Citrix Secure Private Access provides organizations with seamless, secure access to applications, enhancing compliance and mitigation of risks without compromising end-user experience.
| Product | Mindshare (%) |
|---|---|
| Citrix Secure Private Access | 3.4% |
| Cloudflare One | 10.6% |
| Fortinet FortiGate | 8.2% |
| Other | 77.8% |
Citrix Secure Private Access caters specifically to organizations seeking a zero-trust solution for centralized control and secure access to distributed applications across multiple environments. Its ability to ensure secure access without VPN dependencies is vital for hybrid workforces and cloud migrations, delivering consistent security postures.
What key features should users expect?Citrix Secure Private Access suits varied industries by enabling healthcare organizations to maintain HIPAA compliance through detailed auditing while financial institutions benefit from high-level security controls necessary for protecting sensitive transactions. In manufacturing, it allows for remote access to applications without jeopardizing operational technology security, consistently aligning with sector-specific needs.
Citrix Secure Private Access was previously known as Citrix Secure Workspace Access, Citrix Access Control, Citrix Secure Internet Access.
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| Author info | Rating | Review Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Architect at Wipro Limited | 4.0 | I use Citrix Secure Private Access for Zero Trust Network Access, focusing on identity-based security. While its VPN-less access and integration with Okta and Azure AD are beneficial, it requires careful setup, and the licensing cost is relatively high. |
| Information Systems Analyst II at State of Illinois | 4.5 | I find this solution essential for remote work, enabling us to serve the State of Illinois during COVID. It's easy to use and scalable, despite minor secure printing latency. I highly recommend it for its stability and effectiveness. |
| IT Team Lead at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees | 4.0 | I use this for AutoCAD and clerical work, valuing its virtual desktops and apps. It's very stable, highly scalable for 1,200 users, and support is excellent. However, I need better INGPU for engineering and improved licensing options. |
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I work from home, so I remote into the work server to do my job from home. I am using its latest version.
When the COVID hit, it really helped us a lot. I work for the State of Illinois. We provide services and goods, and we had to get those out. So, it really helped us stay open during COVID and provide very important services and goods to the people of the State of Illinois.
The convenience of being able to work from home is most valuable. It is not really different from working in the office.
It is easy and simple, and it has got an easy interface. It is not hard to learn. With just three clicks, you log in, and you're there.
When everybody is trying to log in and work sometimes there is a little latency but not a whole lot. This latency also depends on the type of server you have, how may users are logging in and users' home connection (WIFI or Ethernet). If the weather is bad, sometimes, you can get disconnected. I log in every day and I don't usually have any issues unless it is really storming out and then it can be latent.
When we go to print, we have to go through secure print. The secure printing kind of takes a while. It is a little latent.
I have been using this solution for over a year.
It seems very stable. We have not had many issues with it. In the beginning, we did have some issues because we were not used to having that many people log in from home. So, we had to upgrade our server a little bit. Getting the resource or the server for all the people coming in from home was the only issue that we had in the beginning.
It is pretty scalable. I have been working with it for over a year, and scalability is there.
We have over 40,000 users. They are half of the State of Illinois employees. Around 50% of employees are currently working from home. It is currently being used very extensively. It is being used by CIOs and all kinds of state employees.
I don't know if we have any plans to increase its usage. I'm not in that position to make that decision, but I do know that in the beginning, we only had 10,000 people using it, and then it went to 20,000. Currently, we have got over 40,000 people using it, so it may be the way of the future. People like working from home, and you don't have to pay for that gas to go in. The businesses don't have to pay for the electricity and the booth space for the people. So, it may be the way of the future.
I've never had any issues with it. We do have a Citrix group that keeps in contact with the vendor. We do get regular updates and things like that.
We tried some VPNs, but they just didn't work so well. For some reason, we were having issues bumping up against the users home Internet connections and VPN. It was a hit and miss for a lot of people depending on the provider they had. Therefore, we wanted to go with something across the board that pretty much everybody could use, and we did go with Citrix. There are some people who are still using VPN, but almost everybody who is working from home is using Citrix.
It was straightforward. They sent us some instructions in an email. We followed that email, downloaded the software, and opened up the software. It was done in three clicks, and then we had to log in.
It was done in-house.
I would strongly suggest to at least try it. If you're a big corporation and you want a way for your people to be able to log in and get work done, try it, and give it a shot. It is a good product.
I would rate Citrix Secure Workspace Access a nine out of 10. It does pretty much what I needed to do, and it supports everything I need. Other than the secure printing and the latency on it, it is great.
It is used for INGPU AutoCAD and clerical work.
Its deployment is hybrid. It is deployed on a public Azure cloud and on-prem.
It provided us the same experience anywhere on any device.
Virtual desktops and virtual apps are most valuable.
INGPU for engineering software is an area of improvement.
There should be better licensing options.
I have been using this solution for two years.
It is very stable.
Its scalability is very good. We have about 1,200 users. They go from secretary to receptionist to engineer. 100% of the company is using it. We increase its usage every time we increase the number of employees.
We have had a very good experience with their support. There are no issues out there. I would rate them a five out of five.
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We used VMware Horizon before. Support and knowledge were the reasons for switching. VMware is spread so thin everywhere that they need 30 different experts in order to answer one simple question.
It is about average in terms of complexity. I would rate it a three out of five in terms of complexity.
Its implementation took about two weeks. The strategy was all out. So, basically, everybody started working on that.
It was implemented in-house. We have three people for deployment and maintenance.
We have not bought any desktops since we implemented the solution.
There are costs in addition to the standard licensing fees.
They should provide better licensing options.
My advice would be to be very careful when signing the contract and make sure that the license agreement has not changed since the negotiation.
I would rate it an eight out of ten.
