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CA Privileged Access Manager Server Control [EOL] vs Privileged Access Suite for Unix by One Identity comparison

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Categories and Ranking

CA Privileged Access Manage...
Average Rating
7.8
Number of Reviews
9
Ranking in other categories
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Privileged Access Suite for...
Average Rating
7.6
Number of Reviews
3
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Privileged Access Management (PAM) (28th)
 

Featured Reviews

it_user558603 - PeerSpot reviewer
Engineer at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
I like that the access control on the agent. Installation is difficult.
I would like to see some improvements, specifically in terms of some set-up items. We have spoken to CA quite a bit about the ability to have 'always-on', or 'active/active' status options, so if the infrastructure goes down, we don't lose transactions. This is very important for the environment and for the users so we cannot really afford any downtime with the solution. We have had problems with deployment, and we are concerned with the possibility for outages and how they can have a negative impact on the environment.
Hicham Barnoussi - PeerSpot reviewer
Managing Partner at Smpl ID
A reliable solution with great password and session management
The setup process depends on the environment of the customer. It's not dependent on the solution. For customers with normal use cases and scenarios, it's a straightforward implementation, but for a customer with more than one environment, they may have BeyondTrust in one environment and Safeguard in another one. When they want to consolidate later, there may be complications. It depends on the devices and assets they would like to have under their PAM solution. The standard time for implementation is four weeks. I rate the setup an eight out of ten. There needs to be a dedicated resource for maintenance.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"It depends on the client's requirements, but for me the most valuable one is the security access management with distributed architecture and centralized management."
"This product has improved the security of the corporate network and made compliance with the safety regulations of our country."
"Access Control enhances the security of business systems through a secured authentication and validation of users credentials before accessing organizations resources."
"It gives us the ability to track who is using what ID and for what purpose."
"It efficiently controls the access to the resources from the privileged user thus implementing the security aspects and this provides fine granular access."
"No, the product been stable and robust, and boasts with new additional features."
"We have been able to exceed our audit requirements for security."
"We're happy to see it working so well with our IBM solution, saving us time and costs."
"The most valuable features are session and password management."
"Privileged Access Suite's best feature is it's straightforward to use."
"The most valuable feature of this solution is that it is easy to use."
"The technical support for this solution is very good."
"Safeguard is a mature solution and is implemented by a large number of customers."
 

Cons

"We have had problems with deployment, and we are concerned with the possibility for outages and how they can have a negative impact on the environment."
"Automated deployment did not work as expected, had to go to a manual deployment."
"The manuals for this product used to be good. We could find in one place answers to pretty much every question or situation we had. However, it's now in piece-meal fashion."
"I have faced a few challenges due to the system complexity, as it involves two integrated authentication systems that have to be purchased."
"I found the installation process of Access Control challenging due to the much networking work involved in order to grant access to authorized users."
"Yes, I encountered lots of issues."
"Sometimes we encounter issues whilst generating the reports."
"User Interface needs to be improved."
"There is a new trend of not having any privileged users or accounts."
"Privileged Access Suite's interface could be better."
"Product management should be improved."
"I rate the technical support a six out of ten. The technical support of One Identity depends on the case; if it is product-related, it takes quite a while, and they have to go back to the product management team."
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Company Size

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Small Business3
Midsize Enterprise2
Large Enterprise4
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Also Known As

CA Access Control, CA Privileged Identity Manager
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Sample Customers

Colruyt Group, Logicalis, TIS Inc.
University of East Anglia, nForce Secure, dunnhumby
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