# AWS Security Groups: how AI models rank it, November 2026

Gane Index, November 2026 Edition. Named in 9 judge labels across 1 category by 6 of 14 models. Page: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/vendors/aws-security-groups

## Standing by category

| Category | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Microsegmentation](https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/index.md) | 0% | 22 | 22% | 9 |

## What the models said for it

- "Tools like AWS Security Groups, VPC Network Firewall, or Azure NSGs perform microsegmentation natively." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Microsegmentation)
- "Use AWS Security Groups / Network ACLs or Azure Application Security Groups (ASGs)" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Microsegmentation)
- "paired with AWS Security Groups (or Azure NSGs/Guardicore) for cloud workloads" (GLM 4.7 FlashX, Microsegmentation)
- "near-zero licensing cost (e.g., AWS Security Groups, Kubernetes NetworkPolicies)" (DeepSeek V4 Flash, Microsegmentation)

## And against it

- "Relying solely on native Cloud Service Provider tools (e.g., AWS Security Groups, Azure NSGs, GCP Firewalls) to handle enterprise-wide microsegmentation" (Gemini 3.5 Flash, Microsegmentation)
- "They require no new hardware but are difficult to manage at scale across multiple accounts and VPCs." (Qwen 3.7 Flash, Microsegmentation)

## By model

| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Warning | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Sources returned with these answers

The sites and pages cited by the answers that named AWS Security Groups, from 15 of the 25 answers that named it (only the models that return a source list).

### Domains cited

- zeronetworks.com: 8
- aimultiple.com: 7
- illumio.com: 7
- akamai.com: 6
- forrester.com: 6
- g2.com: 6
- gane.ai/index: 5
- tufin.com: 5
- yespo.io: 5
- cyberpress.org: 4

### Pages cited

- https://aimultiple.com/microsegmentation-tools: 6
- https://forrester.com/report/the-forrester-wave-tm-microsegmentation-solutions-q3-2024/RES181302: 5
- https://yespo.io/blog/best-customer-segmentation-tools: 5
- https://cyberpress.org/microsegmentation-tools-by-business-size: 4
- https://g2.com/categories/microsegmentation/free: 4
- https://g2.com/categories/microsegmentation/small-business: 4
- https://www.gane.ai/index/it/network/microsegmentation/smb: 4
- https://pushwoosh.com/blog/best-user-segmentation-tools: 4

## In its own words

What AWS Security Groups's own pages state, read 2026-10-05. Stated by the vendor, not checked by the index.

- Certifications: PCI DSS, HIPAA, HITECH, FedRAMP, GDPR, FIPS 140-2, NIST 800-171

## Record

- Method: https://www.gane.ai/index/it/methodology
- License: CC BY 4.0. Cite as Gane Index, November 2026 Edition, www.gane.ai/index/it.