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Overview
CheckRed brings security posture and compliance monitoring into one platform with continuous monitoring that helps teams identify security gaps as they emerge, while risk prioritization, guided remediation, and compliance mapping help teams address issues and stay audit ready.
CheckRed Specifications
- Security Measure
- Firewall Protection
- Data Encryption
- Threat Intelligence
What Is CheckRed?
CheckRed is a unified security posture and continuous compliance platform for organizations managing complex IT environments. It brings security information from cloud, SaaS, DNS, identity, certificates, and DDoS protection into one platform. CheckRed discovers assets and checks security controls to identify gaps, prioritize risks, and guide teams through remediation.
The platform covers 13 security posture areas. These include cloud and SaaS security, identity and Active Directory protection, Kubernetes and DNS security, and DDoS readiness. It also monitors certificates and cryptographic risks, including post-quantum cryptography. CheckRed connects with 80+ technologies and applies more than 6,000 security policies. Its compliance capabilities map security controls to 20+ frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, PCI DSS, and DORA.
What Is CheckRed Best For?
CheckRed Security software stands out for its Continuous Compliance capability, which extends compliance monitoring beyond scheduled audits. The platform links compliance requirements with technical controls across connected environments and continuously monitors those controls for gaps. If configurations change, teams can spot compliance issues and use guided remediation steps to address them, giving them an up-to-date view of their compliance status.
How Much Does CheckRed Cost?
CheckRed security pricing is customized instead of fixed subscription rates. The final cost depends on the organization’s requirements and the security and compliance capabilities it needs.
Disclaimer: The pricing is subject to change.
CheckRed Integrations
CheckRed integrates across cloud, SaaS, DNS, DDoS, identity, security, and IT operations ecosystems. It also supports security posture monitoring across leading enterprise SaaS applications, including:
How Does CheckRed Work?
Here’s how you can use CheckRed to manage security posture and compliance across your IT environment:
- Log in to the CheckRed platform with your credentials
- Connect cloud, SaaS, DNS, identity, and other IT environments using CheckRed’s 80+ connectors
- Discover assets and review configurations across connected environments to find security gaps, misconfigurations, exposed assets, and policy violations
- Review findings based on more than 6,000 security policies to identify the risks that need attention
- Prioritize security and compliance risks according to their potential impact, helping teams address the most important issues first
- Follow guided remediation steps that explain how to resolve identified security and compliance issues
- Monitor compliance with frameworks while CheckRed continuously maps technical controls and organizes evidence for audit preparation
- Manage findings through existing security and IT processes using integrations with tools
Who Is CheckRed For?
CheckRed is designed for organizations managing security and compliance across complex or distributed IT environments.
- Enterprise security teams
- CISOs and security leaders
- Cloud security teams
- IT and infrastructure teams
- GRC and compliance teams
- MSPs and MSSPs
MSPs and MSSPs can also use its multi-tenant capabilities to manage customer environments with tenant isolation, customer-specific reporting, policies, and branding.
CheckRed Use Cases
Based on CheckRed Security’s features and capabilities, here are the situations where it serves as a strong fit:
IT And Security Teams Managing Assets Across Cloud, SaaS, And DNS Environments
As organizations add cloud services, SaaS applications, and DNS infrastructure, keeping track of deployed assets can become more difficult. Security and IT teams need a current inventory to see what is present and identify configuration or compliance issues. With CheckRed's 360° Asset Visibility capability, agentless asset discovery identifies assets across connected environments and presents the information through a centralized dashboard. Users can then review asset details, security posture, and compliance status without maintaining separate inventories for each environment.
Security And IT Teams Reviewing Excessive Permissions And Identity Access
Users, service accounts, and applications in cloud and SaaS environments may have more access than their roles require. Reviewing these permissions requires visibility into authentication, authorization, and privilege settings. CheckRed's Identity and Access Management capabilities provide visibility into access and privilege management across connected environments. Its Identity and Access Management also covers policy violations, least-privilege recommendations, identity monitoring, and remediation. Teams can use these capabilities to review access controls and identify permissions or policies that require attention.
Security Teams Reviewing Third-Party Applications Connected To SaaS Platforms
Third-party applications connected to platforms such as Microsoft 365 or Salesforce may have access to business data and introduce additional supply-chain risks. Security teams need to know which applications are connected and what permissions those connections provide. CheckRed's Third-Party App Management capability inventories these applications and examines their permissions to identify associated risks. Teams can then review third-party access and monitor the security and compliance implications as their SaaS environment changes.
Security Operations Teams Sorting And Prioritizing Large Volumes Of Findings
Security teams handling findings from cloud and other connected environments need to determine which issues require attention first. CheckRed's Alert Prioritization capability categorizes findings as critical, high, medium, or low severity based on factors such as risk intensity, exploitability, and potential consequences. Risk scoring provides additional context when reviewing findings. Findings can also be sent to tools such as Slack and Jira as part of an existing incident response process.
Is CheckRed Right For You?
