IT Support Specialist at a non-tech company with 201-500 employees
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SentinelOne Singularity Cloud
Pros and Cons
  • "The real-time detection and response capabilities overall are great."
  • "Currently, we would have to export our vulnerability report to an .xlsx file, and review it in an Excel spreadsheet, and then we sort of compile a list from there. It would be cool if there was a way to actually toggle multiple applications for review and then see those file paths on multiple users rather than only one user at a time or only one application at a time."

What is our primary use case?

We are a relatively smaller organization of roughly 250 people. We utilize SentinelOne for patch management, vulnerability assessments, and remediation. So whenever one of our users has an issue on their machine, we get an immediate notification to let us know what that intrusion, infection, malware, whatever it might be, where it is, what file may have caused it, and then we can immediately take action. 

There are also default settings for ensuring the software that SentinelOne installs on all our client machines. The latest agent is up to date everywhere. They have a couple more insights, however, that's our main use case.

The big thing for us was just having optics on vulnerabilities, being able to ensure that we have a secure way to get month-over-month assessments of our security stats, and ensuring that there's something in place that can make sure that we're secure. We also wanted something that could keep up with current demands without having any sort of interference or impact on the user's end.

How has it helped my organization?

The biggest thing for us is the level of minimal intrusion on our user's experience. The previous EDR we were using, Sophos, was not ideal. Whenever an update came out, there would be different things that were affected. At one point, an update from Sophos had completely disabled public Wi-Fi for our users. And when dealing through their message boards, dealing with their support, they, unfortunately, did not have a resolution other than disabling security elements of their software. With SentinelOne, we have not seen a single instance of that. You can get down to the user level of tweaking different elements of their security system. You can even quickly add exclusions based on rules. Being able to tailor to our users and making sure that our users don't feel like something is running on their machine is the biggest advantage.

What is most valuable?

The remote shell and the remediation are the two that really stand out as valuable features. The remote shell function that it offers is something that I use almost daily. It allows us to quietly and discreetly sign in on a user's computer, but only as admin. It prevents any sort of security issues or security risks to a user, which would be probably our favorite. 

The remediation is really nice as it gives a very clear understanding of where a file came from. For example, in our use of it, there are a couple of files that we had that we didn't even know that we had. There was software that no one was aware was installed on these machines more than three years ago; we actually learned about that software once SentinelOne was installed. The level of optics it gives you is just incredible.

With that software, as soon as we installed SentinelOne, there were a couple of different applications and software that were immediately flagged as tracking user information and things like that. We found out that there was actually some sort of remote surveillance software that the past iteration of the IT team had installed and tested that just never got removed. We ended up tracking down the vendor for that and getting their assurance that that was no longer being used.

The real-time detection and response capabilities overall are great. I've never used anything that was as fast as this. The software that we used to use, Sophos, was comparable, however, it had a noticeable impact on the user. The bigger thing for me is that there isn't an impact on my end users. When we are actually running a scan, let's say, if we find that there's an impact, it's very quick. We've tested it by throwing malicious software onto our test machines just to see how quickly SentinelOne actually picks it up. And it's literally within seconds. When you actually do a scan, you can scan your higher fleet, and it's done relatively quickly as long as those machines are powered on. And it will act the second that those machines power on and connect to the Internet again to get that signal.  I've never used anything as quick, personally. 

The forensic visibility into the Linux terminal is not something we use as we actually don't use any Linux machines ourselves, so I couldn't speak to that. As far as visibility goes, we're primarily a Mac organization, and we have ten percent of our users on PC. As far as Mac goes, the visibility is fantastic. Same with the PC side of things. 

The historical data record, from what they had shown us in the demo, looks pretty incredible. We thankfully have not suffered an attack that required historical data. 

In terms of our mean time to detect, I don't think we ever had it. Since we're a small organization, we haven't had any real issues with genuine malware attacks. I can't speak to a scenario where while we were on Sophos, we experienced one. When we've had security audits that have tried to pen test for us, we have not had any issues with SentinelOne whatsoever. Every time that we've attempted to see how accurate and how quickly it can detect an infection or intrusion, it's being caught immediately.

The same is true for mean time to remediate. Any remediation that we do, for example, as soon as we block off a file, the automatic remediations are nice. In the event that we want to have something behave differently on another machine, we can quickly change that once we see it in any incident log. Setting those permanent rules is very helpful since, if you know something's malicious, chances are you don't want it showing up anywhere else.

The product has helped free up your SOC staff to work on other projects or tasks. The work that we used to have to do with our previous provider in going through our vulnerability assessments on a monthly basis and in trying to track down the install path of different applications was a headache and a half. With SentinelOne, the application management, and vulnerability assessments, are easy. You can see directly to the file path. It cuts a significant enough time out of our day.

It's had a positive impact on our overall productivity. Being able to dig through and find applications faster has drastically cut down our vulnerability position. When we first started using Singularity, we were somewhere in the thousands. Within the first month of having used it for our vulnerability assessments, we were down to just 1600, and now we're sitting well under the 500 mark when it comes to critical vulnerabilities. It's been very drastic and exponential at that. Now, any time a vulnerability does pop up, it's very quick and easy for us to track down where it is and take immediate action.

