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A must-have tool-kit for cloud auditing and monitoring
January 04, 2024

A must-have tool-kit for cloud auditing and monitoring

Anton Smyslov | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with AWS CloudTrail

Mainly we're using it for an audit trail of all actions done in AWS CloudTrail and for user activity of course. Moreover, our Dev-Ops were using it to debug AWS services, especially understanding what and why went wrong during the AWS CloudTrail setup or changes. The scope is mainly audit/logging of API calls and monitoring, mainly detecting unusual or suspicious activities.
  • API Log
  • User activity tracking
  • Real-time alerts
  • UI/UX is not the easiest and greatest
  • Advanced filtering (mainly logs overload)
  • Not flexible alerting system
  • Enhanced security of course
  • Quick troubleshooting
  • Readiness for audit (significant time saver)
We mainly needed to focus on logging and auditing of AWS services and activity, while Datadog & New Relic are more about performance monitoring and analytics. Moreover, AWS CloudTrail has a seamless integration with AWS, since it's coming from one bucket of products. So having all pros and cons in our case management decided to go with AWS CloudTrail.

Do you think AWS CloudTrail delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with AWS CloudTrail's feature set?

Yes

Did AWS CloudTrail live up to sales and marketing promises?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of AWS CloudTrail go as expected?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy AWS CloudTrail again?

Yes

Most probably it would be suitable for Finance industries, where security is at the head of the table. However, in our case for E-commerce, it's also quite suitable, since we have quite a significant amount of data and usage of AWS services. Especially with usage of AWS services, AWS CloudTrail comes into play as a heavy plus. For instance, troubleshooting any issues in AWS services is really nice.

Therefore, it would be less appropriate with a small amount of AWS service usage and some basic web hosting.