AWS Security Hub vs AlienVault OSSIM comparison

The compared AT&T and Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions aren't in the same category. AT&T is ranked #11 in SIEM , with an average rating of 7.3, and holds a 5.0% mindshare in the category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #13 in CSPM , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 5.6% mindshare. Additionally, 80% of AT&T users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 90% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users who would recommend it.

AlienVault OSSIM

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90% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

AlienVault OSSIM and AWS Security Hub are often compared in the security information and event management category. AWS Security Hub generally has more advanced features and integrations, giving it an edge despite AlienVault OSSIM's competitive pricing and support.

Features: AlienVault OSSIM users like its open-source model, integrative functionality, and cost-effectiveness. AWS Security Hub is praised for its comprehensive security coverage, automated compliance checks, and extensive integration with AWS services.

Room for Improvement: AlienVault OSSIM should improve scalability, reporting efficiency, and integration capabilities. AWS Security Hub could benefit from better integration with non-AWS services, more intuitive policy management, and enhancements in user interface navigation.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: AlienVault OSSIM is straightforward to deploy but has mixed customer service feedback. AWS Security Hub has a more complex deployment process but strong customer service support and robust documentation.

Pricing and ROI: AlienVault OSSIM is favored for its cost-effectiveness due to its open-source model. AWS Security Hub, though more expensive, provides excellent ROI with its advanced security features and seamless AWS integration.

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Categories and Ranking

AlienVault OSSIM

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (11th)

AWS Security Hub

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

7.2

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (5th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (13th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. AlienVault OSSIM is designed for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) and holds a mindshare of 5.0%, up 3.0% compared to last year.
AWS Security Hub, on the other hand, focuses on Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM), holds 5.6% mindshare, up 4.7% since last year.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Featured Reviews

HarshBhardiya

SOC Engineer at Just Dial Limited

An open-source solution that provide good detection and more visibility

The solution is not scalable. It impacts so hard. In the initial stages, AlienVault OSSIM can be suitable for small environments. There may be limitations if the customer expresses a desire to expand and add more devices. In such cases, we would need to either explore additional solutions or work within the constraints of the existing setup. We have set up alerts and configured everything in AlienVault OSSIM. It actively monitors for any security incidents. It provides us with regular updates and notifications about any ongoing activities. Only one person is using the solution. It is the perfect solution for small businesses. I rate the solution’s scalability a three out of ten.

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CobusFrey

Product Owner Global Cloud at Tyme

Not only does it easily integrate with third-party tools but also allows auto synchronization of logs

AWS Security Hub has advanced quite a bit over the last couple of years. The features are quite rich now. Before purchasing, one should develop an understanding of the product. I believe AWS Security Hub is one of the most friendly solutions for integration with third-party tools. I find the integration of AWS Security Hub to be the easiest with tools from Microsoft and a bit difficult with Google solutions. AWS Security Hub is compliant in many different ways. The development business I am part of is SOC compliant for AWS Security Hub, while the banks our organization works with have been PCI compliant for AWS Security Hub for three years. I would definitely recommend AWS Security Hub to others, yet I would also inquire about their purpose and knowledge of cloud solutions. If you know how to use AWS Security Hub, it can be a great solution to work with. The solution is more suitable for people working in the cloud instead of on-premises. I would rate AWS Security Hub a nine out of ten.

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"AlienVault OSSIM's GUI is very user-friendly."

"Network traffic analysis is highly efficient."

"The initial setup is straightforward."

"With AlienVault you get everything in one box."

"It has helped us remediate threats in the past by providing significant events that assisted in identifying suspicious activities, such as logins from multiple countries."

"The tool's security detection is good. It helps us with login tracking and generating reports. We aim to identify potential issues, such as brute-force attacks on user accounts or server-level anomalies. For instance, if I receive a report indicating a server is at an abnormal level, I investigate and address the issue."

"The most valuable feature is the logging capability."

"The paid version of the solution has reporting and better scalability options."

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"The most beneficial aspect of Security Hub is its proactive capability, allowing us to identify potential security issues before they escalate."

"AWS Security Hub has very good integration features. It allows for AWS native services integration, and it helps us to integrate some of the services outside of AWS. They have partners, such as Amazon Preferred Network Partners (APN). If you have different security tools around APN, we can integrate those findings with AWS Security Hub reducing the need to refer to different portals or different UIs. You can have AWS Security Hub act as a single common go-to dashboard."

"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."

"The best feature of AWS Security Hub is that you can get compliance or your cloud's current security posture."

"The platform has valuable features for security."

"Very good at detection and providing real-time alerts."

"I find all of the features to be highly valuable."