The interoperability with third-party solutions is fine. We don't currently use Kubernetes in our organization, however, we do utilize a VPN and it has no issues with adapting to that VPN. We also utilize different storage, including cloud storage accounts. There are no issues there either.

They've been fantastic at supporting innovation. We've had their support; they're always very responsive and very quick to give us the right advice on how we can execute what we're looking to do. Making sure that you have access to the necessary system without interrupting your user and without your user feeling at risk of their privacy being invaded is huge.

What needs improvement?

Currently, we would have to export our vulnerability report to an .xlsx file, and review it in an Excel spreadsheet, and then we sort of compile a list from there. It would be cool if there was a way to actually toggle multiple applications for review and then see those file paths on multiple users rather than only one user at a time or only one application at a time.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for nine to ten months. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I've had no stability issues at all. We have not experienced any performance decreases.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

As far as deploying to more devices, there's not a problem with scaling at all. We've automated in our MDM so any device that we start in our MDM automatically installs SentinelOne, and those devices immediately show up. If we spin up a new device on Mac OS, it shows within the set the SentinelOne console within seconds.

How are customer service and support?

Their support has been fantastic. They are quick to respond. 

I've never had an issue with their support. What little time I did have one scenario where it was not something that they could help with, they'd been able to provide us with all the articles and information necessary to act on it on our own, which is really all you can ask for.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We were previously using Sophos. The biggest issue that we had with them was the fact that we were a fully remote company, so a lot of our users would be traveling for client meetings or even traveling abroad for client meetings. Reliance on a secure public WiFi solution is a very big deal for us. When it comes to users on a VPN, Sophos with MacOS's more recent updates would completely cut off Wi-Fi - which was very difficult for us to work around as a remote company. Thankfully, with multiple different tests in multiple different scenarios, we've never had that issue with SentinelOne. 

The other big thing is the capability to remove a device from the network. In the event that a significant intrusion or malware, malware, ransomware, whatever it might be, is detected the ability to just isolate that one user from internet access is huge. You would hope that that's how an EDR would behave instead of completely removing all internet no matter what.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was pretty straightforward. Our organization uses Kagi MDM. And in using that MDM solution, it was very easy for us to just quickly put together an automated installer and deploy it. 

We have multiple different groups of users, including PC and Mac. With the smaller percentage of PC users, we were able to just change the group ID in the installer, and that ensured that they were placed into the proper place for their groups. Being able to tweak and ensure that from the back end within the SentinelOne console, we could ensure that everything is set up the way we want it to be once that user gets that package installed, makes life a lot easier. You don't need to worry about signing on with a user and changing any of those settings. The installer package that they get is going to be everything that they need. Once that installs, that's it. It was very seamless. If anything, removing Sophos was the hardest part of the installation process.

We were able to deploy using a team of three people. Hypothetically, one person could do it alone as long as they are well versed in MDM.

As far as the application itself is concerned, there was no need for maintenance. You can control everything from the console. When there is a new agent to install you receive a notification when you log in to the management console. You can control when that update gets deployed to your organization. You can break it up into different groups within your organization. For ourselves, we always test on a smaller number of users. And then once we see stability, we deploy to the rest. That's what little maintenance is involved. It's a drastic improvement versus other solutions that I've used.

What about the implementation team?

We were able to do the initial setup completely in-house. We were able to do that on our own. We were able to very, very quickly deploy SentinelOne to pretty much our entire fleet.

What was our ROI?

Our ability to get in and review our vulnerability stance, whether daily, monthly, weekly, or whatever it might be, has drastically improved over our prior provider. Our users have less of a performance drain when attempting to use it. That's always huge when it comes to EDR. It pretty much checks every single box for us. It's the one software in our stack that we are happiest with.

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

For us, the pricing is very fair. They were willing to meet our price point. With very little negotiation involved, we just let them know what we could pay and they were willing to meet us at slightly above what we paid with Sophos, which was still very fair for what we were looking at. 

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We reviewed quite a few solutions. The big selling point for this product was that they were willing to work with us on a price point as a smaller organization. That was a huge reason for us actually going with them. The fact that they were willing to work with us as far as the pricing goes was the main reason that we ended up going with them. It was nice to see that they work with the little teams.

What other advice do I have?

We're a customer and end-user.

We thought something as good as SentinelOne would be out of the question for an organization of our size. We assumed it would be something that's suited to larger organizations - money, obviously, being the main concern. However, the fact that they were willing to work with us changed that. Seeing that they're willing to work with smaller organizations is cool. I like that they actually give back to the tech sector that way.

I'd rate the stability ten out of ten.

