We performed a comparison between CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Sophos UTM based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about CyberArk, Delinea, BeyondTrust and others in Privileged Access Management (PAM)."It is an extremely scalable solution."
"The key aspects of privileged access management are being able rotate passwords, make sure someone is accountable, and tie it back to a user (when the system is being used)."
"If any intruder gets inside, they would not be able to move around nor do lateral movements. It minimize any attack problems within our network."
"DVR like video recording and text-based recording for easier audits."
"We are able to rotate privileged user passwords to eliminate fraudulent use."
"You can gradually implement CyberArk, starting with more easily attainable goals."
"Because we now have the ability to grant access to management utilities like DNS Manager, Sequel Studio, and MMC, in a secure fashion, without system admins being required to continually reenter various passwords that are stored who knows where, it has really made the system admin's job much easier. It has made the PSM's job much easier. It has made the auditor's job and the security team's job and the access manager's job significantly easier, because we're able to move much more quickly toward a role-based access management system, and that is really streamlining the whole onboarding/offboarding management process."
"The integrations are the most valuable aspect of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager. The software offers pre-built integrations, and our team can also create custom connectors. This flexibility allows us to integrate with systems that we previously didn't consider integrating with, making it a significant advantage for us."
"The UTM features are reasonably strong and the patterns are updated on a regular basis"
"The intrusion prevention is great, and I like dual virus scanning on the network layer because we scan it through Avira and Sophos. Web filtering is also a fantastic option for clients who want to really lock down internet access."
"They are all good, but most-used are Network Protection and Web Filtering."
"Sophos UTM's best feature is synchronized security."
"It improved bandwidth utilization and provided link load balancing features for internet and intranet lease lines."
"Monitoring and reporting are areas that need improvement."
"We've found the technical support to be helpful."
"Efficient and effective - it's easy to separate rules."
"There is a bit of a learning curve, but it's a pretty complex solution."
"As they grow, the technical support is having growing pains. One of the things is just being able to get somebody on the phone sometimes."
"The interface on version 9 looks old."
"One thing that could be improved is to create of a better alternative for fixing group policy fees. We currently use Microsoft, but they have introduced new policies that may not be compatible."
"For users to access a system via CyberArk Privileged Session Manager, a universal connector needs to be coded in a language called AutoIT and its support for web browsers is so-so. Other products like Centrify have browser plugins that can help automate the process when using their products."
"This product needs professional consulting services to onboard accounts effectively based user profiles."
"Sometimes the infrastructure team is hesitant to provide more resources."
"Its pricing is a big challenge here. When it started, the product came in at a very low cost. Now, they are the leaders in the market, so the cost has grown and is quite huge."
"There's an issue that when we deploy UTM on fiber, it automatically upgrades to the latest version without giving an option to stay on the current one."
"Updates come out agonizingly slowly, a trickle."
"When we call support, we get put on hold for a long time."
"The five-factor authentication needs improvement."
"The technical support team’s response time could be improved."
"We didn’t find any issues but I know there have been some in the last few years."
"They could reduce the price."
"Flexibility in pricing could be improved. It's more rigid in its pricing compared to its competitor: Kaspersky."
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CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is ranked 1st in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 142 reviews while Sophos UTM is ranked 1st in Unified Threat Management (UTM) with 110 reviews. CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is rated 8.8, while Sophos UTM is rated 8.4. The top reviewer of CyberArk Privileged Access Manager writes "Lets you ensure relevant, compliant access in good time and with an audit trail, yet lacks clarity on MITRE ATT&CK". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Sophos UTM writes "It's a highly stable platform with very few hardware issues". CyberArk Privileged Access Manager is most compared with Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), Microsoft Entra ID, Delinea Secret Server, WALLIX Bastion and One Identity Safeguard, whereas Sophos UTM is most compared with Netgate pfSense, Fortinet FortiGate, Sophos XG, OPNsense and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls.
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