Symantec Siteminder and UserLock compete in the access management category. User reviews suggest UserLock has the upper hand due to its user-friendliness and ease of integration.
Features: Symantec Siteminder offers comprehensive policy management, extensive support for various authentication protocols, and robust security features. UserLock provides ease of deployment, real-time user monitoring, and detailed reporting capabilities.
Room for Improvement: Symantec Siteminder could improve initial setup complexity, user training requirements, and customization options. UserLock could benefit from enhanced scalability options, more detailed customization, and additional advanced features.
Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Symantec Siteminder’s deployment model is robust but complex, requiring comprehensive training. Customer service is good but could be more responsive. UserLock features an easier deployment model with straightforward integrations and responsive customer service.
Pricing and ROI: Symantec Siteminder requires a significant initial investment with long-term ROI dependent on extensive use in large organizations. UserLock’s setup costs are lower, and users report a quicker ROI due to easier deployment and efficient management.
Symantec® SiteMinder is designed to secure the modern enterprise through a unified access management platform that applies the appropriate authentication mechanism to positively identify users; provides single sign-on and identity federation for seamless access to any application; enforces granular security policies to stop unauthorized access to sensitive resources; and monitors and manages the entire user session to prevent session hijacking. Finally, Symantec SiteMinder is battle-tested and has been deployed in the largest IT environments in the world.
Two Factor Authentication & Access Management for Windows Active Directory.
UserLock helps administrators to manage and secure access for every user, without obstructing employees or frustrating IT.
Two Factor Authentication on Windows logon, RDP, IIS and VPN connections. UserLock supports 2FA using authenticator applications which include Google Authenticator, Microsoft Authenticator and LastPass Authenticator, or programmable hardware tokens such as YubiKey and Token2.
Single Sign-On: Secure and frictionless access to Microsoft 365 and other Cloud Applications, using on-premise Active Directory credentials.
Access Restrictions: Using the contextual information around a user’s logon, UserLock will authorize, deny or limit how a user can access the network, once authenticated.
Access Monitoring: Track and alert on all users’ logon and logoff activity in real-time. Interact remotely with any session and respond to login behavior.
Access Auditing: Record and report on all user connection events to provide a central audit across the whole network.
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