IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] Reviews

I like the primary function of this product allowing the administration of user/network accounts with a fair amount of ease.

Tracks and assists us with Roles associated to each user.

Need better documentation on usage and admin tasks.

It has been used for at least five years but I have only been working with it since August 2014.

We have had stability issues lately with the hardware and SAN that the product runs on.

We implemented this through a vendor.

Scalability and the easy integration with existing web applications with no or minimal change to applications.

Tivoli Access Manger lets you separate security from applications and manage at one place. Several applications can be rolled into to the same security model.

Redundant Policy servers had to be manually configured using LB.

12 years.

No

No

No

Customer Service:

Excellent.

Technical Support:

Excellent.

It is straightforward. However it also takes experience to roll out this product.

We used a vendor team and they were excellent.

CA Siteminder was considered.

ISAM 8.0 the new version of Tivoli Access Manager may be considered for large web security implementations.

• Password management
• Single sign on
• Provisioning and de-provisioning of account
• Unified Directory Server

Before solution implemented it took around 2-3 weeks to get all the necessary account information for a new employee in my organization. Since implementation, this now only takes a few minutes. As soon as HR submit all their data the user account is generated and the user gets their username and password.

Also, we have many applications and before SSO the users had to remember all the different passwords. We have many legacy applications and they had different password policies that were not always as strong as they should be. Now, however, we have one password for all the applications, and one password policy.

Cross-domain authentication.

Approximately 7 years.

Yes - we face a few issues, related to our configurations and networking.

No

No

Customer Service:

7/10

Technical Support:

8/10

No previous solution used.

It was complex for us as we have multiple domains.

We used a vendor and I would rate them 7/10.

The solution has smoothened the process of account provisioning and therefore our employees is productive from day one.

We looked at Oracle and a Microsoft solution with IDM.

Try to get the maximum of using standard functionality of the product, and only do customization if you really need it.

Tivoli Access Manager (or IBM Security Access Manager) is a fully featured web authentication, sso and authorization product.The product supports multiple user information repositories and also integrates with a variety of strong authentication solutions.Supports reverse proxy as well as adapters placed directly on web servers and app servers.Later product versions supports fine grained authorization as well as XACML based authorization configuration. The DP integration provides support for authn and authz for web services.

Complex to install and run. Requires the full IBM stack to reach full potential.

Tivoli access manager enables integration with user session management and Web Sphere Data Power in web services and web 2.0 environments.Authentication and authorization management for online business initiatives and portals implementations are centralized.Access controls for .NET, Java, Exchange servers and Microsoft Share point implementations are also centralized.Capabilities of advanced security are enhanced to support strong, flexible authentifications and authentications based on risks as well as critical internet vulnerabilities.Malicious, fraudulent, accidental behavior by staff and internal users are high level security threats that are prevented by Tivoli access manager.It also delivers Web SSO that is consistent with users on heterogeneous systems.

You must be skilled to use Tivoli Access manager. I had to undergo training to use Tivoli access manager, which was another expense exclusive of the purchase, but it was worth it.

Tivoli access manager securely manages access to critical data and applications to businesses, as well as convenient and fast access to systems by authorized users. It consists of a user registry and an authorization service, that includes an authorization engine and database, as well as a resource manager. It has a family for e-business, enterprise SSO, and operating systems. I have used it for two years now.