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Executive SummaryUpdated on Oct 9, 2024

Tanium and Amazon Inspector compete in cybersecurity solutions. Amazon Inspector seems to have the upper hand in cloud integration, whereas Tanium excels in broader IT environments.

Features: Tanium features real-time endpoint data collection, extensive IT asset management, and rapid threat detection. Amazon Inspector is known for its excellent integration with AWS environments, automated security assessments, and vulnerability management.

Room for Improvement: Tanium could improve cloud integration features, simplify deployment, and enhance user interface designs. Amazon Inspector might benefit from expanding support beyond AWS, enriching real-time data analysis capabilities, and offering more on-premise security solutions.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Tanium's deployment requires comprehensive setup procedures suitable for diverse IT landscapes often needing expert assistance. Amazon Inspector provides seamless integration with AWS, featuring automated processes. In customer service, both offer robust support, with Amazon Inspector often noted for efficiency within AWS environments.

Pricing and ROI: Tanium’s setup cost reflects its extensive capabilities and infrastructure needs, leading to higher initial expenses but potential long-term savings through integrated solutions. Amazon Inspector offers a cost-effective approach for AWS users, with pricing tied to the number of assessments. Tanium may provide a more comprehensive ROI for diverse IT assets, while Amazon Inspector delivers significant value for AWS-centric organizations.

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Amazon Inspector vs. Tanium

December 2024

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon Inspector

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

25th

Average Rating

8.0

Reviews Sentiment

7.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

IT Vendor Risk Management (7th)

Tanium

Ranking in Vulnerability Management

23rd

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

6.8

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Server Monitoring (10th), Endpoint Protection Platform (EPP) (35th), Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) (26th)

Mindshare comparison

As of December 2024, in the Vulnerability Management category, the mindshare of Amazon Inspector is 2.8%, up from 0.7% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Tanium is 2.5%, up from 1.9% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Vulnerability Management

Featured Reviews

Nikhil Sehgal

Lead Solution Advisor (Cyber Security) at Deloitte

Primarily focuses on security of EC2 instances, provides point-in-time assessments rather than real time protection but provides automated vulnerability detection

It has a limited scope. So, AWS Inspector primarily focuses on the security of the EC2 instance. So, if your architecture includes other AWS services, then you may need to use additional tools for your comprehensive security assessment. So that is one con. Another is, like, we have a dependency on agents. So other is dependency on agents, like, Inspector relies on agents installed on instances for deeper assessment. So managing these agents can be additional overhead. So these kinds of things. It does not even provide real-time protection. So, Inspector provides point-in-time assessment rather than continuous monitoring. So these are all cons. When it comes to false positives, it is there for most security tools as of now. I would not consider false positives a major concern. So, these are the major concerns that I found: dependency on agents, limited scope, and no real-time protection.

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Mo Vermeiren

Cybersecurity Business & Technology Consultant at Capgemini

Is able to make several campaigns work in parallel, but the user interface needs improvement

It's mainly used by the cybersecurity team for Windows patching and deployment of some software solutions I like the fact that you can create patching campaigns depending on the area of your network that you want to address first. I like the ability it has to make several campaigns that work in…

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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

"The automated vulnerability detection aspect is most valuable."

"The integration of Amazon Inspector with other AWS services has enhanced our security. Security Hub is a major asset because it allows us to centralize data from various AWS services. We can integrate third-party tools as well. It is just a single-click option."

"The findings dashboards are neat and easy to understand, offering clear demarcations for different types of findings and detailed insights into specific vulnerabilities and their associated instances. It is not a place where everything is dumped together. It offers an easy-to-understand layout."

"Amazon Inspector is highly stable, rated ten out of ten, and this stability impacts business security and administration positively."

"The vulnerability discovery is valuable, and they also rank those vulnerabilities for you. So, you could rapidly attack some of the higher, severe vulnerabilities as they pop up, if they do pop up."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon Inspector is the categorization of findings, which filters vulnerabilities by instance, container image, container repository, and Lambda function."

"Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable."

"I like the tool's incident response and security patching."

"Tanium's most valuable feature is its instant discovery aspect."

"I like the fact that you can create patching campaigns depending on the area of your network that you want to address first. I like the ability it has to make several campaigns that work in parallel."

"Threat hunting is a very good feature on Tanium. We have just started using it and have not used it extensively."