"The most valuable feature of the solution stems from the fact that it is easy to manage...It is a scalable solution."

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Cons

"The price of this solution is very high and it could be cheaper."

"The incidence reporting could be better."

"It's under heavy traffic. If you have heavy traffic, the system is slow."

"AlienVault OSSIM failed to provide our company a full insight, while also giving out a lot of false positives."

"AlienVault OSSIM gives unwanted notifications."

"The correlation engine needs to be improved."

"The documentation could be improved."

"Sometimes technical issues take very long to get resolved."

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"We need more granular-level customizations to enable or disable the rules in AWS Security Hub."

"I would like a more fine-grained capability for creating custom rules and a more user-friendly experience programmatically in writing queries and configuring custom security rules, making it quicker and easier."

"AWS Security Hub's configuration and integration are areas where it lacks and needs to improve."

"The support must be quicker."

"Shortening the response time for support tickets, particularly in production issues, could make the service more efficient."

"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."

"The user interface, graphs, and dashboards of the solution could improve in the future. They are not very sophisticated and could use an update."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"The licensing fees for the non-community edition are paid on an annual basis, and there are no costs in addition to this."

"The price of AlienVault OSSIM is too high sometimes for us to present to our customers. The price should be lower. We are on a three-year license to use the solution. We had to pay extra for the support."

"AlienVault OSSIM is an open-source solution."

"The solution is open source, so it's free to use."

"We are using a free version of the solution. If you purchase a license there are more features available but the price is a little high. The solution should be cheaper to allow more customers to be able to afford it."

"AlienVault pricing is the best. Whatever cost you are paying, you are getting a return on every penny... It's not like your IBM, your QRadar, or Splunk, where the cost is too high."

"OSSIM is open source, and USM is the paid license. So, if you want, you can switch to USM. There you will have to buy a license, and they have a support team that helps you out on issues you face."

"I used the paid version of the tool and found it to be expensive. It has been a while since I changed to Securonix. I will have to check whether AlienVault charges per device, user, or log."

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

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

"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."

"The price of the solution is not very competitive but it is reasonable."

"AWS Security Hub's pricing is pretty reasonable."

"The pricing is fine. It is not an expensive tool."

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

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Capture DB - they all use NoSQL db and hence solve the ad hoc query and 'go back in time' problem with current best of breed SIEM and DLP solutions that rely on real time analysis of incoming logs (and don't store them). This means deeper and quicker iterative threat analysis and assessment…

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

Comms Service Provider

Educational Organization

Computer Software Company

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

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Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about AlienVault OSSIM?

Asset discovery is good.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for AlienVault OSSIM?

I used the paid version of the tool and found it to be expensive. It has been a while since I changed to Securonix. I will have to check whether AlienVault charges per device, user, or log.

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What needs improvement with AlienVault OSSIM?

There are somewhat more false positives with the user behavior analytics, which could benefit from an additional machine learning model to detect user patterns more rapidly. The integration capabil...

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Which is better - Azure Sentinel or AWS Security Hub?

We like that Azure Sentinel does not require as much maintenance as legacy SIEMs that are on-premises. Azure Sentinel is auto-scaling - you will not have to worry about performance impact, you will...

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What do you like most about AWS Security Hub?

The most valuable features of the solution are the scanning of all the cloud environments and most of the compliances available in the cloud.

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What needs improvement with AWS Security Hub?

I would like a more fine-grained capability for creating custom rules and a more user-friendly experience programmatically in writing queries and configuring custom security rules, making it quicke...

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Overview

AlienVault OSSIM, Open Source Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), provides you with a feature-rich open source SIEM complete with event collection, normalization and correlation. Launched by security engineers because of the lack of available open source products, AlienVault OSSIM was created specifically to address the reality many security professionals face: A SIEM, whether it is open source or commercial, is virtually useless without the basic security controls necessary for security visibility.

AWS Security Hub is a comprehensive security service that provides a centralized view of security alerts and compliance status across an AWS environment. It collects data from various AWS services, partner solutions, and AWS Marketplace products to provide a holistic view of security posture. With Security Hub, users can quickly identify and prioritize security issues, automate compliance checks, and streamline remediation efforts.

The service offers a range of features including continuous monitoring, threat intelligence integration, and customizable dashboards. It also provides automated insights and recommendations to help users improve their security posture. Security Hub integrates with other AWS services like Amazon GuardDuty, AWS Config, and AWS Macie to provide a unified security experience. Additionally, it supports integration with third-party security tools through its API, allowing users to leverage their existing security investments.

With its user-friendly interface and powerful capabilities, AWS Security Hub is a valuable tool for organizations looking to enhance their security and compliance posture in the cloud.

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