I'd advise new users that they're going to need to invest a little bit of time upfront in order to make sure that their organization is set up for proper deployment. We probably spent about a week or two configuring everything and getting it to work the way we wanted. However, after that initial investment of time, the maintenance that you have to do is pretty minimal.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Engineering Security Manager at a recreational facilities/services company with 201-500 employees
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Top 10
The solution's agentless vulnerability scanning takes half the work out of it
Pros and Cons
  • "PingSafe's integration is smooth. They are highly customer-oriented, and the integration went well for us."
  • "I would like PingSafe's detections to be openly available online instead of only accessible through their portal. Other tools have detections that are openly available without going through the tool."

What is our primary use case?

The company purchased PingSafe primarily for container security and IoC scanning. We also were looking into image scanning for Docker components. Now, we have enabled secret scanning and the Cisco pipeline as well. 

We are mostly dealing with code-level security issues the organization might have. There are issues in TerraForm and whatever else we see in our DevOps pipeline. 

How has it helped my organization?

PingSafe has improved the organization's Docker container security, and we can mitigate many of the issues to avoid serious vulnerabilities or attacks. We start to see these benefits within 2 or 3 months of deployment. The tool took almost a month to learn the structure of our organization and environment. After that, it started detecting issues and vulnerabilities. 

We don't get many false positives because we eliminated many of them in the early stages. PingSafe can mark detections as false positives, so they won't appear in the future. 

PingSafe has reduced our detection time. Before implementing PingSafe, it took us around 7 or 8 hours to determine whether an issue was inside our organization. Now that we have deployed PingSafe, we have an agent list running on our Docker containers, and PingSafe is identifying the issues inside the Docker containers. When it scans periodically, we can detect the issues within 2 or 3 seconds. It has reduced 7 hours of work to a few seconds. 

While it hasn't reduced our remediation time on mid-level or low-level issues, it has drastically improved our remediation time for critical Docker issues and high-priority problems in our environment. We can handle them before they make it into production. 

PingSafe has improved collaboration between our developers and security teams. The tool has a feature where we can send issues to developers, but it requires them to reply with recommendations.

What is most valuable?

PingSafe's integration is smooth. They are highly customer-oriented, and the integration went well for us. PingSafe is also responsive to our feature requests. The interface isn't difficult to understand for a layperson, and we're familiar with it. There's also built-in support, so we can get help when we have a problem. 

The evidence-based reporting is a critical feature because we can correlate to the issues in the system. We have compared it with free tools that are on the market, and PingSafe gets better results. From the perspective of remediation, resources, and security, PingSafe is the best option. 

The agentless vulnerability scanning has worked well for us. Removing agents from the equation takes about half the work out of it, and the agentless scan fetches the details every millisecond. PingSafe's agentless mechanism is monitoring everything that happens on the system.

Proof of exploitability is an important aspect of PingSafe's evidence-based reporting. When we ask a developer to fix an issue, they ask for evidence of its exploitability and whether it's a critical issue. If PingSafe didn't provide this information, we couldn't convince the developer to fix it. PingSafe provides the expertise to convince the developer by finding the vulnerabilities and providing explanations.  

The infrastructure-as-code scanning helps identify container configuration issues and other problems before they go into production. We used a script, and we needed to enable everything before going to production, so we have it enabled on the production and pre-production side. We can check the issues and block them before going to production. Before it becomes publicly accessible via the internet, we want it to be safer than it was in pre-production.

What needs improvement?

I would like PingSafe's detections to be openly available online instead of only accessible through their portal. Other tools have detections that are openly available without going through the tool. 

We have one feature request that we've already discussed with PingSafe. We want a category feature for exceptions that developers have already accepted. We don't want PingSafe to identify the issue next time because the developer has already done the risk assessment. 

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used PingSafe for nearly a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

PingSafe is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

PingSafe is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I rate PingSafe support 9 out of 10. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously worked with many open-source solutions and Prisma, one of PingSafe's competitors. Ultimately, budget issues made us come back to PingSafe. PingSafe is a budget-friendly and user-friendly tool. A layperson can start using the system and understand it within 1 or 2 days. It also has more capabilities than the other tools.

How was the initial setup?

Deploying PingSafe was straightforward. It took 3 or 4 people to deploy. We are currently enrolled on 2 clouds. We had it on AWS, but now it's on GCP and Azure. It's more than 2,000 endpoints and around 2,000 APIs.

It doesn't require much maintenance because the updates are automatically happening on the cloud. When new features are released, we connect to the PingSafe team to understand how it will impact our environment. 

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

PingSafe is reasonably priced, considering the value it offers to our organization. We had a few conversations with them, and they understood our posture. Initially, they offered one amount, but we got them to offer a discount that would meet their expectations. Their customer team is excellent and understanding.

What other advice do I have?

I rate PingSafe 8 out of 10. PingSafe will meet all your requirements if you're looking for a cloud tool that covers IoC scanning, cloud misconfiguration, secret scanning, integration into the DevOps pipeline, and cloud-image scanning. It's a one-stop solution for all these requirements. It's a user-friendly tool that's easy to handle, and the support is excellent. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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It saves us time while improving security and compliance
Pros and Cons
  • "It saves time, makes your environment more secure, and improves compliance. PingSafe helps with audits, ensuring that you are following best practices for cloud security. You don't need to be an expert to use it and improve your security."
  • "When we get a new finding from PingSafe, I wish we could get an alert in the console, so we can work on it before we see it in the report. It would be very useful for the team that is actively working on the PingSafe platform, so we can close the issue the same day before it appears in the daily report."

