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CA VM:Secure vs Top Secret comparison

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Categories and Ranking

CA VM:Secure
Ranking in Mainframe Security
10th
Average Rating
9.0
Reviews Sentiment
7.3
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Top Secret
Ranking in Mainframe Security
4th
Average Rating
8.6
Reviews Sentiment
8.4
Number of Reviews
8
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2026, in the Mainframe Security category, the mindshare of CA VM:Secure is 4.7%, up from 3.2% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Top Secret is 11.2%, down from 14.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mainframe Security Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Top Secret11.2%
CA VM:Secure4.7%
Other84.1%
Mainframe Security
 

Featured Reviews

it_user507375 - PeerSpot reviewer
Operating System Engineering at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
It gives us a consolidated management tool to keep track of the user directories on our z/VM platform.
We had an issue a few weeks ago in a test environment after putting an upgrade on, but we think it turned out to be that it wasn't really CA's fault. We think it's a problem with IBM and the GDPS product, and a test was being done with it the night before. It caused some weirdness with other products that we found out later, because it allowed two machines to get read/write access to a single minidisk, which never should have happened. That caused problems for CA but it wasn't really their product. We ended up on the phone with them for quite a while until we realised it was something else.
it_user814482 - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
All the features help ensure we are compliant with banking regulations
Top Secret is our external security manager for our mainframe systems It's an integral part of all of our mainframe security functions. It's the core of our mainframe security functions. It helps ensure that we are compliant with all of the various banking regulations, security regulations and…

Quotes from Members

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

Pros

"As far as the functionality, stability and integration with the other products in their suite, I think this product would be hard-pressed to beat."
"We have implemented two-factor authentication, which is a new piece of CA Top Secret."
"It protects our enterprise by providing an access monitor authentication protocol."
"When selecting a vendor, the most important thing is support."
"We have an ongoing relationship with technical support; they are excellent."
"It centralizes all the user security on a single tool, which has truly been the best part for us."
"The stability of the product is wonderful."
"It's an integral part of all of our mainframe security functions and helps ensure that we are compliant with all of the various banking regulations, security regulations and requirements."
"Customer service is excellent, as any issue that we have had in working with the product received the best response that we could have hoped for, with technicians who have great knowledge of how the product works and who promptly responded with solutions to any problems that we have had over the years."
 

Cons

"It might be nice if it had more of a modern-type GUI interface. Right now, it's all green screen-based."
"Make sure that there is a post-sale department in your country. We have experienced some post-sale problems to do with integration of CA products into our systems."
"As an IT auditor, the UI is the tough part. From the IT auditing standpoint, it needs to be more simple to use."
"The user interface could be improved. Sometimes, it is not simple to understand where a certain definition should be defined, and I go through a number of screens until I find where to do some of them."
"It would be helpful if they removed limitations on user record sizes."
"I would like to see better reporting, more emphasis on audit reporting, and better scrubbing of the canned reports."
"That is an area where I have a concern, because I don't see them keeping pace with what we're doing."
"In new releases, installation is not easy and can take about four months to roll out."
"I'd like to see integration with LDAP's services, because today we have the mainframe and Windows AD separated."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
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Outsourcing Company
20%
Financial Services Firm
13%
Manufacturing Company
10%
Construction Company
7%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
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By reviewers
Company SizeCount
Small Business1
Large Enterprise8
 

Also Known As

CA VM:Secure for z/VM
CA Top Secret
 

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Sample Customers

Neovera, Vodafone Turkey, Comcast
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