"I'm not so familiar with the tool but I like the interaction of the console to the picture. Patching is the primary model I have been focusing on for the last couple of weeks. So I have created a proof of concept environment and have been checking the available features."

"The solution is scalable and helps to understand how infrastructure works. It helps to improve the health of the organization."

"For incident response tasks, all these tasks can get done in minutes with minimal disruption to the end-user."

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Cons

"One major area for improvement is remediation. My team works on remediating findings over time, likely using available patches. However, easier integration with Amazon's patching services would be very helpful."

"There isn't too much to improve right now. Scanning on demand or as a part of the pipeline versus a post pipeline solution would be good, but it is not a deal breaker by any means."

"It has a limited scope. So, AWS Inspector primarily focuses on the security of the EC2 instance. So, if your architecture includes other AWS services, then you may need to use additional tools for your comprehensive security assessment. So that is one con. Another is, like, we have a dependency on agents."

"There is room for improvement in the scanning capabilities. I'd like to see broader coverage in terms of the vulnerabilities detected."

"One area for improvement in Amazon Inspector is the automation aspect."

"It is not really additional functions, or the features that are needed, rather the complexity would be reduced based on the number of modules required to put together a comprehensive operational security and risk compliance model."

"I would like to have more integrations and custom plugins to input. Integration is always a big deal in a lot of different environments."

"The solution needs to improve the reporting and tracking capabilities."

"The solution lacks mobility."

"The most painful thing is the interface. It's a bit unclear sometimes."

"The performance could improve in future releases. We have had performance issues in specialized web environments, but overall I think the problems are less than 2% of the computer systems being used."

"Any movement into a SaaS solution has challenges since the processes and data flows are not well defined. Hence, you need to build it at the same time."

"They could improve the UI."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"It's priced according to market standards for its services."

"The pricing is very transparent and clear."

"It is scaled as you go. There are probably a certain number of scans per month, and there are tiers. If you're under a certain tier, it is free. The second level is pennies, and then all the way up to like a million. So, it has a tiered pricing program. They're pretty good with your initial scanning, and there is room to scale based on being affordable, but it is fairly cheap. There are no additional costs. They pretty much think about it as a pay-per-scan type model."

"It is higher than some competitors in the market."

"There is an annual license required to use this solution."

"The product's pricing differs from region to region depending on negotiations and the number of endpoints."

"The solution is expensive but it's a good investment."

"Tanium is a more expensive solution in Latin America than some of the competitors, such as BigFix."

"The solution offers value for money."

"It's an expensive solution. It would be nice if the cost were lower."

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Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon Inspector?

The integration of Amazon Inspector with other AWS services has enhanced our security. Security Hub is a major asset because it allows us to centralize data from various AWS services. We can integ...

What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon Inspector?

The pricing for Amazon Inspector is very fair, and I would rate it as two out of ten, with ten being the most expensive. It's on the cheaper side.

What needs improvement with Amazon Inspector?

One area for improvement in Amazon Inspector is the automation aspect. Automation for scheduling 'turn on' and 'turn off' operations and better integration with CloudWatch for alarms could enhance ...

What do you like most about Tanium?

Tanium’s linear-chain architecture is valuable.

What needs improvement with Tanium?

The reporting could be improved.

What is your primary use case for Tanium?

We collect end-point data. We use it to make AI models and provide it to customers. I use Tanium’s sensors, collect data, and develop dashboards. The sensors have many data types. If we need differ...

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Overview

Amazon Inspector is an automated security assessment service that helps improve the security and compliance of applications deployed on AWS. Amazon Inspector automatically assesses applications for exposure, vulnerabilities, and deviations from best practices. After performing an assessment, Amazon Inspector produces a detailed list of security findings prioritized by level of severity. These findings can be reviewed directly or as part of detailed assessment reports which are available via the Amazon Inspector console or API.

Amazon Inspector security assessments help you check for unintended network accessibility of your Amazon EC2 instances and for vulnerabilities on those EC2 instances. Amazon Inspector assessments are offered to you as pre-defined rules packages mapped to common security best practices and vulnerability definitions. Examples of built-in rules include checking for access to your EC2 instances from the internet, remote root login being enabled, or vulnerable software versions installed. These rules are regularly updated by AWS security researchers.

Tanium Endpoint Platform reduces security risk, improves agility & increases efficiency, a fundamentally new approach to endpoint security's threat detection, indicent response, vulnerability assessment and configuration compliance & with management's software distribution, asset utilization, asset inventory and patch management.

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