Maurice Abrams - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
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Top 10
Single agent, user-friendly console, and fair price
Pros and Cons
  • "We like the platform and its response time. We also like that its console is user-friendly as well as modern and sleek."
  • "If I had to pick a complaint, it would be the way the hosts are listed in the tool. You have different columns separated by endpoint name, Cloud Account, and Cloud Instances ID. I wish there was something where we could change the endpoint name and not use just the IP address. We would like to have custom names or our own names for the instances. If I had a complaint, that would be it, but so far, it meets all the needs that we have."

What is our primary use case?

We are using it for endpoint detection on all of our EC2 instances and hosts in the cloud. Along with it, we are also going to be using it for AV.

We do not have any EDR protection on our host. We would like to utilize it for AV to put some protection on our host. The pricing for the tool that we are using for AV has gone up, and they are not giving us a lot of things we need. Also, to use their EDR tool, we have to install a secondary agent, whereas, with SentinelOne, everything is included in the same agent.

How has it helped my organization?

Singularity Cloud Workload Security helps with forensics and extra protection on our host. We have not had any incidents where we had to fully use it or fully go into action with it, but we are hoping that it will provide the extra protection that we need to help resolve some blind spots that we have specifically on our hosts.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security has forensic visibility or deep visibility into the Linux kernel, but we have not used it. It is something that we will work on and use with our SOC team and the implementation team if an incident were to ever happen.

The historical data record provided by Singularity Cloud Workload Security after an attack will be useful if an incident happens. It will help us build a timeline of historical reference. It is easy to have it all in one place to build a timeline. We can see from start to finish where the incident started and where it occurred versus having to go in and do things manually by sifting through logs. The fact that SentinelOne is able to have that information or data and a single pane of glass is something that we like about the tool.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security helps to cut down the mean time to detect by having the historical reference and by being able to stop the incident with the hit of a switch. We can see from where it started, which is helpful. When you are an organization managing hundreds of accounts, it is hard to sieve through logs and get that information together, which increases our mean time to detect, whereas with SentinelOne, from the things we have seen and tested out, it seems simple and easy, and we are hoping that it will help us cut down on that time.

We are also hoping that it will reduce our mean time to remediate. We have not come across any actual incident to be able to fully know, but based on what we have seen so far in the tool, it seems it would.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security has not necessarily freed up staff to work on other projects, but it does reduce some time. It helps cut down on things. It does provide an easier capability. We have come from the old-school way of looking at logs. It seems that this tool will provide something much sleeker and easier for our SOC team to use.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security has not yet had much effect on our productivity. We have only had it for two months, but we like what we are seeing. We like implementing it. We like that it has a single agent and we can use it as AV. It seems to make things easy. It seems to be a more productive tool for us, but until we have an incident, I would not be able to say for sure. As of now, it looks like it has the capability.

Its interoperability with third-party solutions, such as Kubernetes, seems top-notch. We have integrated it with a couple of our solutions here, such as Kubernetes and containers, and we have not had any incidents or any problems to follow up or dig deep into. So far, the ability to look at our containers and to see into those clusters is something that puts Singularity above all others. With CrowdStrike or Trend Micro, we were not able to do that. We were not able to have the same visibility. SentinelOne Singularity made that easier for us.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security supports our ability to innovate from a standpoint where we know that our application teams and developers will be protected. When new applications are created, we will have some sense of security and some sense of safeguard for our teams. We did not have the visibility and the tools to protect us in the manner we would like, but with Singularity Cloud Workload Security, it looks like we can just put it on our endpoints and tell the teams to go and do as they wish because we know at least on this end, they will be protected.

What is most valuable?

From our tests and the things that we have done, we find Singularity Cloud Workload Security’s real-time threat detection and response capabilities attractive. We like the platform and its response time. We also like that its console is user-friendly as well as modern and sleek. Those are the things that are attractive to us.

We like the automated remediation feature. It is not something that we are going to use for automated remediation, but we do like the fact that it is there and can be utilized.

What needs improvement?

If I had to pick a complaint, it would be the way the hosts are listed in the tool. You have different columns separated by endpoint name, Cloud Account, and Cloud Instances ID. I wish there was something where we could change the endpoint name and not use just the IP address. We would like to have custom names or our own names for the instances. If I had a complaint, that would be it, but so far, it meets all the needs that we have.

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For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using it for two or three months. We went through a test trial, and we are finalizing the official purchase request to purchase it and start using it fully.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have not experienced any issues so far.

How are customer service and support?

We have not interacted with their support. We have only contacted our customer manager and our onboarding specialist. We have not had to submit any tickets.

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

We have not used any other similar solution previously.

How was the initial setup?

It is a cloud deployment. I was involved in its initial setup. Its deployment was straightforward. There were a couple of questions that we had. Some of the documentation was not written in the best way. There were some hurdles when moving to the tool and understanding it, but for the most part, it was straightforward. We got all the instructions on how to deploy or install it. We were presented with a customer service rep who was an onboarding specialist. This customer service rep specialized in deployment for us, so everything was a simple setup.

What about the implementation team?

We mainly did it ourselves, but we also had an integrator consultant from SentinelOne who was on the site. They answered all of our questions for anything that came up. For anything we needed, they were there to help us. We had three individuals full-time, and then we had a contractor.

