Wiz is an agentless cloud assets vulnerability scanner. You don't need to install anything to use any of the machines. It takes snapshots and then scans it. It is interesting because all other scanners need to install some agent.
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An agentless cloud assets vulnerability scanner which akes snapshots and then scans
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
This solution is designed to be agentless. This approach saves bandwidth and other resources. Nobody needs to report anything or send packages to the backend. Everything operates as a SaaS solution. They perform snapshots and alerting, converting the data into metadata, which they then analyze and return. Thus, the SaaS solution handles the entire process without requiring additional effort from us.
What is most valuable?
Wiz is a very powerful and easy-to-use tool. It's highly customizable, allowing us to manage many custom features effectively.
What needs improvement?
You need to enter numbers manually. Now, everyone has to press to proceed. Wiz still requires managing all the numbers on the web page. Wiz could enhance API integration with ServiceNow and Jira.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Wiz for six months.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is straightforward and takes two to three weeks to complete.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Wiz is quite expensive. However, having a comprehensive view of your cloud environment is essential. On-premises systems are much easier to track, but managing numerous instances in the cloud requires enhanced visibility.
We are paying 250k per year.
For our business case, we needed Wiz to meet regulatory requirements and quickly identify public exposure vulnerabilities, such as publicly accessible instances or resources. This information immediately helps prevent vulnerabilities within your business environment, providing a cybersecurity advantage. While this doesn't translate to direct financial benefits, it helps prevent potential breaches and escalations, which is invaluable. Like other security tools, Wiz incurs a cost, but its value lies in enhanced security rather than financial gain.
What other advice do I have?
Wiz's scanning and detection capabilities can identify vulnerabilities potentially affecting the cloud or exposure. It's not solely focused on database issues. It performs various tasks effectively. The categorization is excellent, the dashboards are informative, and the reporting features are robust. Additionally, you can create highly customizable reports.
Everything works using a CI/CD pipeline, which is very good because every DevOps engineer can manage it by simply creating some code around the message request. Wiz works fine and is fully compliant with CI/CD. The workflow and the tasks align with industry standards.
We can configure any compliance framework for checking with Wiz. For example, you can select frameworks such as GDPR, AWS Fundamentals, and CI/CD. You can configure the tool based on the recommendations provided by these frameworks. If your company has specific requirements, like allowing an 8-character password while the state requires 12 characters, you can customize the settings accordingly. Wiz will then assess compliance based on these customized parameters, and if everything meets the set criteria, it will confirm that you are compliant.
You have everything in one dashboard. The dashboard and reports are quite literally perfect. Since everything is in one dashboard, you can customize the reports to show only the columns you want to see. For example, you can exclude low-risk items so you don't get notifications about low-risk issues that do not impact your compliance status.
Wiz has some AI features for consolidation, but it's not customizable. What VMware offers is similar, but there's not much to choose between. You either have a batch compliance agreement, or you don't. Wiz's framework complies with requirements, or it doesn't. It's a vulnerability management tool similar to Kangaroo but with better AI documentation features. You can ask questions about how to do something, and the AI will provide the relevant information. This feature is built into the system.
Overall, I rate the solution a ten out of ten.
Best CSPM I’ve used plus much more
Great CSPM tool for getting an handle on cloud workloads
CI/CD Scans Vulnerabiity rankings do not align with findings within the system's "toxic combinations"
Great Insights, Prioritization, and Interface
Provides simplicity, comprehensive findings, and impressive security graph
What is our primary use case?
We currently use Wiz for cloud security management to identify and address vulnerabilities in our AWS platforms. Wiz is also integrated with our EKS clusters, allowing us to monitor and manage cluster security. We deploy sensors across our infrastructure, from the base level to more advanced setups, to gather comprehensive vulnerability data. Additionally, Wiz helps us manage our inventory and images. We have integrated Wiz with our ECR to monitor and secure container images through the ECR connector.
How has it helped my organization?
Our main goal is to use Wiz as our secondary product. We aim to gather all logs and vulnerabilities and integrate them into our main tool, Splunk. Wiz helps us identify issues, but Splunk remains our primary solution. We forward all logs from Wiz to Splunk. The client, Vericore, uses Splunk as their main tool to gather data from third-party CSPM tools like Prisma and others, including DDoS detection. This integration allows us to generate reports and distribute them to other departments to address the identified vulnerabilities.
What is most valuable?
Wiz offers greater visibility and more in-depth findings in terms of configuration, misconfiguration, and vulnerabilities.
What needs improvement?
The APIs are currently quite limited and not very mature, which makes integration with Splunk difficult. As a result, we often have to use Wiz instead of our mainframe to handle tasks related to Splunk. We regularly meet with the Wiz team, who then consult their product team to find solutions and alternative methods for these tasks.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Wiz for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
It is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We don't have any issues with the scalability. 45-50 users are using this solution.
