AWS Config vs Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

Likelihood to Recommend

It's really good if your infrastructure services is all in AWS, that means everything could be audited and monitored using AWS config. You also can create alarms to notify you or your team about any changes on your AWS resources which is very useful to prevent abuse if you have a fairly large team. It's also very useful whenever some third party wants to audit your AWS resources, if you have a fairly comprehensive AWS config configured, the auditing process will be easy since they only need to look at your AWS config setup.

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Engineer in Information Technology

Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employees

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SecurityCenter is definitely the juggernaut of the industry. You don't see many shops that are not using Nessus and or SecurityCenter. As a pen tester, I do not judge shops that use Nessus as a catch all, as there are a lot of things you can get hyper focused on and a tool like this helps you see things you may have missed.

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Team Lead in Information Technology

Computer & Network Security Company, 1-10 employees

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Pros

The ability to track changes in AWS is paramount, AWS config allows you to do this
Allows the auditing of an AWS account
Can view history of an account that has AWS config enabled

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Administrator in Information Technology

Gambling & Casinos Company, 201-500 employees

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Vulnerability management from one place
Maximum endpoint visibility
Easy to set up and plan the structure
Support desk quickly responses
Well-prepared documentation
Broad scanning type
Supports various compliance standards
User groups allows coordination between teams

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Ahmet Fatih IRKLI

Cyber Security Specialist

TUBITAKInformation Technology & Services, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

It's only AWS, no third party.
Not the most intuitive interface, but with a little getting used to it is OK.

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Professional in Information Technology

Fund-Raising Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Centralized vulnerability management with sensors.
Network health assessment and Incident response.
For alerting or notification, it should also support the SMS gateway.

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Chandan Singh Rathore

Senior Technical Consultant

iValue InfoSolutions Pvt. Ltd.Information Technology & Services, 51-200 employees

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Pricing Details

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Free Trial

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Yes

Entry-level set up fee?

No

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Free Trial

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Performance

AWS Config 9.6

Based on 4 answers

Would rate lower for other workloads but for AWS workloads its simple to set up, cost effective and customisable. Primary use case is compliance from a governance perspective.

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Professional in Finance and Accounting

Information Services Company, 501-1000 employees

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Support Rating

No score

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Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter) 9.3

Based on 6 answers

On all of the occasions that I have had to reach out to Tenable for assistance, they have been extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Solutions and support are provided quickly, and they work on the issue until it is resolved.

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Manager in Information Technology

Higher Education Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I do not know or have used any other product in AWS cloud space that matches what AWS Config provides. We have some custom built monitoring and governance, however that is there because AWS Config does not provide it currently.

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Team Lead in Engineering

Financial Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Tenable.sc [(formerly SecurityCenter)] has been around for a long time and in our opinion offered the easiest configuration for compliance scanning and it's rating system was more impressive than Rapid 7's.

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Technician in Information Technology

Insurance Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Return on Investment

A "Big Fish" company that is more concerned about the security of their data came aboard with us more easily since they trust us with the AWS config setup
Less time to debug or finding out issue on infrastructure whenever it happens
Easy and fast to roll back whenever changes that caused issues happen

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Engineer in Information Technology

Professional Training & Coaching Company, 11-50 employees

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Create internal/operational efficiencies
Improve compliance & risk management
Cost management
Solid vulnerability scanner
Ease, of use, and capabilities when it comes to analyzing vulnerabilities is what makes this product stand out

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Banking Company, 201-500 employees

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AWS Config vs Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

AWS Config

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

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Likelihood to Recommend

AWS Config

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

Performance

AWS Config

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

Support Rating

AWS Config

Tenable.sc (formerly SecurityCenter)

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

General

Free Trial

Free/Freemium Version

Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Entry-level set up fee?

Starting Price

Performance

Support Rating

Alternatives Considered

Return on Investment

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