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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS CloudTrail

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AAWS CloudTrail is a service that enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of an AWS account. With CloudTrail, users can log, continuously monitor, and retain account activity related to actions across AWS infrastructure. CloudTrail provides event history of AWS account activity, including actions taken through the AWS Management Console, AWS SDKs, command line tools, and other AWS services. This event history simplifies security analysis, resource change tracking,…N/A

    Heimdal Patch and Asset Management

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AHeimdal Patch and Asset Management is a cloud-based tool that automates OS and third-party updates. The automated patch management solution delivers updates within 4 hours of vendor release, after scanning for malware, removing unwanted software, and checking that the patch installs and works correctly. Once installed, Heimdal’s lightweight agent is able to define granular group policies and orchestrate patching across Windows, macOS, and Linux - no extra…N/A
    Pricing
    AWS CloudTrailHeimdal Patch and Asset Management
    Editions & Modules
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    Pricing Offerings
    AWS CloudTrailHeimdal Patch and Asset Management
    Free Trial
    YesYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    YesNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    YesNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsYou can view, filter, and download the most recent 90 days of your account activity for all management events in supported AWS services free of charge. You can set up a trail that delivers a single copy of management events in each region free of charge. Once a CloudTrail trail is set up, Amazon S3 charges apply based on your usage. You will be charged for any data events or additional copies of management events recorded in that region. In addition, you can choose CloudTrail Insights by enabling Insights events in your trails. CloudTrail Insights analyzes write management events, and you are charged based on the number of events that are analyzed in that region.—
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    Features
    AWS CloudTrailHeimdal Patch and Asset Management
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of AWS CloudTrail and Heimdal Patch and Asset Management
    Feature
    AWS CloudTrail
    -
    Ratings
    Heimdal Patch and Asset Management
    7.7
    4 Ratings
    3% below category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings7.92 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings8.63 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings8.54 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings5.93 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings7.03 Ratings
    Vulnerability Management Tools
    Comparison of Vulnerability Management Tools features of AWS CloudTrail and Heimdal Patch and Asset Management
    Feature
    AWS CloudTrail
    -
    Ratings
    Heimdal Patch and Asset Management
    7.8
    4 Ratings
    4% below category average
    IT Asset Realization00 Ratings7.53 Ratings
    Authentication00 Ratings7.02 Ratings
    Configuration Monitoring00 Ratings9.11 Ratings
    Web Scanning00 Ratings8.52 Ratings
    Vulnerability Intelligence00 Ratings6.94 Ratings
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    User Ratings
    AWS CloudTrailHeimdal Patch and Asset Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
    (4 ratings)
    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    AWS CloudTrailHeimdal Patch and Asset Management
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    It is necessary to enable [AWS] Cloudtrail when using AWS in a production environment, otherwise you will not have any idea what is happening within your accounts. Third party monitoring applications will all require [AWS] CloudTrail to be enabled as well. I would not recommend it solely as a monitoring tool, to get the most out of it you must send the logs elsewhere. Either to Cloudwatch logs or a third party product.
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    Heimdal
    Heimdal Patch and Asset Management has really helped us consistently patch our endpoints in what has become a much more flexible work environment. It picks up updates immediately upon release (looking at you patch Tuesday!), lets you set automatic install windows for "zero touch" deployment where appropriate and more manual control for clients you may want a slower roll-out for. Support staff are knowledgeable and quick to respond!
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • API Log
    • User activity tracking
    • Real-time alerts
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    Heimdal
    • Fast updates of well-known 3rd party applications
    • Fast Management with only seldom cases in which we need to stop a change
    • Quick Support-Team that will handle problems professionally
    • Good amount of settings in the Dashboard with Group Policy options to allow custom settings for different Departments or Sub-Companies
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • [In my experience] Cost can easily get out of control with multiple trails on full logging
    • Logs can be difficult to decipher
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    Heimdal
    • Interface could be more user friendly but when you know how it works its allright
    • Easier way to quickly see what updates are installed on what machines
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    I think in the end, CloudTrail has more features and you can dive deeper inside the logs so it depends on your usage and what you expect in the end to make the right choice, I would say that both tools are really useful and bring a lot of benefits to I.T. companies.
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    Heimdal
    We Kaseya VSA as our RMM tool and this also incorporates patch and asset management. Although it overlaps Heimdal Patch and Asset Managment, VSA has a different database of 3rd party software. We use both solutions to give us a greater coverage of patches to ensure as many vulnerabilities as possible are patched.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Allows us to investigate any strange api actions
    • Increases security
    • Audit trail of changes made in AWS
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    Heimdal
    • A slight positive ROI according to the Heimdal Patch and Asset Management dashboard
    • Malware detection rates are excellent with detections occuring live rather than during scheduled scans
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    ScreenShots

    AWS CloudTrail Screenshots

    Screenshot of CloudTrail Insights: Identify and respond to unusual operational activity
•Unexpected spikes in resource provisioning
•Bursts of IAM management actions
•Gaps in periodic maintenance activity
•Automatic analysis of API calls and usage patterns
•Alerts when unusual activity is detected

    Heimdal Patch and Asset Management Screenshots

    Screenshot of Heimdal Patch & Asset ManagementScreenshot of where to schedule patches with Heimdal's Patch & Asset ManagementScreenshot of some of the +350 3rd-party apps that can be patched with Heimdal's Patch & Asset ManagementScreenshot of Heimdal's Infinity management add-on, used to update proprietary software