What is our primary use case?

We use PingSafe to check for misconfigurations and vulnerabilities in new infrastructure or applications we deploy on AWS. All of our accounts are integrated. When we deploy new services, it highlights any misconfiguration or lack of encryption. We return to our applications and try to fix the issues immediately. The company has about 25 PingSafe users across three teams and five cloud environments, including production. PingSafe covers all five. 

How has it helped my organization?

PingSafe saves us time finding misconfigurations and encryption issues. It helps us troubleshoot why data is not encrypted or why it's sitting idle for a long time. We previously had a separate team investigate the environment for security issues, like public IPs or anything like that. PingSafe saves us time equivalent to a whole team. It reduces the time spent on these tasks by about 30 percent. It has reduced our remediation time by around 10 percent.

Another benefit is security compliance. It gives us the security reports, and we implement the recommendations according to best practices provided by the team. We were around 60 percent compliant when we started. Our PingSafe security compliance score is now 99.4 percent. 

Recently, we were migrating a database from on-prem to AWS. After we successfully migrated it, PingSafe discovered that it was using default ports and that no audit or error logs were enabled. It highlighted that issue within 30 minutes. Before we went live, we reconfigured all the databases, and PingSafe helped us. 

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is PingSafe's feedback about the severity and impact of a misconfiguration and the best practices for resolving it. It's helpful to anyone who's using the tool. Even if you're unfamiliar with the issue, PingSafe will give you a detailed description of everything that went wrong and how to fix it. 

If your account is integrated, PingSafe's evidence-based reporting gives you an alert with the severity. Before you go live or pass it off to the other teams, so you know all the issues and misconfiguration in your infrastructure. You can fix it before passing it to the other team, and you are confident you are using the best practices. It reports weekly on the number of issues discovered and how many tickets we've closed. 

The proof of exploitability is critical. There are a few scenarios where I need to explain the misconfiguration to the team. Before PingSafe, I had to provide the evidence and screenshots to demonstrate the misconfiguration on our end, but now PingSafe takes care of all that, saving me time. As someone leading a team, I spend half as much time on these tasks.  

It separates the issues, dividing cloud-based misconfigurations from container-based or web-based ones, so we can forward them to the appropriate team. This separation is required for organizations that have multiple teams.

PingSafe is easy to use. After one login, you can understand everything. The console UI is very user-friendly.

What needs improvement?

When we get a new finding from PingSafe, I wish we could get an alert in the console, so we can work on it before we see it in the report. It would be very useful for the team that is actively working on the PingSafe platform, so we can close the issue the same day before it appears in the daily report.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used PingSafe for nearly 3 years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10 for stability. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10 for scalability. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate PingSafe support 8 out of 10. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

Before PingSafe, we were using AWS GuardDuty. We adopted PingSafe because we established a dedicated team for security compliance. 

How was the initial setup?

PingSafe is a cloud-based platform, and the setup was pretty straightforward. They provided all the necessary documentation, and we had a call with the PingSafe team to help us get started. The deployment was fast—it took less than 20 minutes. Four people were involved, including the PingSafe team. After deployment, it requires no maintenance. It's good to go once you set it up. 

What was our ROI?

You can expect a decent return on investment from PingSafe. It's better to use tools like PingSafe to improve security and compliance. I estimate the ROI is around 25 percent. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10. I would recommend PingSafe to anyone. It saves time, makes your environment more secure, and improves compliance. PingSafe helps with audits, ensuring that you are following best practices for cloud security. You don't need to be an expert to use it and improve your security.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Security Engineering Manager at a media company with 51-200 employees
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The solution is very easy to use, and they have a responsive support team that is available when we face any problems
Pros and Cons
  • "As a frequently audited company, we value PingSafe's compliance monitoring features. They give us a report with a compliance score for how well we meet certain regulatory standards, like HIPAA. We can show our compliance as a percentage. It's also a way to show that we are serious about security."
  • "PingSafe is an excellent CSPM tool, but the CWPP features need to improve, and there is a scope for more application security posture management features. There aren't many ASPM solutions on the market, and existing ones are costly. I would like to see PingSafe develop into a single pane of glass for ASPM, CSPM, and CWPP. Another feature I'd like to see is runtime protection."

What is our primary use case?

We primarily use PingSafe for cloud security posture management, but the solution also provides other capabilities, like infrastructure-as-code scanning. It identifies hard-coded secrets in the source code and covers Kubernetes security. About 25 members of the security and DevOps teams use the solution. 

We have integrated all of PingSafe's CWPP, CSPM, application security, and container scanning features into Jira. It's more of a vulnerability management tool for us. All the issues PingSafe identifies flow into Jira, and we have several dashboards that provide an overview of open security issues.

How has it helped my organization?