In terms of maintenance, there is nothing required from the SentinelOne side. Once we onboard a lot of our hosts, we just need to organize it in a way that is easy for us, but from the SentinelOne or Singularity folks, nothing is required.

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

The pricing is fair. It is not inexpensive, and it is also not expensive. When managing a large organization, it is going to be costly, but it meets the business needs. In terms of what is out there on the market, it is fair and comparable to what I have seen, so I do not have any complaints about the cost.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We did evaluate other options. We tried Trend Micro Vision One. We also looked at CrowdStrike.

We went for Singularity Cloud Workload Security because it was built and made for the cloud. That was a big thing. The second big thing was that they utilize all of these different features with one agent.

The CrowdStrike solution is not built for the cloud. They have a cloud add-on, so it did not translate for us. The Trend Micro solution is somewhat built for the cloud. It is more of an on-prem tool that is moved to the cloud, but we have to utilize at least two agents to get all of the coverage, meaning AV and endpoint detection. With Singularity Cloud Workload Security, it is all covered in one agent. There is no need to put multiple agents on our host and go through that with our customers. It also allows us to place that agent using AWS Systems Manager, so the implementation in the cloud and launching of the agent is intuitive and easy. It was a no-brainer once we started looking at the tools in terms of how to implement them and what we would like in our organization. Singularity Cloud Workload Security took the top place.

What other advice do I have?

It has a single agent to cover all aspects. You can save money and costs with data ingestion by using the Security DataLake from Singularity. There is also the ease of use of its console. There is also the ease of deployment by it being cloud-based. If you are looking for a tool that is perfect for cloud solutions and protects your cloud host, Singularity Cloud Workload Security would be at the top of my list.

To someone who does not think that they need a Singularity Cloud Workload Protection Platform (CWPP) because they have a continuous security monitoring (CSM) solution in place, I would recommend looking again at Singularity because there is one agent and the ease of transitioning and deploying into the cloud. Another big thing about Singularity is the holding of the data. We utilize Splunk. However, with Singularity, we do not need to ingest all the data because we can also utilize their data lake. The query or the information that we can look up at Splunk can also be looked up in Singularity, so there is no need to take all that data from Singularity and ingest it into our Splunk and increase our license. We can utilize our license and capabilities. We can just use the data lake that comes with Singularity and utilize logs in that manner. In the end, it is saving us costs when it comes to our SIEM tool ingestion, so I would recommend looking at these top aspects. It is easy in the cloud. It helps save data on your SIEM tool. It saves the ingestion costs. There is also a single agent.

I would rate Singularity Cloud Workload Security a nine out of ten.

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Risk Analyst at a recreational facilities/services company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Real User
Top 20
Helps free up SOC staff to work on other projects, detect threats and protect our assets
Pros and Cons
  • "Our previous product took a lot of man hours to manage. Once we got Singularity Cloud Workload Security, it freed up our time to work on other tasks."
  • "It would be really helpful if the solution improves its agent deployment process."

How has it helped my organization?

Singularity Cloud Workload Security gave us the visibility we needed and freed up time to do other tasks. It narrows down the false positives that we got with the previous solution.

What is most valuable?

We use Singularity Cloud Workload Security to detect threats and protect our assets. We look at the threats that come in and whether they're being blocked. We use Singularity Cloud Workload Security as an anti-malware threat management product.

Our previous product took a lot of man hours to manage. Once we got Singularity Cloud Workload Security, it freed up our time to work on other tasks.

What needs improvement?

We had a couple of issues with the solution's deployment. We had to deploy the agent, and sometimes there were issues. It feels like we're battling a version of the software when we have to deploy an agent over another agent. It would be really helpful if the solution improves its agent deployment process.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Singularity Cloud Workload Security for over a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I haven't heard from our team about any stability issues with Singularity Cloud Workload Security. Singularity Cloud Workload Security is more stable than our previous solution.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Singularity Cloud Workload Security handles anything we throw at it. The scalability is good.

How are customer service and support?

When we have an issue, an online engineer from their group helps us resolve it within an hour or two. I haven't heard anything negative about the solution's support from our team.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

I was involved in the selection and the proof of concept process. I wasn't on the call for the installation, but I overheard our two engineers involved in the solution's installation. The solution's deployment was pretty quick, and they installed it in one day.

What about the implementation team?

We implemented the solution with an in-house team.

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

Singularity Cloud Workload Security's licensing and price were cheaper than the other solutions we looked at. One product was a little bit cheaper, but its functionality and the overall product weren't as good as Singularity Cloud Workload Security. One of the vendors' prices was almost double what we would get thus far. Talking to their engineer and salesperson put our minds at ease when we got it. We knew they would be there for support, and they have been really good.

What other advice do I have?

I'd ask users to take a good look at Singularity Cloud Workload Security because it brings a lot of value to the table. For its price, the solution does a good job compared to some other solutions.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security’s automated remediation works great.

The solution’s real-time detection and response capabilities work great for us. It frees up time, unlike our previous solution, where we had a lot of false positives. 

It's granular, and you can take a deeper dive into something if you need to. You can analyze and get a verdict. It's easier to narrow it down and pinpoint it with more detail.

The solution helped reduce our organization’s mean time to detect. Singularity Cloud Workload Security is quicker than our previous solution. We are a small group of just five people, and we have to do instantaneous detection to stop things from coming in quickly. We like that part a lot.

