Cloud Workload Security: Which solution is best?
IT Central Station users review the highest reviewed solutions in the cloud workload security market.
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Security has become increasingly important to businesses as cybercriminals continue to find ways to infiltrate their operations. As digital transformation ushers in a new raft of technologies, the attack surface is growing and becoming more challenging for security teams to manage. One key area that businesses are starting to focus on is cloud workload security. However, choosing the right solution can be difficult with many vendors claiming their solution to be the best.
Over 388,000 professionals have used IT Central Station research to inform their purchasing decisions. Their latest paper looks at the highest rated cloud workload security vendors, profiling each and examining what they can offer enterprise.
Here’s a breakdown of the key players currently active in the market:
Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks
Average Rating: 8.6
Top Comparison: Aqua Security
Overview: Delivers complete security across the development lifecycle on any cloud.
Dome9
Average Rating: 7.8
Top Comparison: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks
Overview: A comprehensive software platform for public cloud security and compliance orchestration.
Cisco Tetration
Average Rating: 8.6
Top Comparison: VMware NSX
Overview: Offers holistic workload protection for multicloud data centres by enabling a zero-trust model using segmentation.
Threat Stack Cloud Security Platform
Average Rating: 8.1
Top Comparison: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks
Overview: Purpose-built to support organisations running in the cloud and the unique requirements of a cloud-based or hybrid infrastructure.
Check Point CloudGuard SaaS
Average Rating: 8.6
Top Comparison: Dome9
Overview: Provides comprehensive cloud security solutions to keep enterprise data, assets, and apps free from even the most sophisticated attacks.
Guardicore Centra
Average Rating: 9.0
Top Comparison: Illumio Adaptive Security Platform
Overview: A comprehensive data centre and cloud security solution that delivers the simplest way to apply microsegmentation controls to reduce the attack surface and detect and control breaches within east-west traffic.
Illumio Adaptive Security Platform
Average Rating: 8.0
Top Comparison: Guardicore Centra
Overview: Helps stop cyber threats, improve understanding of risk, and simplifies security operations for applications in and across data centre and cloud environments.
BMC Helix Cloud Security
Average Rating: 8.3
Top Comparison: Dome9
Overview: Automates cloud resource configuration security checks and remediation across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud.
Azure Security Center
Average Rating: 7.7
Top Comparison: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks
Overview: Security posture management for your cloud workloads
Symantec Cloud Workload Protection
Average Rating: 8.0
Top Comparison: Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks
Overview: Automates security for public cloud workloads, enabling business agility, risk reduction, and cost savings for organisations, while easing DevOps and administrative burdens.
