faster and obtaining data.
BMC Helix Cloud Security requires better integration of its various features.
 

BMC Helix Cloud Security Pros review quotes

VL
Jan 14, 2020
The best feature is time to value. With very minimal effort, you are able to have a cohesive view into your security posture on one or multiple cloud accounts, particularly if you are dealing with multicloud. If you have Azure and AWS deployments, you might have multiple subscriptions in Azure and usually multiple accounts in AWS. You may even be doing some GCP work (around Google Cloud Platform). It's very difficult to manage a common set of policies, even less reporting, across multiple subscriptions, accounts, and cloud environments. What BMC Helix Cloud Security does is provide a unified view or single pane of glass as to your baseline. Then, it also facilitates the ability for Level 1 or 2 operations support to take action and report on security vulnerabilities.
JD
Jan 14, 2020
The cool feature of Helix Cloud Security is that you can do all that — understand and remediate issues — in one dashboard, based on the different policies that are available for security, out-of-the-box.
GregoireSoukiassian - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 20, 2023
The most valuable aspects of BMC Helix Cloud Security are its security features and regulatory compliance capabilities.
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PK
Jan 26, 2020
The features that I've found most valuable are its container security aspect. I also like its vulnerability management tools.
DG
Jul 31, 2023
Role-based security is a valuable feature.
 

BMC Helix Cloud Security Cons review quotes

VL
Jan 14, 2020
Every organization out there doesn't rely on just one control body. They use FISMA control. They may use HIPAA, CIS, PCI, or SOX, then blend them. One of the things that is now in big demand for BMC Helix Cloud Security is content. That's the next journey in its lifespan, making it easier for the community to share and collaborate on content for security controls that can be measured and remediated.
JD
Jan 14, 2020
We've had some with issues connectors. The connectors have seemed to have caused a little bit of trouble, perhaps with the APIs trying to scan the environment. The only time I've had to reach out to tech support was for that. It seems it may not have been scanning correctly or I wasn't seeing data within a specific time. But we've set up a couple of connectors in the past couple of weeks and they actually scanned the AWS environment and we had data within about 10 minutes. It's working a lot faster and I think they're making improvements as they go.
GregoireSoukiassian - PeerSpot reviewer
Oct 20, 2023
BMC Helix Cloud Security has room for improvement in terms of integrating its various features.
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PK
Jan 26, 2020
The UI could be more user-friendly.
DG
Jul 31, 2023
I want the role-based security feature to be improved.