The solution helped reduce our organization’s mean time to remediate. It lets us analyze an incident, report the status quicker, and escalate it quicker than our previous solution.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security helped free up SOC staff to work on other projects. It probably freed up 10 to 15 hours a week. Before, we spent a couple of hours a day sifting through events and trying to see if they were false positives. The solution freed up a lot of time.

We have seen an impact on our organization's productivity using Singularity Cloud Workload Security. With the freed-up time, we're able to do a lot of other work. We use other products and look at phishing emails. It frees up our time to study more than we did in the past.

I would have users look at their visibility across their environment. The solution's quick response to threats, ability to act on them, automated incident response, and forensic investigation capabilities are really good. The solution provides you with 24/7 threat monitoring detection.

We work eight hours a day when we have someone on call. It's nice to know someone else is also looking at our events. They're there to dive in with us when we need them to help increase our team. Even though they're not on our team, they're there to help us.

Overall, I rate Singularity Cloud Workload Security a nine out of ten.

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Senior Software Engineer at a consultancy with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
Offers a great dashboard and good UI
Pros and Cons
  • "The dashboard gives me an overview of all the things happening in the product, making it one of the tool's best features."
  • "The alerting system of the product is an area that I look at and sometimes get confused about. I feel the alerting feature needs improvement."

What is our primary use case?

My company is trying to get an ISO certification by the second quarter of 2024, so we have been resolving certain security issues for the past year.

I use the solution in my company, where we have alerts coming from PingSafe, especially if any security threats are there. Our company's primary concern in using the tool is to get the ISO certification. My company wants to get our infrastructure to meet ISO standards so that there won't be any issues while getting ISO certification.

How has it helped my organization?

With the product in my organization, I feel that we are more secure now, and our services have become better. My company gets to know if we are doing something right or wrong based on the scans that PingSafe deploys. My company doesn't have to care much about security because PingSafe takes care of it for us. My company also knows what all the best practices are there for each resource, which gives us a boundary of what we can do.

What is most valuable?

Most of the time, I have looked at the tool's dashboard to keep an eye on how much of my company is compliant regarding certain areas since we are eyeing ISO 22000 and ISO 22001. I just love the tool's dashboard, though I have not used it in depth. I like the dashboard mainly, and I know that all sections of ISO certification have been completed. I have not used the tool that much, but under that dashboard itself if I just click on the certification part, which states that 93 percent has been completed, it will show me the subcategories of what all things are still pending or how much percentage of it is still pending, and how many areas are yet to be resolved in relation to some of the resources. The dashboard gives me an overview of all the things happening in the product, making it one of the tool's best features.

What needs improvement?

When I joined my organization, I saw that PingSafe was already implemented. I started to use the tool's alerting features and dashboard functionalities. Considering how much I used the product, I don't see any areas in it where improvements are required since everything seems fine.

Sometimes, there are alerts that don't have proper messaging attached. The tool can improve the alerting notifications. In PingSafe, the alerts also show the affected resource that has a particular issue, but sometimes, the account shows as not applicable, and it isn't very helpful since you need to know the account the tool aims to point out.

The alerting system of the product is an area that I look at and sometimes get confused about. I feel the alerting feature needs improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PingSafe for more than a year. My company is a customer of the solution.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

My company has not experienced bugs, downtime, or any other issues in the product.

Stability-wise, I rate the solution an 8 out of 10.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a 7 out of 10.

My company's tech team consists of twelve people and around ten to twelve people use the product.

How are customer service and support?

I rate the technical support an 8-9 out of 10.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The solution is deployed using the cloud services offered by AWS.

What other advice do I have?

PingSafe regularly sends us messages on Slack for cloud security monitoring if it finds a certain security threat. If the area revolving around the security threat is something my company wants to look into, we just quickly check the product to see if there is a quick fix, and if there are no solutions, then we find a way to deal with it. A person from our company's team regularly tries to fix all the issues raised by PingSafe so that it is ISO compatible, and right now, my company is close to achieving it.

Speaking about the issues my company was trying to resolve by implementing PingSafe in our environment, I would say that whatever issues the tool has raised till now are related to certain policies that we might not have implemented in our IAM. There should only be certain roles that can access certain resources. The aforementioned area consists of the types of issues my company is currently trying to resolve so that we stay up to the mark. In my company, we don't have any regular threats that come up, but they are mainly used in regard to policies.

Considering how much I have used it to date, I can say that it is an easy-to-use product. However, I have not used the product in-depth, so I can't comment much about it.

If I assess the evidence-based reporting for helping prioritize and solve important cloud security issues, I would say that the concerns raised by the product are valid ones, and it is important to deal with them. Though I am not sure what the question entails, I feel that the issues raised by the product are proper, and they should be resolved before actually implementing its features.

I think it is very important for the solution to include proof of exploitability in evidence-based reporting. You have to know what things might go wrong if an issue is not resolved, and it makes it easier for us to assess key issues and to decide which areas should be taken into priority, considering what potential issues might crop up in the long run or short term. In general, PingSafe is a quite helpful tool.

The most valuable feature of the tool in terms of real-time threat detection stems from the alerts my company receives via Slack. I think the alert feature is something I have majorly looked into, but I haven't explored many of PingSafe's features.

Whether the compliance monitoring capabilities of the tool have benefited our organization or not is something that we will get to know soon via its results in the next two or three months. My company is very close to getting ISO certification with PingSafe's help. I think if it gave our company a demo compliance feature, it could be helpful.

