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reviewer1326177 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Manager at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Flags cloud compliance issues for us
Pros and Cons
  • "One of the most valuable features is the compliance of RedLock, which we are using for any issues with security. It flags them and that's the primary objective of that feature."
  • "The feedback that we have given to the Palo Alto team is that the UI can be improved. When you press the "back" button on your browser from the Investigate tab, the query that you're working on just disappears. It won't keep the query on the "back" button."

What is most valuable?

Prisma Cloud has multiple components. We are already using RedLock, and it has Twistlock included in it. It also has PureSec, which should be pretty useful for our cloud security.

One of the most valuable features is the compliance of RedLock, which we are using for any issues with security. It flags them and that's the primary objective of that feature. We are still working on implementing the other features that were integrated into Prisma Cloud from Twistlock and PureSec.

What needs improvement?

The feedback that we have given to the Palo Alto Networks team is that the UI can be improved. When you press the "back" button on your browser from the Investigate tab, the query that you're working on just disappears. It won't keep the query on the "back" button.

Also, the way the policies are structured and the alerts are created could be better. It requires a lot of manual work to search through the policies when creating an alert.

These are minute nuances. They are not major issues and are more about convenience than they are product bugs.

For how long have I used the solution?

We are still working with the Palo Alto Networks representatives to implement our rollout.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Because we are already using Palo Alto Networks firewall, we expect Prisma Cloud should be pretty stable.

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How was the initial setup?

It's a team effort and multiple people will be involved.

What other advice do I have?

It's definitely a good product. If a company is heavily into the public cloud environment, they must look to use a product like this to gain good visibility into their security. It will also help with the compliance of how they are doing things in the cloud. It's definitely a good, must-have tool.

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reviewer2173314 - PeerSpot reviewer
Sr. Vulnerability Manager at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Improves security posture, but it is challenging to integrate the solution with public cloud providers
Pros and Cons
  • "CSPM is the most valuable feature."
  • "They should improve the user experience."

What is our primary use case?

I use it for testing and visibility.

How has it helped my organization?

Palo Alto has helped our organization improve its security posture.

What is most valuable?

CSPM is the most valuable feature.

What needs improvement?

They should improve user experience. It is complicated to integrate the solution with the public cloud provider.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using the solution for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I’m happy with the stability of the solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The solution has strong scalability.

What was our ROI?

We have seen an ROI on the solution. We have full inventory visibility and a full security posture.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The pricing of the solution is fair.

What other advice do I have?

I attend the RSA conference to close gaps. Attending the conference impacts our cybersecurity purchases because it helps us build a roadmap for future evolution. Overall, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer:
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Good cloud security posture management and easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature is its cloud security posture management."
  • "The user interface should be improved and made easier."

What is our primary use case?

When we migrated our workloads from the on-prem to the cloud, we used Prisma Cloud to tell us whether our workloads were PCI compliant.

How has it helped my organization?

Prisma Cloud ensures that our organization is PCI compliant.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is its cloud security posture management. Prisma Cloud is very easy to use and gives us daily reports.

What needs improvement?

The user interface should be improved and made easier.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks for five years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is good.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good.

How are customer service and support?

Prisma Cloud’s customer support is good.

What was our ROI?

We have seen an ROI with respect to time and metrics.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Regarding Prisma Cloud's pricing, we started small, and then we just kept on growing.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before choosing Prisma Cloud, we evaluated SolarWinds as an option. We chose Prisma Cloud because SolarWinds wasn't an enterprise-level software.

What other advice do I have?

The solution has a moderate level of ease of use. Prisma Cloud has helped free 50% of our staff's time to work on other projects. Many tasks were done manually before, but now things are faster with Prisma Cloud.

We are trying to learn about new cybersecurity issues and what other solutions are available to combat them.

Overall, I rate Prisma Cloud an eight out of ten.

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reviewer2173317 - PeerSpot reviewer
Info Sec Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Top 20
Provides good policies and violation alerts and is easy to use
Pros and Cons
  • "CSPM is very useful because it gives us good policies and violation alerts."
  • "They need to improve the API gateway."

What is our primary use case?

We use the Bridgecrew, IaC, and CSPM domains.

How has it helped my organization?

Prisma Cloud has given us a good approach to view our security loopholes. Container security has also helped us.

What is most valuable?

CSPM is very useful because it gives us good policies and violation alerts. The solution is very good for IaC too.

What needs improvement?

The reporting should be much more refined.

They need to improve the API gateway.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Prisma Cloud for three years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is improving.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

The scalability is good. We can extend it to many cloud vendors.

How are customer service and support?

Palo Alto's support is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What other advice do I have?

The solution is good. It is easy to use, but Prisma keeps on releasing new features. So the console becomes a little bit typical. Auto-remediation is time-efficient.

The RSA conference is valuable to my organization. The conference has an impact on our organization's cybersecurity purchases sometimes. Overall, I would rate Prisma Cloud an eight out of ten.

Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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Has provided us with insight into the dynamic topology of our containers
Pros and Cons
  • "It has helped us understand the dynamic topology of our containers, and manage security through the application of policies that our pipelines apply straight from Git."
  • "I would like to see the inclusion of automated counter-attack, although this is probably illegal."

What is our primary use case?

Our primary use case for this solution is for container security and monitoring.

How has it helped my organization?

It has helped us understand the dynamic topology of our containers and manage security through the application of policies that our pipelines apply straight from Git.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is the automated forensics.

What needs improvement?

I would like to see the inclusion of automated counter-attack, although this is probably illegal.

For how long have I used the solution?

More than one year.
Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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reviewer1243545 - PeerSpot reviewer
DevOps Solutions Lead at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
Consultant
Good runtime mechanism, and very good network mapping
Pros and Cons
  • "The runtime mechanism on the solution is very useful. It's got very good network mapping between containers. If you have more than one container, you can create a content data link between them."
  • "The innovation side of the solution could be more efficient and more detailed."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use the solution to create a cluster or scenario, for runtime management on containers.

How has it helped my organization?

We have three containers in our organization. Two were legacy containers and we added a third. The solution helped with our DevOps pipeline and allowed us to inspect and analyze the product.

What is most valuable?

The runtime mechanism on the solution is very useful. It's got very good network mapping between containers. If you have more than one container, you can create a content data link between them.

What needs improvement?

I'm not sure about areas for improvement on the solution, however, I do think the compliance and dashboarding could be better.

The innovation side of the solution could be more efficient and more detailed.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for two months.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was reasonably complex. The container security makes it a complex implementation. If I were to rate the complexity out of ten I'd give it a seven.

What other advice do I have?

We use the cloud deployment model.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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