CheckRed may be suitable for organizations that need to assess security posture across cloud infrastructure, SaaS applications, DNS, identity, and other connected environments. The platform has ISO 27001 certification and SOC 2 compliance. It is also a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) member with CSA STAR Level 1. This level provides a publicly available assessment of cloud security controls based on the CSA Cloud Controls Matrix.
For larger environments and service providers, CheckRed supports multi-tenant management through its MSP and MSSP capabilities. Customer environments can be managed centrally while tenant isolation keeps them distinct. The platform also supports customer-specific policies, reporting, and branding. These capabilities may be relevant to organizations and service providers managing security requirements across growing or distributed environments.
CheckRed has received industry recognition as well. Its SSPM platform was named Cyber Defense Magazine's InfoSec Innovator for Market Leader in SaaS Security Posture Management. Its certifications and CSA STAR status may provide additional information when reviewing the vendor. However, organizations should consider these alongside their own technical, compliance, and procurement requirements.
For organizations with a smaller technology footprint or limited security and compliance needs, CheckRed's broader security posture and multi-environment capabilities may exceed what is required.
Still doubtful if CheckRed Security is the right fit for you? Get in touch at (661) 384-7070, and we will help you make an informed decision.
CheckRed Features
Risk Prioritization
Security findings are correlated and assigned at a risk level based on their potential impact. This covers issues such as misconfiguration, excessive privileges, exposed assets, configuration drift, and compliance gaps.
Guided Remediation
Findings include guidance on possible remediation steps. Teams can refer to these recommendations when addressing configuration issues, policy violations, and other identified security gaps.
Automated Compliance Evidence
CheckRed security features technical controls that are mapped to supported compliance frameworks as evidence is collected. The platform maintains records of control status that can be used during compliance reviews and audit preparation
Multi-Tenant Security Management
MSPs and MSSPs can manage customer environments through a centralized platform. Tenant isolation keeps customer environments distinct, while customer-specific policies, reporting, and branding can be configured for individual tenants.
Reporting And Dashboards
Dashboards and reports cover security posture, compliance status, identified risks, and remediation progress. Teams can use these views to review outstanding findings and changes within their IT environments.
Pros And Cons of CheckRed
Pros
Supports role-based access to control who can view security information
Customizable reports help to fulfill different stakeholder requirements
Tracks remediation progress from finding detection through resolution
Offers audit trails that can support reviews of identity and access changes
Supports API-based integration with existing security and IT environments
Cons
The platform may require connector configuration before security data is available
Some capabilities depend on connecting the relevant third-party environment first
Organizations may need to verify coverage for less common technologies before purchase
CheckRed Reviews
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4.5
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Banking, 51-100 employees
“Strengthened the security of our cloud infrastructure”
Pros
CheckRed offers a comprehensive solution that provides detailed cloud security by monitoring all our SaaS apps and cloud setup. It detects potential configuration errors, threats to security and hacking incidents.
Cons
When analyzing the remediation options, it feels like there are limited choices. It mainly alerts us to problems and we have to solve them ourselves within our team.
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Ease of use
8
Value for money
8
Customer Support
7
Functionality
8
Technical Support, 51-100 employees
“CheckRed offers the best in cloud security”
Pros
The ability to customize security policies to meet specific needs further enhances its appeal, making it a versatile and powerful tool for cloud security.
Cons
I think it may take some time to fully understand and effectively utilize all of its features.
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Ease of use
9
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10
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10
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Technical Specialist, 51-100 employees
“A complete and effective solution for modern cybersecurity needs”
Pros
It protects against a wide range of threats, including malware, ransomware, phishing and more. Its advanced heuristic analysis and machine learning algorithms help us with real time monitoring and threat detection.
Cons
It can generate false positives, sometimes legitimate files or actions are flagged as suspicious. Full system scans are resource heavy especially on older or less powerful machines. Deployment for large organizations can also be complex and time consuming.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does CheckRed work with an organization's existing security tools?
Yes. CheckRed connects with existing technologies, allowing organizations to use their current security environment while gaining a broader view of their security posture.
How does CheckRed help teams prioritize security issues?
CheckRed assesses findings based on risk and helps teams distinguish higher-priority issues from less urgent ones. This can be useful when teams have a large number of findings to review.
How does CheckRed support ongoing compliance?
CheckRed maps compliance requirements to technical controls, identifies gaps, and collects supporting evidence. Teams can use this information to monitor compliance as their environments change and prepare for audits.
What makes CheckRed useful in a multi-provider IT environment?
CheckRed brings information from supported environments into a common platform. This gives teams a broader view of security posture without having to assess each provider separately.
Can MSPs and MSSPs use CheckRed to manage customer environments?
Yes. CheckRed supports multi-tenant management with tenant isolation. MSPs and MSSPs can also use customer-specific policies, reporting, and branding when managing different customer environments.
How does CheckRed handle security risks when an environment changes?
CheckRed monitors connected environments rather than relying only on scheduled assessments. When configurations or security controls change, the platform can identify resulting security posture or compliance issues for teams to review.