AWS Security Hub vs Trellix ESM comparison

The compared Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Trellix solutions aren't in the same category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #13 in CSPM , with an average rating of 7.9, and holds a 3.5% mindshare in the category. Trellix is ranked #28 in SIEM , with an average rating of 8.0, and holds a 1.2% mindshare. Additionally, 89% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 76% of Trellix users who would recommend it.

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76% willing to recommend

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Sep 18, 2024

Trellix ESM and AWS Security Hub are both prominent digital security solutions with distinct offerings. User reviews suggest that Trellix ESM has the upper hand in comprehensive security features, while AWS Security Hub is favored for its integration within the AWS ecosystem.

Features: Trellix ESM is noted for its robust threat detection, detailed reporting, and in-depth security analytics. AWS Security Hub offers seamless integration with other AWS services, automated compliance checks, and a centralized view of security alerts across AWS accounts.

Room for Improvement: Trellix ESM could enhance scalability, reduce system complexity, and streamline its interface. AWS Security Hub could benefit from better alert customization, improved support for third-party integrations, and more granular configuration options.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Trellix ESM deployment is straightforward but can be resource-intensive, with commendable customer service support. AWS Security Hub is generally easier to deploy, benefiting from AWS’s integrated environment and offering extensive documentation. Trellix ESM excels in customer support, while AWS Security Hub is superior in ease of deployment.

Pricing and ROI: Trellix ESM's pricing is slightly higher but justified by its comprehensive feature set and high ROI. AWS Security Hub is more cost-effective, especially for existing AWS users, providing good ROI through its integrated ecosystem. Trellix ESM is viewed as a premium service, while AWS Security Hub offers better cost-effectiveness in an AWS-centric environment.

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Categories and Ranking

AWS Security Hub

Average Rating

7.6

Reviews Sentiment

6.5

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Orchestration Automation and Response (SOAR) (6th), Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) (13th)

Trellix ESM

Average Rating

7.4

Reviews Sentiment

7.0

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) (28th)

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 3.5%, down 4.5% compared to last year.
Trellix ESM, on the other hand, focuses on Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), holds 1.2% mindshare, up 0.8% since last year.

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
AWS Security Hub	3.5%
Wiz	14.3%
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks	9.3%
Other	72.9%

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM)

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) Mindshare Distribution
Product	Mindshare (%)
Trellix ESM	1.2%
Splunk Enterprise Security	7.2%
Wazuh	5.8%
Other	85.8%

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Featured Reviews

Karthik Ekambaram

Director at Scybers

Has helped identify misconfigurations and prioritize risks but lacks multi-cloud support and deeper integration features

AWS Security Hub cannot scale up to multiple different cloud environments; it only works for AWS. There are other products in the market for CSPM that can give you multi-cloud environment misconfigurations, even Microsoft for that matter. Regarding the integration of AWS Security Hub with third-party tools, I am not certain whether we can integrate them, but there is no need to do so. However, AWS Security Hub cannot integrate with other cloud providers, so it only supports the AWS environment. The compliance checks within AWS Security Hub are good, but we don't use them much. We utilize compliance frameworks such as CIS compliance frameworks and ISO 27017 framework, which are beneficial, but it can improve in other areas too, such as including NIST and other frameworks beyond just ISO and CIS. Improvements can be applicable for scalability, particularly on integration with multi-cloud environments, and compliance frameworks can be added for more variety as well. The unified dashboard in AWS Security Hub is adequate; I cannot say it is exceptional, but the content available in the dashboards is satisfactory for now.

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Mohit Dhingra

Senior Vice President IT at AS IT Consulting Pvt. Ltd.

Offers comprehensive report generation while maintaining ease of integration

We need to improve Trellix ESM by making sure that most of the logging devices available in the global market should be covered, and if there is any device which is not covered, there should not be any additional charges for writing the custom parsers on that. We can add some new features regarding AI in the future for Trellix ESM, but the maturity will take a longer time. There are many false positives that happen in an environment during the first couple of months, or around six months, so the system analyst is not able to identify whether the event which has occurred is a true positive or a false positive.

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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

"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."

"Within AWS Security Hub, there is a feature for aggregating and prioritizing security findings which allows for better risk prioritization based on misconfiguration, as they know AWS thoroughly."

"AWS Security Hub can check your infrastructure against multiple compliance frameworks. You can turn on or off specific frameworks based on your needs."

"The solution shows us our compliance score."

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

"It's a security posture management tool from AWS. Basically, it identifies misconfigurations, similar to Trusted Advisor but on a larger scale."

