AWS Security Hub vs Enterprise CSPM
AWS Security Hub is a good starting point, but enterprise CSPM platforms like Wiz and Orca provide deeper visibility and faster remediation. Here's how to know when you've outgrown native tools.
What is the difference between AWS Security Hub and Security Hub CSPM?
Security Hub CSPM is the original AWS Security Hub, renamed by AWS in 2025: it runs configuration checks against standards such as CIS and AWS Foundational Security Best Practices. The newer AWS Security Hub sits on top and correlates findings from Security Hub CSPM, GuardDuty, Inspector and Macie into prioritized risks. Both cover AWS only, so multi-cloud teams add a CSPM such as Wiz or Orca.
AWS Audit Manager vs Security Hub: what's the difference?
Security Hub collects security findings and runs automated checks against standards like CIS and AWS Foundational Security Best Practices. Audit Manager collects evidence for audits and maps it to frameworks such as SOC 2 and PCI DSS. Security Hub tells you what’s misconfigured; Audit Manager helps you prove your controls to an auditor.
Security Hub Limitations
Security Hub Is a Starting Point
AWS Security Hub aggregates findings from GuardDuty, Inspector, Macie, and third-party tools. It's valuable for consolidation, but it's not a complete cloud security solution. You still need expertise to interpret findings and drive remediation.
Alert Volume Without Context
Security Hub generates hundreds of findings across your AWS accounts. Without triage, your team faces the same alert fatigue problem as any other security tool. Critical issues get lost among informational findings.
AWS-Only Visibility
Security Hub only covers AWS. If you use Azure, GCP, or SaaS applications, you need additional tools and the expertise to correlate findings across environments.
Configuration Complexity
Getting value from Security Hub requires enabling the right integrations, configuring standards, and tuning findings. Most teams enable it but never optimize it.
Moving to Wiz or Orca
We help you move from Security Hub to Wiz or Orca, or add one alongside it, and then run that platform day to day as Managed Cloud Security.
When to Upgrade
If your team spends more time triaging Security Hub findings than fixing them, it's time to consider enterprise CSPM. Platforms like Wiz and Orca provide attack path analysis, agentless scanning, and prioritization that native tools can't match.
Our Managed Cloud Security Service
We deploy Wiz or Orca across your AWS environment and run it day to day: we tune it, cut the noise, prioritize, monitor, escalate, and drive fixes with your engineers. Your team receives prioritized, actionable findings instead of thousands of raw alerts. If you keep Security Hub for AWS compliance evidence, it stays with your team.
From Findings to Fixes
The real gap in cloud security isn't detection, it's remediation. Enterprise CSPM platforms generate actionable fix recommendations, and our experts validate and prioritize them so your team can focus on actually reducing risk.
Multi-Cloud Ready
If you use Azure or GCP alongside AWS, enterprise CSPM platforms provide unified visibility. We run that one platform across your entire cloud footprint.
Security Hub vs Enterprise CSPM
| Capability | Security Hub | Enterprise CSPM |
|---|---|---|
| AWS Coverage | Good | Comprehensive |
| Multi-Cloud | No | Yes |
| Attack Path Analysis | Limited | Advanced |
| Agentless Scanning | Partial | Full |
| Container Security | Basic | Comprehensive |
| Cost | Lower | Higher |
Ready to Move from Security Hub to Wiz or Orca?
We help you switch to Wiz or Orca, or run one alongside Security Hub, and then operate that platform day to day so you get deeper visibility without the operational burden.
AWS Security Hub Questions
Should I keep using Security Hub or switch to enterprise CSPM?
Security Hub is fine for basic compliance checks in simple AWS environments. Enterprise CSPM (Wiz, Orca) makes sense when you need attack path analysis, agentless workload scanning, container security, or multi-cloud visibility. Most growing companies outgrow Security Hub within 1-2 years.
Can I use Security Hub alongside enterprise CSPM?
Yes. Some organizations keep Security Hub for AWS-native compliance evidence while using enterprise CSPM for security operations. The platforms complement each other, with CSPM providing deeper analysis.
What's the main advantage of enterprise CSPM over Security Hub?
Context and prioritization. Enterprise platforms analyze attack paths to show which misconfigurations are actually exploitable. Security Hub tells you a bucket is public; Wiz tells you that public bucket contains sensitive data accessible from a compromised EC2 instance.
How long does it take to deploy enterprise CSPM?
Platforms like Wiz and Orca deploy via read-only API access, no agents required. Initial deployment takes hours, not weeks. Full operationalization with tuned policies and triage processes takes 2-4 weeks.
What about multi-account AWS environments?
Enterprise CSPM platforms handle AWS Organizations with hundreds of accounts natively. They provide unified visibility across all accounts with proper organizational hierarchy and role-based access.
Move Beyond Native AWS Security Tools
Enterprise CSPM with expert triage delivers the visibility and prioritization Security Hub can't provide.