We were using open-source tools. Collecting and collating the results from each tool into one dashboard was so difficult, and PingSafe solved this problem. PingSafe gives us greater insight into our cloud security posture. For example, it tells us if buckets are public or ports are open. It can also tell you if a repository is going public or if any hard-coded secrets are pushed into the source code. PingSafe will notify you when permissive users are created in the GCP environment. It offers a better UI and improved visibility compared to our open-source tools. 

PingSafe helped us identify when a developer made our repository public. It identified the issue in minutes. The repository had a few hard-coded secrets that would've caused problems for us because anybody on the internet could access those keys and exploit the systems. PingSafe caught the issue quickly. The same goes for public buckets. One of our DevOps engineers made a bucket public, and it had a lot of files in it. PingSafe was on top of it. The solution has an automated workflow that automatically blocks this kind of misconfiguration.

It has helped us reduce the number of false positives. Sometimes, you get too many false positives because the tool doesn't have enough context. For example, let's say we have a bucket that we want to be public, and CSPM tools will identify the public bucket as a vulnerability. We can make exceptions or mute the alert. PingSafe provides many ways in the UI to mark false positives or mute those tickets so that I don't get them repeatedly. I can also create tags for every issue and put all of the false positives under one tag.

The detection is almost instant. We get Slack or email notifications immediately when issues are detected, reducing our mean time to detect by more than 30 percent. Our remediation time has also improved by about 30 percent or more. We are in the fintech space, so we remedy vulnerabilities right away. The faster our detection, the faster our response. Both have significantly improved. 

PingSafe facilitates collaboration between the application security, cloud, and DevOps teams. These three teams use it, and the security team manages it. When PingSafe flags vulnerabilities, they are forwarded to DevOps for remediation. Previously, we needed to identify and report the issues, but there would be lapses in communication. Now it's a central dashboard. Anybody can look at the dashboard to see the open issues, what needs to be explored, and how the problems can be remediated. It's self-explanatory. Teams can understand the issues and descriptions, and they directly act on the recommendations.

As a frequently audited company, we value PingSafe's compliance monitoring features. They give us a report with a compliance score for how well we meet certain regulatory standards, like HIPAA. We can show our compliance as a percentage. It's also a way to show that we are serious about security.

What is most valuable?

There is a feature that provides visibility into how an attack could happen. For example, they'll highlight the system vulnerabilities and outline how an attack could be propagated. That visualization helps me prioritize remediation. If I don't know where to start, I can check to see which ones are critical. It provides an exploitability score that enables me to prioritize the issues. 

PingSafe is very easy to use, and they have a responsive support team that is available when we face any problems. We can reach out to them for tweaks, and they're always there to tell us how something works. However, most features are self-explanatory, so we don't typically need support to use the product.  

PingSafe's evidence-based reporting helps us prioritize and solve critical security issues. We have onboarded crucial projects into PingSafe, and issues related to those projects are our top priority. The new visualization features demonstrate how an attacker can enter the system, highlighting potential pathways that can be exploited. It will outline all the steps the attacker could take. With that visibility, we can ensure the perimeter is strong, and an attacker cannot enter. It reduces the risk. PingSafe helps prioritize issues based on the likelihood of exploitation. I have all the evidence of how an attacker can exploit the weaknesses in my parameter.

The proof of exploitability is helpful because we don't need to refer the issues to the security team. The DevOps guys can also use it to understand the various attack vectors and scenarios. The offensive security engine identifies any misconfigured security settings or other issues. That helps us because we are frequently audited and must report these issues to the auditors. audit heavy company. PingSafe gives me these issues in advance so I can close the vulnerabilities before we are audited. It has helped us prepare. 

Infrastructure-as-code scanning is another useful feature. In pre-production, it identifies embedded secrets and misconfigurations. We can also identify issues with Kubernetes or some privileged containers. These features all help us pass the audit. Secure IAC code isn't easily exploitable by attackers. We can be more proactive about identifying and resolving vulnerabilities. 

What needs improvement?

PingSafe is an excellent CSPM tool, but the CWPP features need to improve, and there is a scope for more application security posture management features. There aren't many ASPM solutions on the market, and existing ones are costly. I would like to see PingSafe develop into a single pane of glass for ASPM, CSPM, and CWPP. Another feature I'd like to see is runtime protection.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have used PingSafe for more than a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10 for stability. It's a highly stable product, and we haven't had any issues with reliability. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10 for scalability. Our company is growing, and we don't see any performance slowdown from onboarding multiple projects. There are also no changes to the functionality or visibility that it provides. We're confident that it can scale to the level that we want.

How are customer service and support?

I rate PingSafe support 7 out of 10. Before SentinelOne acquired PingSafe, the support was excellent. I would rate it 9 out of 10. Now, I would rate it 7 because there have been some changes due to the transfer of ownership. It isn't great, but it's okay. They are reachable, but it was much easier when PingSafe was an independent company. Still, we can contact them when we need some customization, and they'll help us. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We previously used a mixture of manual work and open-source tools. However, these open-source solutions couldn't cover CSPM and container security. 

