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We performed a comparison between Akamai Guardicore Segmentation and Cymulate based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
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Pros
"Initially, I liked the telemetry part. But later, we used the microsegmentation features that we were able to deploy and found that they really stood out from other vendors. It allows us to see microsegmentation as distributed services.""Application Ring-Fencing and Deception Server, which is basically like a honeypot, are pretty useful features.""The real bonus is the fact that we can secure applications, all the way down to the individual services, on each host. It's actually more granular security than we can get out of a traditional firewall.""We like the centralized management of the firewalls. Until we installed Guardicore Centra, we managed all our firewalls individually, so making changes was complicated, difficult, and time-consuming.""That is primarily because I've seen increased rules. It's kind of caught us a little off guard. With GuardiCore, I have had to deal with their technical support and engineering team in Israel. They are amazing. They are very quick to adapt.""Guardicore Centra offers the best coverage specifically in backward compatibility with legacy operating systems.""The label-based segmentation is the most valuable feature.""The most valuable features of the solution are the maps and ring fencing that help monitor events."

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"The reporting capabilities are very good.""The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day."

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Cons
"In our version, when using the terminal server, we cannot exclude user tasks for each session.""It doesn't support a PAAC solution (Platforma as a service) in the cloud.""The product needs a few features like enhanced user policies and payload-level inspection to improve the offering.""Sometimes, the speed needs improvement, especially when it comes to the generation of maps, where it can be a bit slow.""It would be very helpful for beginners if the solution had more windows to help with the terms inside instead of going to the documentation.""Needs more customization of honeypots and a vaster catalog of systems able to be mimicked.""Incident tagging could be improved. Other vendors offer semi-automatic tagging, which Guardicore doesn't yet have.""They can maybe improve their customer service just because they are kind of a small organization, and customer service isn't as big as others such as VMware."

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"The reporting process requires significant improvement as it often takes longer than expected and the quality is lacking.""The product must provide consultancy for initial setup."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "GuardiCore has made some new changes to the license now. We've seen monthly and annual licenses based on a subscription. We have a few clients that pay anywhere from $25,000 a year."
  • "Compared to the pricing we were seeing from both Illumio and Edgewise, Guardicore was very competitive."
  • "Guardicore Centra provides better value for money than NSX, was the other solution that we looked at, which was too expensive for what it does."
  • "This is not a cheap solution but you have to consider the bigger picture, which is what it is giving you."
  • "The customer would complain about the cost."
  • "The solution is reasonably priced and I would rate it a six out of ten. The tool's licensing costs are yearly."
  • "The price is the same as other products in the market. There's no price argument to choose one or the other product, it will cost the customer approximately the same."
  • "Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is expensive."
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  • "The product is affordable."
  • "Cymulate's services are expensive."
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    Questions from the Community
    Top Answer:Guardicore Centra offers the best coverage specifically in backward compatibility with legacy operating systems.
    Top Answer:The pricing is too high. Based on market standards, I'd recommend lowering the price. I would rate the pricing a five out of ten, with ten being affordable. The DQE feature increases the license cost… more »
    Top Answer:Customers would want to see the cost improved.
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature for us is the zero-day.
    Top Answer:Cymulate's services are expensive for CE EU region . In some cases, it may be more cost-effective to hire a local competitor or ethical hacker for a year to perform frequent testing rather than… more »
    Top Answer:The management at Cymulate is inconsistent and unreliable, particularly in the sales process. Changes happen abruptly, with sudden shifts in personnel and strategy. The turnover rate for key… more »
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    Also Known As
    Guardicore Centra, GuardiCore
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    Overview

    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is a software-based microsegmentation solution that provides the simplest, fastest, and most intuitive way to enforce Zero Trust principles. It enables you to prevent malicious lateral movement in your network through precise segmentation policies, visuals of activity within your IT environment, and network security alerts. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation works across your data centers, multicloud environments, and endpoints. It is faster to deploy than infrastructure segmentation approaches and provides you with unparalleled visibility and control of your network.

    For companies that want to manage their security posture against the evolving threat landscape: Cymulate SaaS-based Extended Security Posture Management (XSPM) deploys within an hour, enabling security professionals to continuously challenge, validate and optimize their cyber-security posture end-to-end across the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

    The platform provides out-of-the-box, expert and threat intelligence-led risk assessments that are simple to deploy and use for all maturity levels, and constantly updated. It also provides an open framework to create and automate red and purple teaming by generating penetration scenarious and advanced attack campaigns tailored to their unique environments and security politices. Cymulate allowes professionals to manage, know and control their dynamic environment. 

    Sample Customers
    Santander, Frontier Airlines, OpenLink, Intermountain Healthcare, Cellcom, BancoBASE
    Euronext, YMCA, Telit, Nemours 
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    University20%
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    Computer Software Company15%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    Insurance Company5%
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    Small Business29%
    Midsize Enterprise18%
    Large Enterprise53%
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    Buyer's Guide
    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs. Cymulate
    March 2024
    Find out what your peers are saying about Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs. Cymulate and other solutions. Updated: March 2024.
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    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is ranked 4th in Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) with 17 reviews while Cymulate is ranked 2nd in Breach and Attack Simulation (BAS) with 2 reviews. Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is rated 8.2, while Cymulate is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Akamai Guardicore Segmentation writes "Allowed us to build out a data center topology without worrying about placement of physical or virtual firewalls that can create bottlenecks". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cymulate writes "An affordable solution that improves an organization’s security posture and provides excellent reporting capabilities". Akamai Guardicore Segmentation is most compared with Illumio, VMware NSX, Cisco Secure Workload, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and CrowdStrike Falcon Cloud Security, whereas Cymulate is most compared with Pentera, Picus Security, XM Cyber, SafeBreach and AttackIQ. See our Akamai Guardicore Segmentation vs. Cymulate report.

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