Carbide Reviews & Product Details

Carbide is a tech-enabled service that strengthens your company’s information security and privacy management capabilities. Our platform is tailored for companies aiming for a sophisticated security posture, particularly valuable for larger organizations requiring rigorous compliance and hands-on services. With Carbide, you can benefit from continuous cloud monitoring and the educational resources of Carbide Academy. Our platform supports over 100 technical integrations, enabling efficient evidence collection and meeting of security framework controls necessary for passing audits. Distinct from basic "checkbox-style" compliance offerings, Carbide is built on universal best practices. This approach helps companies not only establish but continuously validate their security commitments under supported frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and more. Our service is designed to integrate seamlessly into your organizational processes, enhancing your security practices and boosting your market competitiveness. For a comprehensive solution that evolves with your security needs, consider Carbide. Discover how our team of experts can guide you through each step of your security journey at www.carbidesecure.com.

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Languages Supported

English

Solution Type

All-in-One

Overview by

Kurtis Allen

Value at a Glance

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Time to Implement

3 months

Return on Investment

12 months

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Implementation Time

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Verified User in Retail

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/2/2023

"Excellent SOC2 preparation"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

task management, really like the awareness training Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

Policy editor could use some work but we are told by our CSM this is coming Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/2/2023

"Great Product"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

Customer service is excellent and I found the platform really easy to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

The policy editor doesn't always work the way I want it to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Permjot V.

Co-founder and Finance Director

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

2/14/2023

"Extremely helpful and very relevant to my needs"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

The flexibility - being able to scale up and down according to my needs. It is also very intuitive. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

I have referred many people to it - and wish there was a better referral program Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kathy Isaac of Carbide

Hi Permjot,

Thank you for reviewing us. We're glad the platform meets your needs, and thanks for championing Carbide with your referrals! Your feedback on a referral program is insightful; thank you.

Verified User in Venture Capital & Private Equity

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/2/2023

"Great product and support"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

The platform is easy to use and very quick to deploy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

The policy editor could use some work bout I'm told that this is coming soon. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/8/2023

"Great product!"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

The platform is easy to use and the service has been excellent. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

I have not come across anything I don't like. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stephen F.

COO

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

7/19/2022

"Carbide keeps track of all of the details, so I don't have to."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

The Carbide platform assembles all of the policies that you need to cover for a set of security frameworks that are of interest to you. This gives you a 30,000-foot view and then the projects and tasks required to implement are organized for you based on the policies selected. It's almost like paint by numbers with tasks, projects and policies to satisfy the requirements of multiple security frameworks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

Unfortunately, many frameworks have similar but not identical requirements, which leads to some duplicate tasks. Once you identify them as duplicates the staff at Carbide can delete them though. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbide solving and how is that benefiting you?

Carbide was helpful right off in making it easy for us to fill out the many long security questionnaires we are asked to fill out by potential customers. Then it helps track our progress towards compliance and security audits, and finally, it stores the evidence we've collected to prove we are compliant. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

8/2/2023

"Great Product/great service"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

They offer a great product and provide service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

Don't really dislike anything about the product or service thus far Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Joel R.

VP of Technology

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

Originally submitted 7/4/2022

"Useful tool for managing and organizing tasks/evidence for InfoSec Posture"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

To begin, the policy generation tools were very helpful. Once we had policies, the tasks and policy sign-off tools are very helpful Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

The main framework we are working towards isn't currently in Carbide (GoC Protected B/B, or NIST SP800-53). Even if you could map controls onto your own framework or something like that.

The asset tracking interface is also a bit cumbersome, as is the policy editor. A WYSIWYG editor would be nicer in my opinion. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Carbide:

Carbide really helps when you need to set up an InfoSec program but don't have the staff to create one from the ground up. It helps you get going and gets you pointed in the right direction with very little experience needed. It also helps keeps the reams of paperwork and compliance evidence organized and up to date - a task that is very daunting without a tool such as Carbide. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Carbide solving and how is that benefiting you?

As a startup, Carbide helped us immensely with creating our baseline policies. It's also helping us with keeping track of our progress rolling out the policies and controls and keeps us focused on the most important controls. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Kaleigh Tait of Carbide

Hi Joel,

Thank you for taking the time out of your day to give us a review. It's much appreciated! We're glad we could help a fellow startup develop a robust security and privacy program right from the beginning of your growth trajectory. Cheers to your success!

Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

10/20/2022

"Best place to start your security program"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

It guides you in creating the appropriate security policies for your company. It has an awareness module with many very friendly videos and tests to use. I didn't look for another solution from the competition; I was happy with this solution. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

There is nothing for me to dislike at this point about the platform. I doubt I would be able to involve all the stakeholders in the company to use it at its full potential, but this would be an organisational issue and have nothing to do with the platform itself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Financial Services

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

Originally submitted 10/27/2022

"Superior customer support, great platform"

5/5

What do you like best about Carbide?

Carbide makes it easy to track user progress for training and compliance, as well as managing evidence collection for processes like SOC and PCI audits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Carbide?

The interface can be a bit slow at times, and there is no way to easily reset progress for those that need annual training refreshers. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.