The product's UI is good if I speak about the impact of its ease of use on security operations. The UI is very easy to navigate. Basically, I was able to navigate through the tool's dashboard. Overall, the tool's UI structure looks good.

My company has rarely had to deal with an incident involving a false positive with PingSafe in place, and I believe that it happened at the end of the previous year. After that, my company didn't need to deal with any false positives. With PingSafe, the chances of seeing a false positive are rare.

In terms of risk posture, after going through the recommendations provided by PingSafe during the implementation phase, I feel that my solution has helped my company get better and more secure because now we are less vulnerable to attacks. Overall, I think that the product is good for improving an organization's risk posture. In my company, we don't have any doubts about using the product since everything feels right with it.

The tool has reduced the mean time to detect risks since, with the use of the tool, it has become faster as it is now done automatically. In my company, I operate in a very small team where we don't have a specific person or department giving us insights about a particular tool. The tool has reduced the mean time to detect risks by more than 50 percent. My company never scanned our own infrastructure until PingSafe did. Until my company had it in mind that we wanted to get an ISO certification, we never scanned our infrastructure.

The mean time required to remediate is an area that has improved a lot. My company has never tried to resolve any issues since we have never detected any problems. The mean time to remediate has improved by more than 50 percent.

The product can make the collaboration between cloud security application developers and AppSec teams better. In my company, we only have one team, and we don't have a few departments.

The product has helped my company save a lot of engineering time because we don't have to put up physical resources to do many things, as they are managed automatically. In my company, we just have to employ one engineer to resolve everything. My company doesn't actually have to spend time detecting issues and then solving them as the tool solves them for us.

I have not integrated the tool with the existing solutions in my company's infrastructure or workflows. I use it as a standalone product in my company.

The product is used in just one location.

I don't think that the product requires any maintenance. I don't think that my company does any maintenance for PingSafe.

I recommend the product to those who plan to use it. I think the tool has a very good alerting system. The tool also gives a proper description of resources and alerts. I think that the tool is very good for meeting the certification compliance requirements.

I rate the overall tool a 9 out of 10.

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

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Cloud Security Engineer at Razorpay
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Our compliance score went up from 70 percent to more than 95 percent
Pros and Cons
  • "PingSafe released a new security graph tool that helps us identify the root issue. Other tools give you a pass/fail type of profile on all misconfigurations, and those will run into the thousands. PingSafe's graphing algorithm connects various components together and tries to identify what is severe and what is not. It can correlate various vulnerabilities and datasets to test them on the back end to pinpoint the real issue."
  • "I want PingSafe to integrate additional third-party resources. For example, PingSafe is compatible with Azure and AWS, but Azure AD isn't integrated with AWS. If PingSafe had that ability, it would enrich the data because how users interact with our AWS environment is crucial. All the identity-related features require improvement."

What is our primary use case?

We use PingSafe as a cloud security posture management tool. PingSafe is integrated with our GCP, Azure, and AWS accounts. It will identify all the misconfigurations and security issues on all these cloud platforms and alert us. In addition to the CSPM capabilities, PingSafe has several other features like vulnerability management, container security, Kubernetes security posture management, and secret scanning

All of these features are bundled inside PingSafe. It combines all the telemetry from the cloud, containers, and the Kubernetes platform. The vulnerability scanners are connected to the registries and give us a holistic picture of what else is vulnerable versus all the dummy data others would give.

How has it helped my organization?

Before PingSafe, we didn't have visibility into the security aspects of our cloud environment. PingSafe allows us to see all the misconfigurations and security vulnerabilities. Certain native tools from AWS are quite expensive and not as reliable, but PingSafe fixes that issue. Also, for highly regulated companies, having a cloud security posture management tool is a hard requirement.

Regarding risk posture, there are two kinds of risk: perceived and actual. PingSafe has helped us reduce the actual risk. Our compliance score went up from 70 percent to more than 95 percent now.

We realized PingSafe's benefits maybe 1 or 2 months after the deployment. We integrated the regional module, and the extra features were there. About 6 months in, we really scaled it up. 

PingSafe has helped reduce the number of false positives we deal with. They've been highly proactive. We have a Slack channel with their support team. We tell them the false positive you're seeing, and they get on a call with you in 30 minutes to solve that issue. 

The detection time is immediate. It finds vulnerabilities almost instantly, so the detection time has decreased considerably. In terms of remediation, it depends on how we are doing it. The remediation time has gone down, but not to the extent that we need it to. 

PingSafe has improved cooperation between the DevOps and security teams by helping identify critical issues that must be prioritized instead of just going through and fixing each one. 

What is most valuable?

PingSafe released a new security graph tool that helps us identify the root issue. Other tools give you a pass/fail type of profile on all misconfigurations, and those will run into the thousands. PingSafe's graphing algorithm connects various components together and tries to identify what is severe and what is not. It can correlate various vulnerabilities and datasets to test them on the back end to pinpoint the real issue.  

For example, let's say you have a vulnerability in a public instance of AWS EC2, and there's a relationship between that instance and the Kubernetes platform. From there, Kubernetes is connected to a container with a misconfiguration or vulnerability. That attack path is the root cause of the issue in your environment. It doesn't simply tell you whether something is public. That is a feature AWS provides natively. Native AWS tools provide us binary results about whether the instance is open, but PingSafe can break down the data to identify the core issues. 

