What is our primary use case?
I use CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla for identifying lifecycle management activities, including Joiner, Mover, and Leaver across the enterprise environments through the JML process. We handle RBAC policies, so we perform the provisioning and de-provisioning for Active Directory, VPN, and enterprise applications based on RBAC policies. We also handle modification requests on a role basis, including department changes, while ensuring the latest privilege compliance requirements. We manage support access governance activities, including access reviews through certification campaigns, audit compliance validations, and monitoring provisioning workflows. In case of any access assignment failures, we handle them. These are the day-to-day activities on CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla.
What is most valuable?
CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla significantly reduces manual access management efforts due to day-to-day activities. RBAC and role mining actually reduce manual access management efforts significantly. RBAC is the best feature, and it provides AI capabilities. The second feature I value most is identifying lifecycle management for joiner, mover, and leaver scenarios.
CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla has one feature that provides strong access reviews, compliance reports, automation, and audit readiness with centralized governance. Centralized governance means we can handle everything at one point, making it a very strong feature. This is integrated with another feature such as SaaS integrations for strong security posture and faster provisioning with reduced operational overhead. These are the four features I value most, and with all my three years of experience, I use and appreciate these four features most.
The impact of automation on my access reviews is that it automates the provisioning and de-provisioning. If I were to perform manual tasks such as provisioning and de-provisioning without automation, it would require a lot of time to handle. With this automation, we easily accomplish provisioning or de-provisioning. We simply get the Active Directory users and create the VPNs, cloud, and enterprise applications without any manual intervention. AI-driven role management and RBAC automation significantly reduce service tickets. Without automation, I would need to handle tickets, which involve a lot of manual work and requires additional manual employees. Without automation, this leads to approval delays and manual access assignment efforts. Automated access reviews provide simple audit reports, and by complying with the report, it improves audit readiness while reducing operational workload for IT and security teams.
What needs improvement?
There is room for improvement in CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla mainly related to automation complexity. Skilled people are required to handle these tasks. For upgrades, the complexity of infrastructure needs to be considered, and upgrading is complex. If I am using some versions and want to upgrade to the next version, the infrastructure complexity requires skilled people to understand it. Additionally, training is often required for users handling the system. These areas require improvement. While automation eases many processes, the overall complexity of the infrastructure should be simplified as much as possible.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla for about three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate the stability of CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla as very high, around nine to ten. Stability is good, with minimal downtime in enterprise environments. Minimal downtime is a key factor, and many users report strong performance in identifying governance and access management operations. Stability-wise, it operates well with minimal downtime. I strongly recommend it for great stability. In terms of platform performance with connectors, patches, and integrations, it is well maintained, especially in hybrid environments such as AD, cloud, and on-premise. Occasionally, there are issues with legacy integrations and upgrades, leading to less stability in those contexts, but overall, it performs well.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
I have approximately two hundred users in DH, plus more than one hundred fifty to one hundred eighty in North America. On-site, over three hundred people use it, and offshore, around four hundred fifty to five hundred eighty are using it. The total number of users is almost less than one thousand.
How are customer service and support?
I rate the technical support as very good, giving it an eight to nine. When I open a ticket, they initially ask some questions. While filling out the ticket details, I provide a brief description. They analyze it, engage with the context, and assign the ticket to the appropriate engineer. Once assigned, they schedule a call with me. Whenever I encounter issues with application deployment, role-based deployment, or infrastructure complexity, solutions are provided within two to three days. If there is an issue that cannot be resolved immediately, they actively work on it and usually provide a solution within five days. Recently, they resolved an issue in three days. Most of the time, they manage to provide a solution within two to three days, making their support highly rated and effective.
What was our ROI?
CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla saves me almost twenty to forty percent of my time in reducing all kinds of tasks. Earlier, I had to see many things and set the RBAC rules. With this JML process, it is very easy. In a total of eight hours of shift hours, it reduces about two hours of my time. So it is almost a twenty to thirty percent time saving.
What other advice do I have?
CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla offers lifecycle management and role-based access. There are no features in the past that compare to CyberArk PAM. Here, I can easily manage access if any user joins, moves to another department, or leaves the organization, as it automatically provisions and de-provisions access based on onboarding or role changes or employment exit. In contrast, other products involve manual tasks and require synchronization with Active Directory, which also presents many problems. Automated provisioning of Active Directory accounts, VPN access, SaaS application access, and group memberships reduces manual IT work and service tickets. This kind of automated provisioning and de-provisioning stands out as one of the best features. Compared to other products, CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla offers unique features and is mostly secure and automated. I strongly recommend this product due to its eighty percent less impact on access reviews, which is useful for audits, compliance, and security governance. For example, audits in IT are very important, and using automation allows me to simply provide the necessary audit reports.
I highly recommend CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla for enterprises looking to automate processes, especially for joiners, movers, and leavers. It improves compliance and strengthens access governance, making it easy to handle automation. It reduces manual tasks such as ticketing. Companies should ensure proper planning for integrations with Active Directory, cloud-based applications, or HR systems to achieve maximum automation benefits. I strongly recommend this product, as the platform is enterprise-grade and feature-rich. Having experienced IAM and IGA administrators for proper implementation is crucial, which reinforces my strong recommendation for CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla.
I have three different setups for CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla. In the Asia-Pac region, I am using cloud-based solutions, while in North America, I mostly utilize on-premises deployment.
CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla requires centralized management, which is somewhat easier and a bit complex sometimes. If skilled people are not available, it can become complex for issues such as generating audit reports. When less skilled personnel handle it, it can be challenging. At times, it is very easy to manage; for instance, once I understand RBAC, lifecycle management, audit reports, and the security features of SaaS applications such as Salesforce and Office 365, it is very useful. For my case, it is easy, but there are instances where it has moderate complexity.
I give CyberArk IGA Powered by Zilla a review rating of ten out of ten.