How was the initial setup?

Deploying PingSafe was straightforward. I wasn't a part of it, but I know it was easy to deploy. 

What was our ROI?

The return on investment is difficult to quantify. We will be fined if we fall out of compliance, but I would only know how much that would cost us once that has happened. PingSafe helps us avoid those fines by proactively mitigating vulnerabilities. 

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

PingSafe is not very expensive compared to Prisma Cloud, but it's also not that cheap. However, because of its features, it makes sense to us as a company. It's fairly priced.

What other advice do I have?

I rate PingSafe 8 out of 10. I would recommend PingSafe to any company looking for a cloud security solution. It's more than a CSPM. It provides visibility into application security vulnerabilities and container security.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Top 10
IAC scanning picks everything up and is effective and proactive
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of PingSafe is its integration with most of our technology stack, specifically all of our cloud platforms and ticketing software."
  • "The recommended actions aren't always specific, so it might suggest recommendations that don't apply to the particular infrastructure code I'm reviewing."

What is our primary use case?

PingSafe is our primary security monitoring tool used for identifying vulnerabilities and misconfiguration.

How has it helped my organization?

I would rate the ease of use of PingSafe eight out of ten.

PingSafe offers a variety of dashboards, but the issue dashboard is my favorite due to its clarity and simplicity.

The evidence-based reporting is great and I appreciate the details the reports provide.

The IAC scanning picks everything up and is effective. The IAC scanning is proactive.

The two biggest benefits of PingSafe are the centralized reporting dashboard for all my accounts and providers and the ability to track remediation progress.

PingSafe has helped reduce the number of false positives we receive.

PingSafe helps us manage our risk posture.

PingSafe has reduced our MTTD thanks to its comprehensive coverage and centralized reporting capabilities.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of PingSafe is its integration with most of our technology stack, specifically all of our cloud platforms and ticketing software.

What needs improvement?

I wish PingSafe provided clearer solutions or remediation steps. The recommended actions aren't always specific, so it might suggest recommendations that don't apply to the particular infrastructure code I'm reviewing.

I would appreciate the ability to customize the severity levels in PingSafe as the current defaults do not meet my needs.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PingSafe for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

PingSafe is stable. I have not encountered any downtime.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

PingSafe is highly scalable.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support is usually great. While it can sometimes be a bit curt or dismissive, for the most part, getting help is easy and responses are quick.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is easy. One person is required for the deployment.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed in-house.

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

I'm not familiar with PingSafe's standard pricing. While it seemed like a good value, I'm on a partnership plan that offers a discount in exchange for feedback. Therefore, I can't speak to the typical pricing.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate PingSafe nine out of ten.

PingSafe requires monthly updates.

Preparing for PingSafe is fairly straightforward, especially if you're familiar with cloud security posture management tools. However, if this is your first time using such a tool, be prepared for a significant number of findings. PingSafe will uncover security issues that manual efforts might miss.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Cyber Defence Analyst at a media company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
Provides visibility, saves time, and automatically maps networks
Pros and Cons
  • "PingSafe offers an intuitive user interface that lets us navigate quickly and easily."
  • "Customized queries should be made easier to improve PingSafe."

What is our primary use case?

We use PingSafe to identify cloud security misconfigurations, ensuring compliance with Cloud Security Posture Management and Cloud Workload Protection Platform best practices, as well as relevant regulations in India. We also integrate PingSafe with our GitHub repositories that store our hard-coded secrets.

How has it helped my organization?

We renewed our contract with PingSafe for another year because it's extremely easy to use. The user-friendly UI, along with its integration with Jira and the ability to consume alerts through Slack, make it a valuable tool for our team.

Evidence-based reporting facilitates addressing complaints related to mandatory controls. PingSafe offers an option for high-alert items to be kept publicly available if we're confident we have appropriate controls implemented.

PingSafe's agentless vulnerability scanning has identified a significant number of vulnerabilities.

PingSafe's evidence-based reporting, particularly its proof of exploitability, is highly valuable. For example, their recommendations significantly reduce investigation time and allow us to easily research vulnerabilities using tags. This targeted approach helps stakeholders prioritize and address critical vulnerabilities efficiently through the dashboard.

We utilize the offensive security engine, but fortunately, it doesn't detect many vulnerabilities. It primarily identifies publicly known patch versions and the exposure of the SMTP service. On the other hand, I would rate the ASM functionality an eight out of ten.

IaC scanning has been effective in identifying code-level issues whenever infrastructure as code is scanned.

PingSafe automatically populates and maps our network, identifying any misconfigurations within the first two hours of deployment.

It has reduced false positives by around 90 percent.

Our mean time to detection has been improved, especially for critical areas. Our mean time to remediation has been improved as well.

PingSafe has improved our risk posture by providing visibility into our cloud infrastructure.

PingSafe improved the collaboration between the cloud security application developers and the app security team.

It helped our developers save time.

What is most valuable?

PingSafe offers an intuitive user interface that lets us navigate quickly and easily. Additionally, its identification feature allows us to customize rules and configurations in the cloud.

