We use it for security testing and penetration testing for vulnerability assessment.
Kali Linux (ARM)
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Brings business to our organization because the reports are shown to the client once we do the testing
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Kali Linux brings business to our organization because the reports are shown to the client once we do the testing. We start putting recommendations, consultation fees, and so on.
What is most valuable?
The solution has documentation availability, resources, and expertise. It is public everywhere. It also has high scalability and high performance.
What needs improvement?
The solution’s interface could be more user-friendly. Also, it has a limited number of applications.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Kali Linux for more than ten years. We are using the latest version of the solution.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The product is stable.
I rate the solution’s stability a ten out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Forty users use this solution. We can increase the number of users easily because of professional licenses. It's designed for complex companies. We can increase the number of users as much as we need.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We tried Ubuntu, but it is not as good as Kali Linux for security testing.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup is very straightforward and takes two hours to complete. For deployment, we need hardware with suitable specs.
What about the implementation team?
Deployment was done in-house.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product is free.
What other advice do I have?
We need two people for the solution’s maintenance, one for the environment and another for installation.
Overall, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
Useful for open-source intelligence and identifying vulnerabilities
What is our primary use case?
We use the product for open-source intelligence and identifying vulnerabilities.
How has it helped my organization?
Kali Linux helps me with security assessments.
What needs improvement?
The product should integrate AI and GPT capabilities.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the product's stability an eight out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I rate Kali Linux's scalability a seven out of ten. I alone use the solution in my company.
How are customer service and support?
The product has many communities which makes support easy.
How was the initial setup?
I rate the product's deployment a nine out of ten. You need to have programming skills to do customization. Deployment can be completed in half an hour. I google for answers whenever I am stuck.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Kali Linux is open source.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Kali Linux a nine out of ten.
A highly stable tool useful for penetration testing
What is our primary use case?
I use Kali Linux for penetration testing, web applications, infrastructure, and cloud. The tool is useful to test the main applications in our company.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of the solution is that the product comes with a lot of useful tools for me, like Nmap, subfinder, and the Metasploit Framework, which is very helpful. The tool also helps with web applications.
What needs improvement?
From an improvement perspective, Kali Linux could include more ML to help with academic literature, as it is one of the areas where there are shortcomings in the solution.
Blockchain and artificial intelligence are areas I would like to see in the future releases of the solution.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Kali Linux for five years. I use the solution's latest version.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution's stability is very good. Stability-wise, I rate the solution a nine out of ten.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I use the product for penetration testing, and I operate as a freelancer.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I use Arch Linux and BlackArch at times.
How was the initial setup?
The product's initial setup phase was very easy with Oracle VM VirtualBox.
The solution is deployed on the cloud, but it is mostly deployed on the Oracle VM VirtualBox.
The solution can be deployed in a few minutes.
What was our ROI?
I have seen some benefits from the use of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
There is no need to make any payments towards the licensing costs since it is a solution that is available for free.
What other advice do I have?
I recommend the solution to those who plan to use it.
I rate the overall tool a nine out of ten.
A highly stable solution that can be used to detect, monitor, and maintain security in an environment
What is our primary use case?
I use Kali Linux to do a simulation attack on another system and show them that the antivirus can protect this system.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Kali Linux is the attack it performs using a CVE script that's already on the internet. The solution saves a lot of my time because instead of creating a script, I can take the available script and execute it for that machine.
What needs improvement?
I would like to have automation in Kali Linux instead of manually configuring or setting up something in case of an upgrade.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Kali Linux for a couple of months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Kali Linux ten out of ten for stability.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup is straightforward.
What about the implementation team?
We implemented the solution through an in-house team. The solution was deployed in 30 minutes. The solution's deployment process is the same as Ubuntu Linux. It depends on the type of Kali Linux you want to install, and then you have to execute it.
What was our ROI?
Each company has an audit, and Kali Linux can be used for vulnerability testing and detecting other system weaknesses in the environment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Kali Linux is a free product, and you don't have to pay for a license.
What other advice do I have?
Choosing Kali Linux depends on the user's use case. Users who want to have an audit for the network or the endpoint can definitely use Kali Linux. It is a free product, and it has greater capability to detect, monitor, and maintain security in one environment.
Overall, I rate Kali Linux ten out of ten.
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