We performed a comparison between ARCON Privileged Access Management and Symantec Privileged Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."One standout feature of ARCON is its ability to resolve lagging issues, especially noticeable in Linux environments."
"Session recording is the most valuable feature, as it covers compliance and it also covers our in-house applications."
"Logging, particularly screen recording for Windows RDP sessions. Also, command-logging for SSH sessions. This really helps us to see what commands/changes have been executed in a particular service at a given point of time, and by whom."
"The deployment process for the solution was easy...The solution's technical support team was good."
"One of the main benefits we've experienced is that Arcon helps us manage all our team's tasks and provides recording capabilities."
"For compliance, each change I do, in each of the servers, is clearly recorded. We recently faced an audit and this was an awesome feature. Even our auditor had praise for it saying, "This is really a good feature.""
"The user interface, overall, is really good. If I have some 20 servers in my ID, I can easily see for which servers I have read-only access, for which servers I have prompt-access, and for which servers I have server admin access."
"One important feature is the administrator access, mainly for Windows machines as well as Linux machines. It is important for us because there is accountability associated with each user ID. And the recordings are also helpful."
"One of the key things for us about the product is around its simplicity. Being able to put in the technology that allows the business to remove complexity and also allow the security improvements."
"You can do A2A integration. You can have your own script, which can then run outside of PA to retrieve the password and perform other tasks."
"The two factor authentication, and the single most important capability was it supported PIV and CAC as one of the two factors. That was pretty huge for us."
"Stability is solid as a rock."
"We know we can scale up with what we have, and we probably will not need to buy any further appliances down the road."
"CA PAM is working well for us."
"The DB clustering is a really good benefit of using CA PAM."
"It's easy to use and easy to configure."
"The deployment process is a bit complex because no document is available."
"Initially, there were some issues with .NET applications in Windows 10 systems."
"I would like to see a "wild card" kind of a feature or something that would enable us to search the video."
"This product is lacking in terms of dashboarding analytics and should have user behavior analytics. It should also have better dashboarding for executive management and security managers, which this product is missing."
"I would like for it to be dependent on Windows as opposed to Linux."
"Bulk password automation is not available in ARCON when compared to other products."
"It should be browser-agnostic and, frankly, it is working well on Internet Explorer. It should work on popular browsers like Mozilla and Firefox."
"Sometimes it gets stuck between servers and I would like to see this improved in the future."
"The setup is complex."
"We experience stability issues after every patch upgrade. This is a place where CA needs to improve drastically."
"What I hope happens with the new product CA PAM is to keep all the useful features that exist in PA, but what I’ve noticed with many new products is the UI gets polished but systems lags stability and performance or it adds additional complexity instead of simplifying the user experience."
"I would like this solution to be simpler. It should have a one-click access that works together with AWS."
"It'd be great if you just stuck in your PIV card and Windows popped up, asked you for your password. You typed it in, then it remembered your credentials."
"The response time for support could be faster. Some features should be added: cloud-based, VPN-less, more secure, and it should be adjusted in a hybrid environment."
"Instead of just giving passwords to the user based on job function, from auditing perspective, turn that cycle around. That would really help from an auditing standpoint."
"The management console could be improved."
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ARCON Privileged Access Management is ranked 8th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 32 reviews while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is ranked 18th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 50 reviews. ARCON Privileged Access Management is rated 7.8, while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of ARCON Privileged Access Management writes "Offers good session monitoring and recording features". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Privileged Access Manager writes "Allows IT and consultants to access the infrastructure environment but needs more security and better support". ARCON Privileged Access Management is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, ManageEngine PAM360 and One Identity Manager, whereas Symantec Privileged Access Manager is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, Delinea Secret Server and VMware Identity Manager. See our ARCON Privileged Access Management vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager report.
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