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Featured Review
Anonymous User
Easy to use, stable, and easy to install
It adds value to our existing platform, and therefore our system becomes more important for the customer.
NenadMijatovic
Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use
When you import all the assets that you have, like desktops, servers, networks, devices, routers, and then firewalls, and other products, then... Read more →
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Pros
"The most valuable feature is the ease of use and the full reach of services."

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"The revalidation and policy recertifications are most valuable.""It's given us more visibility in terms of what are the kinds of configurations that are on these devices, and how many of these are stale rules. So it's helped greatly in terms of cleaning up of rules, for sure. And it has definitely given us a more secure way of backing up the configuration on these devices.""We are currently working on rule review and compliance. The logging features are good.""Skybox deployment is simple, and it's very useful.""It has a good policy management feature and can provide customers with good quality outputs.""It shows me a client's or an organization's entire network. I can see everything.""The features that I have found most valuable with Skybox Security Suite, and this is because I work on the security side, are the firewall assurance, the change manager and the vulnerability control. These three features are the most impressive from Skybox Security.""The product's most valuable feature is vulnerability management."

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Cons
"I would like to see it integrate with third-party systems."

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"They are not satisfied with the complexity of the solution and the price.""Skybox Security Suite can improve the change management module. It is the one part of the tool that is used with the firewall devices and you have a change management module that is used to record changes of all firewalls in the company. It's not compatible with all brands, this is where they can improve the solution.""The vendor's support is terrible.""I've had issues with licensing where, when they were expiring and I asked for the updated licenses, I would the wrong ones. I think their process needs to be straightened out a little bit - I don't know if they fixed it already, it has been awhile. It wasn't as straightforward as it could have been.""During implementation, we realised approximately 30 devices were not supported by the Skybox platform​.""The setup documentation needs a lot of improvement.""Modifications and the deletion of existing policies are currently unavailable.""The stability is something that is questionable. I don't know whether it is because of the kind of infrastructure we have or because of the product in itself. We're running it on a virtual machine right now. Maybe once a month, or once in every 45 days, it requires a restart because the application fails to connect. So I have to restart the whole Skybox Manager itself, the Skybox server itself, and then connect to it from our Skybox Manager."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "Licensing costs are yearly."

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  • "I think for the cost, what we got definitely is worth it. The only caution I would give is that whenever you license for Firewall Assurance at the same time, for some weird reason, you have to get one Network Assurance license, just to manage one firewall. That's a little bit of overkill. But otherwise, in general, the pricing is fairly okay."
  • "The pricing is high, and the licensing model needs more flexibility."
  • "The product's pricing is excellent value. In terms of licensing, make sure you understand your network components, all your hops through your network, thoroughly, before you decide on the total cost. If you want to do point-to-point flow analysis and such, you need to have the configuration of all the devices in between point A and point B. A lot of people don't realize all their network components until they start using this product."
  • "I've seen the pricing of every solution on the market. When you compare apples to apples, where Skybox becomes exceedingly expensive is if you look at it compared to something like FireMon that only does a fraction of what Skybox does. But if you include everything that Skybox does, it becomes way more expensive than the competition, but you're also not comparing apples to apples. If you look at FireMon, and you look at like just the firewall assurance piece, they are fairly comparable and, actually, Skybox comes in a little bit cheaper in some cases, depending on which product you're looking at."
  • "The pricing has increased exorbitantly in the last few years, so now it is questionable. Now, it makes me want to review other products."
  • "With licensing, the number of network nodes becomes very expensive to the point where you have to rationalize if the tools are warranted anymore."
  • "Fully understand the total cost of ownership. They have gone to a new model where you have to replace the hardware every X amount of years at a very substantial cost and fully understand your intended number of nodes. To operate a firewall, you have to pay two licenses, a firewall node and a network node. If you are a reasonable-sized organization, this gets expensive very quickly."
  • "Pricing is on the higher side. In terms of licensing, you should buy the complete suite rather than buying only the Change Manager. I think Change Manager with Vulnerability Control is something that would be interesting to look at."

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    What do you like most about Skybox Security Suite?
    Top Answer:Overall, the tool has helped us reduce risks. If any step is missing, it's easier for my team or engineers to identify it. The tool provides accurate recommendations based on the data. Its integration… more »
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    Ranking
    16th
    out of 24 in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA)
    Views
    671
    Comparisons
    208
    Reviews
    0
    Average Words per Review
    0
    Rating
    N/A
    19th
    out of 111 in Vulnerability Management
    Views
    591
    Comparisons
    437
    Reviews
    8
    Average Words per Review
    471
    Rating
    7.5
    Comparisons
    Also Known As
    IronDefense, Iron Dome, Cyber Operations Center
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    IronNet
    Skybox Security
    Overview

    When organizations collaborate to detect, share intelligence, and stop threats together in real time, they form a Collective Defense community. Discover how IronNet's Collective Defense platform – built on our IronDome and IronDefense products – enables organizations to realize the full benefits of this approach.

    The IronNet Collective Defense Platform leverages advanced AI-driven Network Detection and Response (NDR) capabilities to detect and prioritize anomalous activity inside individual enterprise network environments. The platform analyzes threat detections across the community to identify broad attack patterns and provides anonymized intelligence back to all community members in real time, giving all members early insight into potential incoming attacks. See Collective Defense in action.

    The Skybox Security Suite platform combines firewall and network device data with vulnerability and threat intelligence, prioritizing security issues in the context of your unique environment. Powerful attack vector analytics reduce response times and risks, bringing firewall, vulnerability and threat management processes for complex networks under control.

    Firewall Assurance brings all firewalls into one normalized view, continuously monitoring policy compliance, optimizing firewall rulesets and finding attack vectors that others miss. Skybox covers the most comprehensive list of firewall vendors, complex rulesets, even virtual and cloud-based firewalls. With proven scalability in 1,500+ firewall deployments, Firewall Assurance keeps rules optimized and ensures changes don’t introduce new risk. 

    Gain total visibility of the vulnerabilities in your attack surface without waiting for a scan. Leverage Skybox Research Lab's vulnerability and threat intelligence, and automatically correlate it to your unique environment. With network modeling and advanced simulations, pinpoint exposed vulnerabilities and other attack vectors. And use context to prioritize vulnerabilities in terms of actual risk and respond to threats with accuracy and efficiency.

    For more information or to view a demo, visit www.skyboxsecurity.com.

    Sample Customers
    Thomson Reuters
    ADP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BT, USAID, Delta Dental, EDF Energy, EMC, HSBC, Johnson & Johnson
    Top Industries
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company21%
    Financial Services Firm15%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company6%
    REVIEWERS
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Outsourcing Company16%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Insurance Company11%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Computer Software Company18%
    Financial Services Firm16%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government6%
    Company Size
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business21%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise66%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business50%
    Midsize Enterprise10%
    Large Enterprise40%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business20%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise68%
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    IronNet Collective Defense Platform is ranked 16th in Network Traffic Analysis (NTA) while Skybox Security Suite is ranked 19th in Vulnerability Management with 34 reviews. IronNet Collective Defense Platform is rated 0.0, while Skybox Security Suite is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IronNet Collective Defense Platform writes "Easy to use, stable, and easy to install". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Skybox Security Suite writes "Efficient in vulnerability management, stable and easy to use ". IronNet Collective Defense Platform is most compared with Darktrace and ExtraHop Reveal(x), whereas Skybox Security Suite is most compared with AlgoSec, Tufin Orchestration Suite, FireMon Security Manager, Palo Alto Networks Panorama and RedSeal.

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