"AWS Security Hub brings many features into one table that is quite useful, and the app team finds it easier to see what is missing."

"Easily integrates with third-party tools"

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"It has good technical support, which is available around the clock. You can call up anytime and get whatever you want. My queues are resolved."

"We are now able to completely monitor our environment so we can review what is there, which is a big win for us."

"The support I have received from the vendor has been great."

"The tool's effectiveness depends on how you define your log sources. To build visibility of incoming and outgoing traffic, you need logs from perimeter defense, firewalls, web application firewalls, and endpoint protection. With good traffic visibility, incident response time is really quick."

"Trellix ESM is very user-friendly."

"It blocks the things which are not to be allowed. It has an adaptive mode where it learns for itself."

"The most valuable feature is for the security operation center because it provides visibility of all traffic within the company infrastructure."

"It can be easily deployed with the other solutions."

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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."

"Whenever my team gets some alarms from the central team, my team needs to initiate whether it's a real or false trigger. The central team needs to keep adjusting to the parameters or at least the concerned IPs, whether it's really from the company's pool of IPs, so the trigger process can be improved. In the next release of AWS Security Hub, I'd like a better dashboard that could result in better alert visibility."

"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 solution lacks self-sufficiency."

"Adding SIEM features would be beneficial because of the limited customization of AWS Security Hub."

"Security Hub is currently not worth investing in, as it requires more configurations and integration with other services to work effectively."

"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."

"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."

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"I would like to see good analytics in future releases."

"McAfee ESM is not user-friendly and the log is not accurate. For instance, if I were assigned to generate a log for changes made today, I wouldn't be able to see all the modifications. While Palo Alto allows us to see all changes, McAfee ESM only captures one out of every ten changes. It's crucial to have visibility into all changes made."

"Tech support is required each time there is a system update of the solution."

"The initial setup is difficult and could improve."

"We acquired the IBM product because McAfee is slightly confusing to use, and it's broader."

"McAfee is no more providing security updates on this product, and the enhancements to this product seem to have stopped. Moreover, we don't get proper support, and we struggle to get its support. It would be good if they can add some AI engine and out of the box use cases because it is currently limited to the same scenario and the same setup. I have done a POC for Securonix, LogRhythm. These products are much more ahead as compared to McAfee ESM. They have included multiple modules in the same solution. Correlation is very easy. If McAfee ESM can improve, especially in such implementations, then I believe it would be much better."

"The only drawback is that they don't have any packet capturing or network behavior analysis."

"We would welcome integrations with some of the new McAfee acquisitions, e.g., behavioural analytics."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"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."

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

"Security Hub is not an expensive solution."

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

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

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

"The cost is based on the number of compliances, core checks, and services required, and for more than 10,000 recommendations, the charge is just one dollar."

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

"The pricing is good, and they are competitive compared to providers such as RSA and IBM QRadar."

"The price is good. It's moderate. We follow a pay-as-you-go model. There are different models available, and they can also be monthly. You can choose monthly or yearly. It's very flexible. If our existing customers exceed the current plan, you can just call McAfee and get it extended."

"We pay for our licensing fees on a yearly basis, and there are no costs in addition to the standard licensing fees."

"We renew our license annually."

"Regarding pricing, Trellix ESM is not that expensive. It's less than half the cost of IBM QRadar."

"It is an inexpensive product. We purchase its yearly license."

"The pricing is fair."

"The cost is dependent on the customer's environment and requirements."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Financial Services Firm

12%

Computer Software Company

11%

Manufacturing Company

10%

Government

Comms Service Provider

17%

Financial Services Firm

Manufacturing Company

Construction Company

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	10
Midsize Enterprise	5
Large Enterprise	12

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	15
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	24

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?

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for McAfee ESM?

When discussing Trellix ESM pricing and licensing, if you consider some premium product, the pricing also has to be premium, however, enterprise customers who look for a premium product, alongside ...

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What needs improvement with McAfee ESM?

Areas of Trellix ESM that could be improved or enhanced include checking on the clients who are still on-prem, especially banks, as most are not moving everything to the cloud due to confidentialit...

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What is your primary use case for McAfee ESM?

My customer's usual use case for Trellix ESM involves one client, as most of the users have moved to ESM. Nowadays, they don't use IPS only, since McAfee IPS is standalone; they incorporate firewal...

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Compared 8% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Compared 4% of the time

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Compared 3% of the time

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Compared 12% of the time

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Compared 10% of the time

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Compared 5% of the time

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Also Known As

SQRRL

McAfee ESM, NitroSecurity, McAfee Enterprise Security Manager

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.

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