AWS CloudTrail vs. Check Point CloudGuard Posture Management

It is necessary to enable [AWS] Cloudtrail when using AWS in a production environment, otherwise you will not have any idea what is happening within your accounts. Third party monitoring applications will all require [AWS] CloudTrail to be enabled as well. I would not recommend it solely as a monitoring tool, to get the most out of it you must send the logs elsewhere. Either to Cloudwatch logs or a third party product.

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Scenarios most suited - 1) All the Cyber Security focused development environments 2) Definitely a must for Financial Clients since it deals with live money transactions - Hence it is imperative to keep the Network and tech asset environment secure, and compliant to standards 3) IAM is another area where it plays an IMP part - For eg one of our healthcare clients where they wanted to restrict access 4) Dashboards are also great, we can share the results to GISO/CISO level folks - Custom dashboard feature

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• API Log
• User activity tracking
• Real-time alerts

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• Integration with public cloud providers.
• Rich UI with great dashboards.
• Great assets inventory.
• Clarity module.

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• [In my experience] Cost can easily get out of control with multiple trails on full logging
• Logs can be difficult to decipher

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• There is not a comprehensive amount of documentation on how to set up best practices.
• Our initial set up assistance from Proofpoint approved vendor did not go smoothly.
• The ability to add more customized widgets in the main overview screen would be helpful.

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Is easy to use, and the standad configuration is well prepared.

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I haven't dealt so much with support but we are enjoying the tool!

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I think in the end, CloudTrail has more features and you can dive deeper inside the logs so it depends on your usage and what you expect in the end to make the right choice, I would say that both tools are really useful and bring a lot of benefits to I.T. companies.

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First and foremost reason of our client selecting CheckPoint CloudGuard Posture Management / Dome9 was because they already had CheckPoint Firewalls which are in active use e.g. R75.40 and R82.x products. Customization Vs these other Vendors is another great asset Reporting is one more standout feature, + Multi-cloud capabilities Centralized dashboarding is smooth to navigate as compared to other Vendors Syslog handling is much better as compared to some other vendors , Memory and space issues if planned well are less

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• Allows us to investigate any strange api actions
• Increases security
• Audit trail of changes made in AWS

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• For production environments it is worth the investment.
• Getting to know how many assets you have helps with cost savings.

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