We have multiple departments, including product security and sales. We have development teams and other departments as well. For each senior and director in these departments, we have created users and provided them with access to Wiz. This allows them to gather reports from Wiz. Additionally, if they cannot get the reports from Wiz, they can use Splunk, with which we have integrated Wiz.
We have deployed Wiz in three organizations on AWS, each with approximately 70 to 80 accounts, totaling more than 120 accounts. We have also deployed Wiz in Microsoft environments, ensuring we can gather data from every platform.
How are customer service and support?
Support has been great. We have a dedicated channel with Wiz and are always in communication with them.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was very straightforward. We used the deployment connectors in Wiz. We deployed three connectors for our AWS environment, and each connector requires specific roles: Wiz rules and read-only roles. The deployment was done using the CloudFormation template through our management account, and we deployed the template to all the accounts in the organization.
The deployment took no more than 48 hours because it was done easily. However, the setup to get all the data from AWS into Wiz took about 24-48 hours.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We use Splunk for DDoS detection and the AWS Security Data Lake for micro detections. We use Wiz for cloud platform configuration. For threat detection, we rely on the AWS Security Data Lake and Splunk.
What other advice do I have?
We use Wiz to enhance our cloud security, and as a result, the number of vulnerabilities has gone down. We have integrated Jira authentication with Wiz to create tickets. We have set up rules in Wiz that generate tickets for misconfigurations. These tickets are sent to the respective departments that own the accounts with the identified vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. Our security team pushes these tickets to the relevant teams, enhancing security.
Integration and deployment are relatively easy. However, we have encountered some incidents with Wiz in the past. As Wiz mentioned, some policies included in the connectors were flagging our production EBS in AWS.
Maintenance is very easy.
I recommend Wiz for its simplicity, comprehensive findings, and impressive security graph. It provides excellent visibility, threat detection, and data classification rules. Additionally, Wiz offers more control compared to Prisma and other third-party tools.
Overall, I rate the solution at eight-point five out of ten.
Produces highly confidential alerts leading to minimal false positives
What is our primary use case?
Our primary use case for this solution is within our security team for monitoring purposes. We have integrated the solution with our cloud environments to establish notifications for security misconfigurations. These notifications create tickets for relevant teams to address the issues, and our security team ensures the tool works properly, assisting product teams with remediation and consulting on resolving the generated tickets.
What is most valuable?
The product's most valuable feature combines different contexts and attributes to produce highly confident alerts. It can detect issues based on factors like public exposure, network vulnerabilities, and privilege assignments, leading to minimal false positives and a low volume of alerts, which is highly valuable for our operations.
What needs improvement?
They could improve the product's visibility in the internal network topology. It focuses mainly on external risks, and additional visibility into internal network communication and cross-cloud or cloud-to-on-prem connectivity would be beneficial.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have been using Wiz for almost three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is generally stable. I would rate its stability as eight or nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The solution is highly scalable.
How are customer service and support?
Our experience with customer service and support has been positive. While initial replies are fast, the resolution time can vary depending on the issue.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used a different solution from Check Point. We decided to switch due to the additional features, capabilities, and support offered by Wiz.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward and can be completed in a few hours with the necessary permissions.
I rate the process an eight.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Based on the features and capabilities, the product pricing seems reasonable.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Wiz a nine out of ten.
Wiz Is a Great Vendor
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Security engineer that manages the platform
There is no easy to conduct analysis in Wiz, if there is a significant difference in vulnerability findings by day, one has to do the analysis in another tool.
Provides container security and security from external attacks and vulnerabilities
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for security from external attacks and vulnerabilities and for container security.
What is most valuable?
With Wiz, we get timely alerts for leaked data or any vulnerabilities already existing in our environment.
What needs improvement?
The solution's container security could be improved. We have to install an agent. We need an agent that can be installed, or that can overview all the containers and Kubernetes so that it can detect malicious activities that are happening in them. If it happens, we need to have an option to take a remote from one console, like we do in EDR, and remediate all those activities.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Wiz for one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Wiz is a stable solution, and we haven't faced any breakdowns.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Around 10 to 15 users are using the solution in our organization. The solution is not in a place to take up scalability requests.
How are customer service and support?
The solution's technical support was timely.
How was the initial setup?
The solution's initial setup was easy, and the onboarding was very simple.
What about the implementation team?
The solution is deployed pretty fast. We deployed the solution last year, and it was on boarded and in production in less than a week.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Wiz is a moderately priced solution, where it is neither cheap nor costly.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Wiz, we evaluated and did a POC with Prisma Cloud And Tenable. We chose Wiz because Prisma Cloud was costly and out of our budget, and Tenable did not satisfy most of our requirements.
What other advice do I have?
You can choose to use Wiz if you're not looking for a container deduction and response or Kubernetes security. The solution is deployed on AWS Azure and a private cloud in our organization. The solution's compliance reporting capabilities increased the score of our security scorecard.
Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.