PingSafe is one of the easiest platforms to use. It's super intuitive. I have used CSPM tools in the past like CrowdStrike. This is much easier. With one click, you can deploy it in an hour. It automatically picks up a lot of the telemetry on its own. You don't need extra configuration steps because the scripts are all there. We can launch the cloud automation templates, and PingSafe just directly deploys.

Agentless scanning is convenient for us. It will automatically copy the registry details from AWS, Azure, or GCP without any additional configuration before. If you have registries saved outside of your cloud environment, you can input the client key and secret file, and PingSafe will integrate and scan it automatically. You don't need to deploy the agent because it does it on the back end. The best part is that they take this element and bring the cloud security posture management along with it. It will integrate the vulnerability scan into the containers, Kubernetes platform, and the entire cloud platform.

The offensive security engine isn't PingSafe's standout feature, but it's an add-on that gives you insight into vulnerabilities in your cloud environment and how attackers can exploit them. 

We have integrated PingSafe's infrastructure-as-code features into our GitHub platform, enabling us to scan all the TerraForm and Kubernetes YAML code for vulnerabilities. That is a nice feature that allows you to detect issues in your code before it is deployed. It's inside the pipeline. It will scan the code and block the deployment if it doesn't meet preset criteria.

What needs improvement?

I want PingSafe to integrate additional third-party resources. For example, PingSafe is compatible with Azure and AWS, but Azure AD isn't integrated with AWS. If PingSafe had that ability, it would enrich the data because how users interact with our AWS environment is crucial. All the identity-related features require improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used PingSafe for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I have not experienced any instability, yet. PingSafe is pretty solid. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

PingSafe is scalable if you have the licenses. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate PingSafe support 8 out of 10. From the deployment until December of last year, PingSafe's support was stellar and proactive. The support hasn't been as good since PingSafe was acquired by another company. It's similar to what I've seen with other acquisitions. When it was a startup, you got more personalized support. You could even get the CTO to get on the call with you, which was nice. They have room to improve, but maybe they are undergoing a transition period after the acquisition. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We used a different solution, but the correlation wasn't as good, and it was expensive. 

How was the initial setup?

Deploying PingSafe is effortless because it's a cloud-based platform. It's pretty intuitive, and we had lots of support from PingSafe. If we had issues, we just got them on a call, and they fixed them. PingSafe requires no maintenance on our end after deployment. 

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

PingSafe is cost-effective for the amount of infrastructure we have. It's reasonable for what they offer compared to our previous solution. It's at least 25 percent to 30 percent less. 

What other advice do I have?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10. I recommend that new users onboard as many features as possible. Don't just stick to the cloud security part. Integrate the cloud security with your containers and GitHub or Bitbucket repositories. Perform all the integrations whether you need them or not, and it will take care of everything on the back end for you.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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It's easy to onboard new accounts and get started quickly
Pros and Cons
  • "With PingSafe, it's easy to onboard new accounts."
  • "The resolution suggestions could be better, and the compliance features could be more customizable for Indian regulations. Overall, the compliance aspects are good. It gives us a comprehensive list, and its feedback is enough to bring us into compliance with regulations, but it doesn't give us the specific objects."

What is our primary use case?

We use PingSafe as a cloud-native application protection platform. It scans all our accounts to identify any loopholes or vulnerabilities. We get the results and recommended resolutions. It provides reports with all the minute details. For example, it might tell us there is an admin user with access that might increase the risk. PingSafe gives a comprehensive overview of anything about our cloud posture. 

We scan an Azure or AWS account, and PingSafe tells us the particular route an attacker might take and the risks. We use it extensively because it provides information on everything that could lead to a disaster. We're scanning 20 to 25 database accounts, with no more than 20 users.

How has it helped my organization?

PingSafe helped us close the loopholes in most of the services, improve our cloud security posture, and lock down who has access. The solution's reporting helps with auditing and compliance. When we started, our posture rating was around 77 percent. It's now at around 98 percent after we closed the loopholes.

The false positive rate is low. It's accurate 99 percent of the time. If we are doing a continuous scan, we sometimes get false positives, and we used to get much more in the early days of our deployment, but now it's quite effective and efficient.

PingSafe has reduced detection and remediation time by 10 to 20 percent. It has also improved collaboration among our security and application teams. We now get reports every 10 days, which has improved our teams' productivity because they don't need to go back and forth. It has made the DevOps and security teams' work about 20 to 30 percent more efficient. 

What is most valuable?

With PingSafe, it's easy to onboard new accounts. When there's a major acquisition, we have dozens of new accounts that we need to onboard quickly. It's very easy to use. The proof of exploitability is critical because we must present the results to a developer. Without evidence, they won't understand the problem.

What needs improvement?

The resolution suggestions could be better, and the compliance features could be more customizable for Indian regulations. Overall, the compliance aspects are good. It gives us a comprehensive list, and its feedback is enough to bring us into compliance with regulations, but it doesn't give us the specific objects. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used PingSafe for nearly 2 years. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10 for scalability. 

How was the initial setup?

Deploying is straightforward and only takes a couple of days. One person did the initial setup, and whoever needs to use it can access it through the portal. It doesn't require any maintenance. 

What was our ROI?

We've seen a return in the form of time saved. It gives us timely reports, and time is money. 