IaS scanning identifies misconfigured code within GitHub repositories. This represents a "shift left" approach to security.

What needs improvement?

Customized queries should be made easier to improve PingSafe. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PingSafe for one and a half years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

While PingSafe is stable for around 90 percent of the time, there are occasional glitches in the UI. However, as a security tool, our primary focus is on the results it delivers, rather than the aesthetics of the dashboards themselves.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Scaling PingSafe is easy. We recently integrated with AWS and it went well.

How are customer service and support?

We regularly contact the technical support team about some UI glitches. We provide them with feedback on these glitches regularly. Additionally, we would like to see some new features added to Jira when creating tickets. We've also been in touch with the technical support team about this.

The technical support team's responses are good and have been improving.

We've noticed a decline in their response times lately. This could be due to the recent acquisition of PingSafe by SentinelOne. Previously, their response times were much faster.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?


How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment was straightforward.

Deploying PingSafe is a quick process that involves creating a dedicated service account, granting the necessary roles to the service account, and attaching the service account to PingSafe.

The total deployment time took around 15 minutes.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed in-house.

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

The features included in PingSafe justify its price point. The agent-level monitoring for Kubernetes clusters is particularly valuable and could support a modest price increase.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Our evaluation of Prisma Cloud and Trend Micro on an open-source platform for identifying misconfigurations yielded a high number of false positives, limiting its effectiveness. We chose PingSafe based on the price and the ease of use.

The setup and cleanup need to be done first to get things organized. This makes PingSafe a much easier option than the other products we evaluated, which were all very complex. So, we won't be jumping straight to CWP. Instead, we'll focus on securing our perimeter. We believe PingSafe can solve this issue, and the support we received during the proof of concept was also very positive. Considering all these factors, we decided to go with PingSafe. 

What other advice do I have?

I would rate PingSafe nine out of ten.

PingSafe does not require maintenance.

It is easy to use, but it works best when you have established organizational practices in place. If you feel this is critical, don't hesitate to address it directly. Integrating PingSafe is straightforward, so there's no need to worry about that. It's a ready-made solution that can be integrated with just a click. You can then address the specific issues you find most important. Ideally, integrate all your relevant sources during onboarding, such as GitHub or any cloud accounts you use. This ensures you capture everything from the start and get the best possible results.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Sr DevOps Engineer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
Provides a unified dashboard, reduces detection times, and strengthens our security posture
Pros and Cons
  • "PingSafe offers three key features: vulnerability management notifications, cloud configuration assistance, and security scanning."
  • "We can customize security policies but lack auditing capabilities."

What is our primary use case?

PingSafe offers a variety of functionalities, including cloud configuration assessment and detailed misconfiguration reports. It automates vulnerability scanning, saving us time and effort. Additionally, PingSafe allows us to filter compliance-related findings and provides consolidated reports for a comprehensive view.

Furthermore, PingSafe can conduct customized posture management research for Cloud Posture Management initiatives. This eliminates the need for complex, independent research. Finally, PingSafe helps us understand our readiness for specific security certifications.

How has it helped my organization?

One of the key features of PingSafe that we utilize is its cloud-based configuration. This helps with our cloud security monitoring processes. This allows for infrastructure automation and broader implementation access. To mitigate this risk, we have multiple personnel actively monitoring activity to safeguard against vulnerabilities, employing vulnerability scanning techniques.

PingSafe simplifies managing compliance. It gives us a clear compliance report, allowing us to easily identify areas for improvement and achieve full compliance. This makes it a valuable resource.

PingSafe is easy to use. I would rate the ease of use 9 out of 10 compared to our previous tool which had good features but was not as intuitive as PingSafe and had bugs.

PingSafe's dashboard provides a single place for managing everything, including reporting and prioritization. Previously, we relied on Jira, which required submitting and closing tickets. This meant we were juggling both Jira and separate ticket management. Now, PingSafe consolidates everything into a single dashboard, allowing us to see all issue priorities and address them directly. As a result, our resolution times have significantly improved, going from 9 days down to 3.

PingSafe's proof of exploitability in evidence-based reporting is important. We can see all the evidence and assess it to see why the vulnerability has come up. We are also able to edit the policies and create custom policies.

Identifying preproduction issues in the IAC template or container configuration files is helpful. PingSafe notifies us if the public rate defined is different which should not happen. Sometimes we encounter false positives but not many.

PingSafe improved our security through the cloud configuration feature. We receive notifications if someone makes changes and our mitigation time has gone from up to 30 days down to nine.

PingSafe generates some alerts that we categorize as false positives. These can occur, for instance, when someone uses a publicly available open-source tool and PingSafe flags it. While PingSafe's detection is valid in itself, we consider it a false positive because our development doesn't rely on that particular tool.

Our recent security assessment revealed a positive change in our security posture. We've moved from a medium to a high rating, thanks in part to PingSafe.

PingSafe has reduced our mean time to detect by 40 percent.

It has reduced our mean time to remediate down to 9 days.

