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Users consistently praise the product for its real-time alerts and ease of management, which help in quickly identifying and addressing security issues. The ability to monitor device behavior and conduct ongoing audits is highly valued, making it a reliable choice for IoT security. However, some users note that the setup can be complex for beginners.
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Atharva P.
AP
Atharva P.
Cloud BI Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Continuous IoT Security Monitoring and Fleet-Wide Visibility with AWS IoT Device Defender"
4/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

What I like most about AWS IoT Device Defender is that it delivers continuous security monitoring for connected devices without the need to build custom security tooling. It automatically audits IoT configurations against AWS security best practices and keeps monitoring device behavior to flag unusual communication patterns, authentication failures, or abnormal message traffic.

I also appreciate that it helps secure an entire device fleet from a centralized dashboard, which makes it especially valuable for enterprise IoT deployments. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

The service needs careful configuration of security profiles and behavioral thresholds to prevent unnecessary alerts. If your organization has highly dynamic device workloads, you may need to fine-tune the anomaly detection policies before you start getting meaningful results. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
UI
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Clear IoT Security Monitoring with a Steep Initial Learning Curve"
3.5/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

I like the security monitoring capabilities and policy-based alerts that help identify abnormal device behavior. It provides good visibility into IoT device compliance and potential security risks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

The setup and configuration can feel complex at first, especially for teams new to IoT security. Interpreting alerts also requires some familiarity with AWS IoT concepts. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ABHISHEK J.
AJ
ABHISHEK J.
Data Scientist
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AWS IoT Device Defender a complete security solution for IOT devices"
4/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

The best thing about AWS IoT Device Defender it helps you to secure your fleet of IoT devices. basically, it provides three service

1. IoT security audit is off

2. monitor device activity

3. conduct the ongoing audit Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

The cost of this service AWS IoT Device Defender is a little bit high otherwise it is the best service of AWS. The cost of this service is charged hourly by the AWS Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Yash K.
YK
Yash K.
Marketing executive
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AWS IoT Defender: Is it needed to secure yourself?"
4.5/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

Real-time threat alert or behavior-shift alert is something that I admire the most about the software. Being part of an educational institution, I had to convince & take full responsibility to make the place IoT-friendly because of data leaks, security compromises & other security concerns. With this X509-certified software, it makes sure that the devices do not deviate from their intended purpose & authority (permissions). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

To be honest, I did not find a flaw in this software because my primary use case is not too complex. I had bare minimum requirements from the software & it performed on its mark. If I find a flaw shortly, would surely like to update it here & inform the concerned stakeholders to get it rectified. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jevik L.
JL
Jevik L.
Engineering Trainee
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AWS IOT must use"
4.5/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

I like more AWS IoT nowadays. it is very using full for developers. it is easy to use to connect with hardware or software devices using IoT AWS. it provides much more security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

As per my thought, AWS IOT needs to improve some speed or progress. so we can use it more than from now. it is very poor regarding device management. sometimes it take more time to understand some things. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

VG
VISHAL G.
Software Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Let's Discuss about AWS Iot."
4.5/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

I like the most about AWS Iot is its connection duration. I like to work with AWS the bug bucket is mainly used in AWS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

As per me sometimes it's take much more time to connect with other device but we can manage that but someone need to fix that issue as soon as possible. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Banking
UB
Verified User in Banking
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Recommended Security Service for your IOT Project"
4.5/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

I have used it in one of my personal projects, what I found is that this provides best practices when it comes to security. This reports all the configurations that don't comply with best security practices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

Used it very briefly so as to mention any kind of dislikes, this is quite complex to use and requires a learning curve but at the end of the day, it does make life easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Information Technology and Services
II
Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"A good security audit and issue tracker"
4/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

We get one month of AWS IoT device defender free of cost trial, it can execute security audits to find vulnerabilities and identity gaps, and we can define or own machine learning models to deal with specific types of dangerous attacks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

Well, amazon as always focuses on quality and customer satisfaction at its best, I havent seen any flaws till now, and I hope they keep upgrading the latest vulnerabilities otherwise it will be bad. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Earnest P.
EP
Earnest P.
Research And Development Engineer
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"AWS IoT the best defender?"
4.5/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

It's monitoring capability for detecting anomalies for cloud metrics. Best is alert generation which is done once the anomaly is triggered. Compared to Azure it is reigning its space. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

In my days of using the service I did not find a drawback in this product. Should there be any new vulnerability which could pull this service down I hope the engineers fix that too. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Jenish L.
JL
Jenish L.
QA/QC Engineer with all Execution work
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AWS IOS device defender."
4.5/5
What do you like best about AWS IoT Device Defender?

According to me It provides fully manage service.

It has very good audit configuration which is helpfull in connecting to device. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about AWS IoT Device Defender?

According to me i had not faced any such major flaw till now but i think it might be difficult for any complex case. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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