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

In some markets, PingSafe is a little on the higher side, but it's just right for us. It's a good value for the money.

What other advice do I have?

I rate PingSafe 9 out of 10 and would recommend it to others. It's easy to use. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Is user-friendly, reduces mitigation time, and improves our security posture
Pros and Cons
  • "PingSafe offers comprehensive security posture management."
  • "There is room for improvement in the current active licensing model for PingSafe."

What is our primary use case?

We utilize PingSafe for Cloud Security Posture Management and real-time cloud configuration monitoring. PingSafe identifies vulnerabilities at the resource level and generates reports. It also includes defense modules that investigate potential exposure of secrets in public or private repositories. Additionally, the scanning module can identify vulnerabilities and analyze how they correspond to and impact other modules.

We chose PingSafe as our cloud security solution for its ability to identify misconfigurations, both intentional and unintentional, within our infrastructure. Additionally, PingSafe generates reports that facilitate security compliance audits and help us identify inactive user accounts. It further integrates with our Jira instance, allowing for seamless data visualization on our security dashboard.

How has it helped my organization?

PingSafe is user-friendly. The portal is well-designed and intuitive. PingSafe boasts excellent customer engagement. They keep us informed with monthly updates on new features and upcoming releases, providing opportunities for learning and raising any challenges we encounter. Their approach is both proactive and professional.

It's evidence-based reporting system prioritizes and assigns reported issues to the appropriate teams based on their severity. This ensures that critical issues are addressed first. Reports are initially delivered to our CTO and then disseminated to the relevant teams for action.

Our agentless vulnerability scanner helps us discover vulnerabilities across our cloud infrastructure by analyzing cloud logs and log flows. It then provides detailed information and guidance on the identified vulnerabilities.

We find the offensive security engine that verifies actual exploit paths and prioritizes breach potentials to be very useful.

Using PingSafe streamlines our cloud configuration validation process. We no longer need to spend excessive time and effort planning or using other tools to ensure our configurations meet industry standards. This reduces the training burden on our team, keeping them current with security best practices. Additionally, PingSafe acts as a safety net, providing peace of mind and increased confidence when deploying updates, rolling out new policies, or making any security-related cloud configuration changes. Our experience and trust in PingSafe are well-founded. Their support has consistently addressed any concerns we've raised throughout the year. This report demonstrates the value of maintaining a compliance center, and PingSafe plays a critical role in making that possible.

PingSafe has been instrumental in reducing false positives during login deployments. For example, when our server load balancer or cluster switches between servers. During this brief window of usually just a few seconds, the DNS isn't mapped to any background resources because it's being transferred from the old load balancer to the new one. While this is a minor, expected occurrence, it was previously flagged as a critical issue. Resolving these false positives took several hours. While PingSafe likely detects these discrepancies in real time, it validates and corrects them based on a specific schedule. This delay in resolving the alerts prompted us to report the issue and request suppression of these expected findings. Highlighting this problem helped draw the attention of our executives and senior management.

PingSafe has significantly improved our security posture. In the past, developers occasionally exposed credentials to the public unintentionally. PingSafe effectively detects and reports these incidents to senior management, allowing us to address them promptly. Additionally, during infrastructure testing, security gateway code might be unintentionally exposed. However, PingSafe helps us swiftly identify and mitigate these issues before any damage occurs.

Thanks to PingSafe, we've significantly reduced our mean time to detection. It delivers the critical data we need, eliminating the need for dedicated full-time staff.

PingSafe has helped us improve our mean time to remediation. Now, we can get prompt support from their team, allowing us to work together to mitigate issues quickly.

PingSafe has improved collaboration between our cloud security team, application developers, and AppSec teams. Notably, secret configuration detection allows us to collaborate effectively with developers to swiftly resolve any emerging issues. Our DevOps team handles cloud security, and all teams are satisfied with PingSafe's implementation. They actively participate in monthly meetings.

The collaboration has freed up some of our engineers' time. Once we enabled the module and it began identifying issues, engineers were able to plan their work more effectively. The analytical dashboard also helps them manage tasks efficiently, eliminating the need to hire additional staff.

What is most valuable?

PingSafe offers comprehensive security posture management. Its success stems from its ability to analyze DNS mappings. While we may have access to the DNS record itself, the underlying infrastructure associated with that domain might be decommissioned. This creates a potential risk, as the domain could be remapped to a malicious website, leading to data breaches or credential theft. However, PingSafe proactively detects and alerts us to such accidental exposures of sensitive information, including SaaS credentials. These are some of PingSafe's most valuable features.

What needs improvement?

There is room for improvement in the current active licensing model for PingSafe. As both a customer and service provider, I believe a more comprehensive package could be developed that would be mutually beneficial.

I recommend including endpoint monitoring functionality in a future release of PingSafe. While we currently scan our endpoints manually through an external vendor, integrating this capability within PingSafe would offer significant advantages. Additionally having real-time detection of malicious activity in our network would be beneficial. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using PingSafe for 2.5 years.

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?

The technical support is responsive and they stay in contact with us.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

What was our ROI?

As an energy company, PingSafe helps us ensure compliance across our many providers, which is essential for our business expansion.

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

The pricing for PingSafe in India was more reasonable than other competitors.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate PingSafe eight out of ten.

We have 15 people in our organization that use it. PingSafe is responsible for the maintenance.