Using PingSafe, our cloud security, application development, and AppSec teams have achieved a high level of collaboration. All work is automatically updated within PingSafe, allowing each team to generate reports, review identified issues, and work towards resolving them.

Integrating AI with PingSafe has strengthened our security posture.

What is most valuable?

It offers three key features: vulnerability management notifications, cloud configuration assistance, and security scanning.

What needs improvement?

We can customize security policies but lack auditing capabilities. Ideally, we should be able to review logs and track user access.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PingSafe for 1.5 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of PingSafe 10 out of 10.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability of PingSafe 10 out of 10. We are using multiple clouds and have integrated them with PingSafe allowing us to easily scale.

How are customer service and support?

PingSafe provides excellent technical support. In addition to monthly guidance, we also receive a comprehensive quarterly business review. We haven't needed to contact their support team outside of these scheduled interactions. We also have a customer support engineer readily available to assist us whenever we encounter any issues.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We switched to PingSafe because of the price and user-friendly functionality.

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment was easy because it was cloud-based and handled by PingSafe. The entire deployment process only took 1 day. We had a meeting beforehand, and the next day, they provided us with the steps to follow. We successfully integrated the system by following these instructions. 2 people from our organization were involved in the deployment.

What was our ROI?

PingSafe has delivered a return on investment by enabling collaborating teams to save up to 50 percent of their time.

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

PingSafe is fairly priced.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate PingSafe 9 out of 10.

10 people in our organization use PingSafe.

I recommend PingSafe to others.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Other
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Senior Devops Engineer at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 10
Provides a graphical interface, is easy to use, and integrates well with other tools
Pros and Cons
  • "PingSafe's most valuable feature is its unified console."
  • "The integration with Oracle has room for improvement."

What is our primary use case?

Our infrastructure utilizes a combination of cloud solutions and Kubernetes for container orchestration. To ensure the security of these environments, we leverage PingSafe. This platform proactively identifies and remediates vulnerabilities within our cloud deployments.

We use PingSafe, which is integrated with our cloud environment. This allows us to receive notifications from PingSafe directly in our Slack channels, according to the notification settings we have configured. We prioritize these alerts and take appropriate actions based on their urgency.

To improve our cloud security posture and achieve best practices, we implemented PingSafe. This security tool helps us identify and address vulnerabilities within our cloud environment.

How has it helped my organization?

PingSafe is easy to use.

PingSafe's evidence-based reporting helps prioritize and solve the most important cloud security issue.

PingSafe's proof of exploitability is valuable because it goes beyond simply identifying vulnerabilities. It assesses how severe these vulnerabilities are by determining if they can be actively exploited by attackers. This information allows us to prioritize our actions and focus on fixing the most critical risks first.

PingSafe's compliance monitoring capabilities helped us achieve certifications like PCI and DSS.

PingSafe's UI is easy to use even for beginners.

PingSafe improved our security posture, made us more compliant, and improved our confidence when we spoke to our clients.

Before implementing PingSafe, we lacked any detection capabilities. Consequently, our mean time to detection saw a significant improvement of up to 70 percent after PingSafe's introduction.

PingSafe improved our mean time to remediation by 50 to 70 percent.

PingSafe has significantly improved collaboration between our cloud security, application developers, and AppSec teams. This enhanced collaboration is due to the dashboard that provides a centralized view of all security-related information within PingSafe.

In the past, our infrastructure setup process involved building the infrastructure first and then implementing security best practices at the end. This new approach is different. Now, when we create new infrastructure, we integrate PingSafe right from the start. This integration allows us to receive security alerts immediately. With these real-time insights, we can proactively address any security issues or potential vulnerabilities as we build, rather than waiting until the infrastructure is complete.

We integrated PingSafe with a few alerting systems and our Slack channels.

What is most valuable?

PingSafe's most valuable feature is its unified console. This console brings together all of our cloud-based and non-cloud-based solutions into a single, centralized location.

I find the visualization graphs particularly helpful. They identify which objects are affected by the issue, allowing us to prioritize our efforts and focus on the areas that need the most attention.

What needs improvement?

We deployed PingSafe for AWS and Oracle Cloud but we encountered issues with Oracle Cloud. The integration with Oracle has room for improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PingSafe for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of PingSafe 9 out of 10.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability of PingSafe 8 out of 10.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is responsive and knowledgeable.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The deployment was straightforward and took half a day for AWS. Two people from our DevOps team were involved in the deployment.

What was our ROI?

PingSafe improved the security of our infrastructure and helped reduce the costs.

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

PingSafe is affordable.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

In addition to PingSafe, we also considered Palo Alto and AccuKnox for our needs. However, the positive customer service experience we had with a PingSafe representative played a role in our final decision.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate PingSafe 9 out of 10.

We have around five people in our organization who utilize PingSafe. We are all in the same location except for our consultant.

PingSafe does not require maintenance from our end.

I recommend PingSafe to others. It is compatible with most major cloud platforms. However, we did encounter some issues when using it with lesser-known cloud providers, such as Oracle.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud

If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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