AWS Security Hub vs Fortinet FortiSIEM comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Fortinet solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #13 in CSPM , with an average rating of 7.6, and holds a 5.6% mindshare in the category. Fortinet is ranked #8 in SIEM , with an average rating of 7.8, and holds a 3.2% mindshare. Additionally, 90% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 82% of Fortinet users who would recommend it.

AWS Security Hub

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90% willing to recommend

Fortinet FortiSIEM

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82% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Fortinet FortiSIEM and AWS Security Hub are two prominent solutions in the security information and event management (SIEM) space. Fortinet FortiSIEM appears to have the upper hand in terms of IT environment integration and monitoring, while AWS Security Hub leads in cloud-native security within the AWS ecosystem.

Features: Fortinet FortiSIEM integrates extensively with various IT environments, offers detailed threat detection, and provides granular monitoring capabilities. AWS Security Hub delivers a centralized view of security alerts, integrates seamlessly with AWS services, and emphasizes cloud-native security management.

Room for Improvement: Fortinet FortiSIEM could enhance interface intuitiveness, improve reporting capabilities, and streamline configuration processes. AWS Security Hub could benefit from better compatibility with third-party tools, expanded customization options, and more detailed analytics.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Fortinet FortiSIEM deployment is complex due to extensive configuration requirements but is supported by strong customer service. AWS Security Hub deployment is straightforward within the AWS ecosystem but customer service experiences vary in responsiveness.

Pricing and ROI: Fortinet FortiSIEM has higher setup costs, justified by its extensive monitoring features and detailed security needs. AWS Security Hub offers competitive pricing, especially favorable for existing AWS users, with cost-effectiveness for cloud-centric environments.

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Categories and Ranking

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)

Fortinet FortiSIEM

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (8th)

Mindshare comparison

While both are Security Software solutions, they serve different purposes. AWS Security Hub is designed for Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) and holds a mindshare of 5.6%, up 4.7% compared to last year.
Fortinet FortiSIEM, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 3.2% mindshare, up 3.3% since last year.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

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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HamedWasel

Senior Network Security Engineer at Orange

It's cheaper than other solutions with the same features but lacks integration with many third-party vendors

FortiSIEM needs to expand its integration with third-party vendors. I don't know if Forcepoint has been added, but there were limited resources for integrating Forcepoint solutions when we implemented FortiSIEM. It integrates well with other Fortinet products and solutions from established cybersecurity companies like Palo Alto but doesn't integrate with some of the newer vendors. I would also like to see FortiSIEM add more of the features available in FortiSOAR. You need to buy two separate solutions to get these features, but they should all be available in one product.

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

"Easily integrates with third-party tools"

"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."

"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."

"Finding out if your infrastructure is secure is a valuable feature."

"The platform has valuable features for security."

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

"I like that AWS Security Hub currently has several good features, around four or five. The technical support for AWS Security Hub is also responsive."

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"Some of our customers who use this solution have seen improvement in their connection with load balancing on both connections."

"Both the collecting logs and duo correlation are valuable features for us."

"This solution offers extensive customization options, making it possible to adapt it precisely to their requirements."

"FortiSIEM sends an email or SMS notifications to admins when there are significant incidents. It's a highly efficient way of responding to incidents."

"Its automated response feature has benefited our customer communication. Analysts feel more confident in providing timely responses."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM has its own validated and authentic IP database that marks malicious IP attacks against the firewall and generates an alert for the same."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users."

"FortiSIEM's best features are the dashboards and customization."

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Cons

"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."

"The solution will only give you insight if you have configure rule enabled. It should work more like Prisma Cloud and Dome9 which have a better approach."

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

"The solution should be easier to learn and use"

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

"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."

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

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"Customer support service could be better."

"The backup and recovery process for this solution needs improvement."

"Sometimes, if there are changes made by a user on a database server, it can be difficult to get that information on the fly. I would like to see a situation where once I specify a user with the database server I need, and with the changes they have performed on that, I don't need to continue my search pattern to drill down just to get the information."

"Does not have load-sharing or high-availability, and these are important things to implement. I can do the same things in another way, but not naturally having these features makes it complicated."

"Our customers are noticing configuration available in the GUI interface and I think that they should be equal."

"The built-in APIs in Fortinet FortiSIEM are somewhat lacking and could be improved for better integration with external ITSM products."

"It lacks a "wizard" that shows a particular user's activity or particular circumstance. I think the interface is intimidating because there's so much information there."

"Patching is not great - we're not getting the support we'd expect."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

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

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

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

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

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

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

"Fortinet's products are not expensive, it is less than the competition."

"Fortinet FortiSIEM is not an expensive solution."

"The price of Fortinet FortiSIEM was reasonable compared to other solutions."

"If one is cheap and ten is expensive. I rate the tool's price as an eight out of ten. Compared with Splunk or Oracle, Fortinet is cheap."

"Manageable, however would be better as pay as you go versus CapEX."

"Pricing is acceptable for more than 90% of our customers, as they normally get discounts."

"FortiSIEM's licensing is based on EPS, and its pricing is competitive in the market."

"The price is competitive."

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Feb 16, 2015

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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

15%

Financial Services Firm

13%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Computer Software Company

17%

Financial Services Firm

Government

Manufacturing Company

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Questions from the Community

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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What do you like most about Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM needs to provide better API integrations to users.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Fortinet FortiSIEM?

Fortinet FortiSIEM is high-priced. Previously, its licensing model required separate licenses for devices, agents, and EPS, which was quite rigid. The revised model is subscription-based and more f...

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What needs improvement with Fortinet FortiSIEM?

FortiSIEM is a bit resource-hungry, so work should be done on hardware resource utilization to consume less hardware. Another major problem is its licensing model, which initially required separate...

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Compared 8% of the time

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Also Known As

SQRRL

FortiSIEM, AccelOps

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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Overview

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.

FortiSIEM (formerly AccelOps 4) provides an actionable security intelligence platform to monitor security, performance and compliance through a single pane of glass.

Companies around the world use FortiSIEM for the following use cases:

Threat management and intelligence that provide situational awareness and anomaly detection
Alleviating compliance mandate concerns for PCI, HIPAA and SOX
Managing “alert overload”
Handling the “too many tools” reporting issue
Addressing the MSPs/MSSPs pain of meeting service level agreements

Sample Customers

Edmunds, Frame.io, GoDaddy, Realtor.com

FortiSIEM has hundreds of customers worldwide in markets including managed services, technology, financial services, healthcare, and government. Customers include Aruba Networks, Compushare, Port of San Diego, Cleveland Indians, Infoblox, Healthways, and Referentia.

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