It is a sophisticated and fast-growing product with great services. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Real User
Top 20
Is easy to deploy, helps reduce our mean time to detect, and actively identifies threats
Pros and Cons
  • "Cloud Native Security offers a valuable tool called an offensive search engine."
  • "With Cloud Native Security, we can't selectively enable or disable alerts based on our specific use case."

What is our primary use case?

We currently use Cloud Native Security for cloud security posture management, leveraging both the CWP module and the authentication security tab. While we regularly utilize these features, we're planning to onboard the cloud detection and response module, along with the ISIS scanning functionality.

We implemented Cloud Native Security as a secondary control measure to complement our existing security posture. In our Prisma Cloud environment, we have a detection score threshold set at 70 or above. As Cloud Native Security was a new entrant in the market, we wanted to evaluate its capabilities. Fortunately, Cloud Native Security's unique features and policies proved valuable. For instance, Cloud Native Security detected an alert when a developer accidentally committed VS Code files to a public GitHub repository. This helped us promptly remove the VS code from GitHub.

How has it helped my organization?

Cloud Native Security is easy to use.

The feature that has been most effective in threat detection for our cloud environment has been the cloud visual attack tab.

Our cloud security is managed by Intel and Azure Entra. We download a report from them and send it to our team to address any identified issues.

I appreciate that Cloud Native Security incorporates evidence of exploitability into their reports, making them more reliable.

Cloud Native Security's offensive security engine excels at validating potential exploit paths and prioritizing the most critical vulnerabilities. This enables us to proactively identify and address these risks, ultimately strengthening our security posture.

Cloud Native Security has helped reduce our false positives. We can investigate and mute any false positives so they don't appear going forward.

Cloud Native Security helps us actively identify threats, ultimately improving our security posture.

Cloud Native Security has reduced our mean time to detect by 10 percent.

Cloud Native Security facilitates collaboration between our cloud security application developers and AppSec teams. This collaboration is further enhanced by a shared console that provides visibility into all active tickets. This transparency helps to reduce redundant requests, saving time.

What is most valuable?

Cloud Native Security offers a valuable tool called an offensive search engine. This tool has been helpful for us. It allows us to search for vulnerabilities and provides evidence directly on the screen. Additionally, Cloud Native Security offers a feature called Graph Explorer. This feature allows us to drill down into specific resources, search for them on the console, and view details such as open security rules and graph features.

What needs improvement?

While only 5 percent of our workload resides on the Google Cloud Platform, we would still like Cloud Native Security to be configured with automatic remediation capabilities for GCP.

In Prisma, there's a dedicated tab for managing high and medium-severity alerts. This allows us to easily enable or disable specific policies based on our current needs. With Cloud Native Security, we can't selectively enable or disable alerts based on our specific use case.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Cloud Native Security for six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of Cloud Native Security 7 out of 10.

The only downtime we had was when switching from V1 to V2 but it was smooth.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I would rate the scalability of Cloud Native Security 8 out of 10.

How are customer service and support?

The technical support is good.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

For the past three years, Prisma Cloud has been our go-to security solution. Recently, we've added Cloud Native Security to our toolkit to further strengthen our security posture.

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment was straightforward. First, we onboarded the UAT account. Then, we added our product support account and other accounts. We then tested the UAT environment accounts. The entire deployment took one week to complete. Two people were involved in the deployment.   

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Cloud Native Security 9 out of 10.

Our primary cloud security monitoring solution is Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, with Cloud Native Security as a secondary control measure.

We have 19 users overall in our cloud security team that utilize Cloud Native Security.

The only maintenance required is for updates.

I would recommend Cloud Native Security to others.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Hybrid Cloud

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

Microsoft Azure
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Is able to auto-scale and remediate, as well as save us time
Pros and Cons
  • "My favorite feature is Storyline."
  • "I would like additional integrations."

What is our primary use case?

We use Singularity Cloud Workload Security to protect all our servers from malware, both present and future. We also use it to protect our user endpoints, such as workstations and employee laptops.

We recently switched from Windows Defender to SentinelOne endpoint protection after a few of our laptops were infected with malware. SentinelOne has been protecting our laptops, endpoints, and servers for two years now, and it has performed well in internal and external audits.

We currently have a hybrid Active Directory environment. SentinelOne itself is a SaaS-based product, so it is fully cloud-based. However, we need to install agents on all of our endpoints and cloud services.

How has it helped my organization?

Singularity Cloud Workload Security has real-time threat detection capabilities. We have tested it with multiple clients and ourselves, and it has detected malware every time we have been attacked. Compared to other major security vendors, Singularity Cloud Workload Security had the best detection rates for all the malware we threw at it during our proof of concept.

Automated remediation is policy-based, which makes it very useful. The SentinelOne platform gathers all information about how the threat played out and all the changes that were affected on our system. Using this information makes it very easy to remediate all the damage because we know what happened. Automated remediation is amazing and a key differentiator from other competitors.

For Linux kernels, the agent supports almost all platforms, including legacy Windows, macOS, and Linux. We have a few Linux servers, and the mitigation and all the other features work just as well as on the other operating systems.

Using the Deep Visibility Console, we can thoroughly investigate everything that was called or changed on a computer. This gives us visibility into virtually everything that happens on all of our endpoints at all times, in real-time. This has allowed us to find threats that other vendors would have missed. We can also use the Deep Visibility Console to perform threat hunting. For example, if a threat has been moving around our network, we can track it down to see exactly where it is moving to and how it is working.

