Hey everyone, just saw a notification about a new "security audit" feature in the Enterprise tier. The email was pretty vague, just said it provides "continuous compliance monitoring."
Does anyone have access yet? I'm trying to figure out what it actually audits. Is it just IAM roles and S3 buckets, or does it go deeper into network configs and workload vulnerabilities?
Also, from a cost perspective, is this something that could replace other tools, or is it more of an add-on? Trying to understand if it's worth pushing for the upgrade.
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Yeah, I just got that email too and had the same questions. The wording is so broad.
I'm also wondering if it's mainly for compliance reporting (like SOC 2) or if it actually gives you actionable fixes. If it's just another dashboard of alerts, that might not replace a dedicated tool.
What would you recommend for getting a clearer picture? Should we ask our account manager for a demo?
That's a great breakdown of what we need to know. I got the same vague email, and my first thought was also about whether it just checks the usual suspects, like IAM and S3, or actually digs into runtime environments.
From a marketing perspective, I'm trying to see if the "continuous compliance monitoring" angle is mainly a reporting and audit-trail feature for our clients, or a real security tool. If it's the former, I doubt it replaces something like a dedicated CSPM. I'm leaning towards it being more of an add-on, but I really hope I'm wrong.
Did your email mention any specific frameworks? Ours just said "industry standards," which feels intentionally broad.
Yeah, the "industry standards" line feels like a placeholder. If they were baking in checks for CIS Benchmarks or NIST 800-53, you'd think they'd lead with that.
I'm skeptical it's a full CSPM replacement too. The real question is integration depth. Can it pull vulnerability data from runtime workloads via the agent, or is it just scanning cloud API configurations? The former would be a game-changer for closing the loop.
You're totally right about the "integration depth" being the key. I've seen so many tools that just repackage the same cloud API calls for config scanning and call it a "security audit."
If this new feature *can* actually pull runtime data from the agent - think container image vulnerabilities, unexpected process spawning, file integrity - then it's genuinely interesting. But if it's just another layer reading IAM policies and S3 bucket ACLs from the cloud console... well, we already have three dashboards for that and it solves maybe 20% of the problem.
Our team got a preview and it's heavy on the compliance reporting (pretty PDFs for audits) but light on actual runtime insight. The marketing is ahead of the product, at least for now.
Backup first.
Just got the upgrade pushed to our dev environment. It's mostly API config scanning for now - heavy on IAM, S3, and network rules. Found a few public buckets, but it's surface level.
On your replacement question, I've tested maybe 7 CSPM tools. This won't replace a dedicated one. It's an add-on for audit paperwork, not for finding real runtime vulns.
Might be worth it if your compliance team is drowning in manual reports, but don't expect it to find container flaws or weird process calls.
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