The historical data record provided by Singularity Cloud Workload Security after an attack is good. For data retention in terms of threats, we have a one-year retention period. This is a long time, and it is very useful for our insurance policies, as we often need to comply with them. For compliance purposes, the one-year retention period is perfect for us. For visibility logs, for example, we are ingesting some logs, and I believe the retention rate is actually fourteen days.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security has reduced our MTTD. Previously, with Defender, it would sometimes fail to detect threats. Now, we detect and remediate many more threats automatically, almost instantaneously. For example, if we download a malware file, we usually cannot even open it because Singularity Cloud Workload Security detects it automatically with a super-fast response time.

Our MTTR is automatic. As soon as a threat is detected, remediation is performed automatically, according to our policy. We can even generate a report of the remediation and all affected files. This allows us to see everything and ensures that remediation is performed quickly.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security has freed up our SOC staff's time to work on other projects. Before, we were considering hiring a 24/7 SOC team, but with SentinelOne's vigilance package, they take care of almost everything for us. We no longer need an employee to monitor logs and threats 24/7.

Since we are freeing up some time from the operations side, our IT administrators and security personnel do not have to constantly monitor the console to see what is happening. Because we trust the product to take care of malware for us, our productivity has definitely increased. We only check the logs once a week.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security works well with other vendors, so we can even have two EDR solutions if we want to. The exclusions can be done through the console, which is very easy to use. It gives us a list of all the applications that we have installed on all our systems and makes it easy to create different types of exclusions. For example, we can create exclusions for performance reasons or to suppress alerts. There are a lot of options, and they are all very easy to use.

What is most valuable?

My favorite feature is Storyline. It creates a neat graph that shows us how any threat played out, in real time. We can see all the information about what was modified or changed on our system, such as files that were modified, created, or deleted, and register keys that were created or edited. For a SOC analyst, this information is super useful. We can deep dive into all the information and see exactly what happened on each computer individually.

The second feature is actually part of the SDR platform, and it provides native integrations with other security software vendors, such as Okta or Azure AD. This allows us to ingest all of our audit logs for security events and to take action on them. For example, we can set up an automation alert so that if a threat is detected on an endpoint, we can automatically take action on our Okta or AD environment, such as locking the account that was signed in or forcing a password reset.

What needs improvement?

I know that SentinelOne is working on additional integrations for their XDR platform, and I would definitely prefer more integrations. I understand that many more integrations are coming soon but by the end of the year. I would like additional integrations. Currently, we have integrations with Azure AD, Okta, Mimecast, and Netscope. Many of our clients and we also use firewalls from Cisco, Juniper, and so on. It would be helpful to be able to retrieve audit logs or actionable items from these firewalls.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Singularity Cloud Workload Security for two years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Singularity Cloud Workload Security is stable, and we have not experienced any downtime. 

The stability of Singularity Cloud Workload Security is similar to that of Microsoft Defender.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Singularity Cloud Workload Security is infinitely scalable, with a multi-tenancy feature that allows us to have multiple sites, such as physical sites. For example, if we have two locations, we can easily create admins who have access to only one site or to all sites. It scales really well, regardless of our environment.

The auto-scaling feature is user-friendly. As we install more endpoints, they will simply show up in the console, allowing us to create our own physical sites with their own admins and different policies.

How are customer service and support?

My interaction with technical support was pleasant. They gave me a few tips on how to integrate the new system. They also sent me some documentation, which was already available to me, but they saved me the time of searching for it. They even offered to schedule a team call to discuss the integration and have a team member help us directly. The only downside is that the entire interaction was text-based, so it could be difficult to get a definitive answer to some questions.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

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

We previously used Microsoft Defender, but some of our laptops were infected with malware anyway. Because of this, we had to redeploy all of our laptops. We therefore concluded that the solution was not working as well as it should in terms of detection and response so we switched to Singularity Cloud Workload Security.

How was the initial setup?

Deployment was straightforward. The agent is simple to deploy, and we only need to deploy it to all of our endpoints. It is a simple installation that requires our site token. We can deploy it through group policies, Intune, or any mass deployment software. I completed the deployment myself.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We evaluated CrowdStrike, Carbon Black, and Bitdefender, and found that Singularity Cloud Workload Security had a much better remediation process. This is because Singularity Cloud Workload Security uses AI-powered detection and remediation, instead of relying on human analysts. This means that threats can be detected and remediated much faster than with traditional security solutions. Another factor that influenced our decision was pricing. SentinelOne is not too expensive compared to other providers, and it offers a wide range of integrations with other security products.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Singularity Cloud Workload Security nine out of ten.

Maintenance is minimal, requiring only occasional updates. When a major update is available, we receive an email notification. We then accept and deploy the update to all eligible endpoints through the console.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security is very easy to deploy and has one of the best detection rates among vendors. It has a very user-friendly UI that provides a high-level overview of current threats and system status, as well as the ability to drill down into analytics and threat indicators using the visibility console. It is so user-friendly that anyone can use it, regardless of their expertise level. However, for more experienced users, there is also the option to dig deeper into the data.

Singularity Cloud Workload Security helps us spend less time on threats and more time on our core competency, which is consulting work. This definitely improves our productivity and innovation.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Public Cloud
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Updated: May 2024
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