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Senior Identity Management Consultant at a computer software company with 5,001-10,000 employees
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Top 20
Aug 19, 2024
It is user-friendly, provides user roles, and helps simplify application auditing
Pros and Cons
  • "One Identity Manager's most valuable asset is the ability to customize its front-end website."
  • "The One Identity Manager documentation could be improved."

What is our primary use case?

We use One Identity Manager to synchronize SAP inbound and outbound Exchange data. More generally, we aim to synchronize data between target systems, such as those used in banking or other companies, and One Identity Manager.

How has it helped my organization?

One Identity Manager includes a default SAP connector that we utilize. Its simplicity is evident in connecting to SAP sites through a straightforward click or by completing a connection filtering form. We can easily establish mapping and workflow for SAP sites, making it a streamlined process. While exceptions may exist for specific customers, we can accommodate their needs by customizing workflow mappings based on their requests. Overall, the SAP connector provided by One Identity Manager is remarkably user-friendly and accessible to all, in my opinion.

We've used the web designer module, but it won't be available next year. One Identity has transitioned from web designer to Angular web development, offering complete freedom to create custom web pages and websites. While Angular requires JavaScript knowledge, it provides unrestricted development capabilities, unlike the complex web designer module. New employees struggled with learning web design, but Angular's accessibility empowers developers to modify everything within the One Identity website and backend, including database interactions and custom code development. This flexibility makes One Identity Manager a powerful tool for connecting various systems and databases.

Business roles are crucial for our customers because they are an essential identity management tool. Without them, we'd need to manually authorize every employee and group. However, Business roles allow us to create and assign business roles automatically. This is vital for our customers as we develop best practices for business workflows. A key component is creating business websites, for which we establish job descriptions and roles. Subsequently, we automate role assignments based on organization or title, which significantly streamlines our processes.

One Identity Manager is user-friendly for the end user.

One Identity Manager significantly simplifies application auditing. The auditing site we use extensively is one of its most valuable features. One Identity Manager is remarkably effective for auditing because it empowers us to create and deliver new attestation or compliance tools. We can generate all these audits through both the website and Manager modules. The audit screen on the website is exceptionally user-friendly. Customers consistently praise the audit feature, and we have received no complaints about the auditing site. We are highly satisfied with using the audit site for One Identity Manager.

What is most valuable?

One Identity Manager's most valuable asset is the ability to customize its front-end website.

What needs improvement?

The One Identity Manager documentation could be improved. Despite using the solution for six years, I encounter difficulties understanding certain features due to unclear explanations in the documentation. Additionally, while the One Identity Manager community has the potential to be a valuable resource, the community site does not effectively assist all users.

The report site could be improved because while One Identity Manager offers around forty default reports, our customers find them insufficient for their needs. Consequently, we must create custom reports to meet their specific requirements. Although building custom reports within One Identity Manager is straightforward, enhancing the existing default reports would greatly benefit our users.

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For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using One Identity Manager for six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of One Identity Manager nine out of ten. While all software products are prone to errors or bugs, I have encountered none, specifically in version nine. Compared to previous versions like eight and seven, which did experience issues that required resolution, version nine represents a significant improvement in stability and reliability, making it the best version of One Identity Manager thus far.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

One Identity Manager is well-suited for large-scale environments, making it an ideal solution for enterprise clients.

How are customer service and support?

We use Premier Support from One Identity Manager. They respond quickly to our tickets, and our customers are extremely happy with the support.

How was the initial setup?

The deployment is straightforward and takes a week to complete.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Prices in Turkey are high due to inflation, a challenge we've heard about from our customers. We understand that European consumers may have different expectations, but we must reduce the pricing to attract customers.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate One Identity Manager nine out of ten.

Generally, we don't utilize a governance site but instead rely on an identity management site. Initially, our customers define the SAP architecture or structure, outlining user roles that must be created and associated with specific rules. We then establish the SAP site's structure and architecture, focusing on user management before addressing roles. Subsequently, we incorporate the business side to enable dynamic role calculation for users by creating business rules for role management and assigning roles to users.

I highly recommend One Identity Manager to others. Its ability to develop everything within a single platform is incredibly valuable for customers. Many other products or software often encounter challenges or require custom development, but One Identity Manager offers a comprehensive solution. Its simplicity and customization options make it a standout choice. While I haven't used other identity management products extensively, I am familiar with some features of competitors like SailPoint. However, One Identity Manager's flexibility allows for modifications to accommodate specific needs, unlike some out-of-the-box alternatives.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Associate Software Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Real User
Top 20
Aug 19, 2024
Provides a single platform to administer and govern users, but the UI is complicated to navigate
Pros and Cons
  • "One Identity Manager requires no maintenance; once deployed, it can be used for any required purpose and then closed."
  • "One Identity Manager's user interface can be confusing due to its multiple UIs."

What is our primary use case?

We obtained tickets for user access roles to grant appropriate access to specific target systems. To process these tickets, we need to determine the user queue number, search for the corresponding user in One Identity Manager, and verify their target roles. The process includes understanding how to resolve each ticket.

How has it helped my organization?

One Identity Manager provides a single platform for enterprise level administration and the governance of users.

Immediately after deployment, we can reap the benefits of One Identity Manager. Based on my previous experience resolving similar tickets, I am confident that users will receive the desired access to roles upon completing the necessary configurations within the manager and observing the job queue.

What needs improvement?

One Identity Manager's user interface can be confusing due to its multiple UIs. Having worked with ForgeRock Identity Access Management, which has only two UIs for access and identity management, I believe One Identity's interface is significantly more complex and challenging to navigate compared to ForgeRock or other similar tools.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using One Identity Manager for almost eight months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It lags. Due to configuration issues, the system requires eight to ten GB of RAM, ideally 16 GB, to function properly with One Identity. If the system has eight GB of RAM or less, the tool will experience lag during use, regardless of the task being performed.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used ForgeRock Identity Access Management but have been asked to switch to One Identity Manager for a new project.

How was the initial setup?

Deploying One Identity Manager proved challenging due to the extended time required to install all necessary tools and subsequently gain access. While deployment would be significantly easier with the documentation, the process is lengthy regardless of the system. Additionally, any system hosting the tool must have a minimum configuration of 16 gigabytes of RAM. It takes one day to fully deploy One Identity Manager.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate One Identity Manager six out of ten because of the complicated UI and system configuration lagging issues.

One Identity Manager requires no maintenance; once deployed, it can be used for any required purpose and then closed. However, if deployed on a virtual machine or VMware environment, it must be accessed every one or two years to prevent deletion due to machine expiration.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Software Developer at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
Real User
Feb 2, 2024
Contributes to a more secure environment and provides a comprehensive solution for identity and access management
Pros and Cons
  • "The most valuable feature of One Identity Manager for me is its Designer tool."
  • "The Metamodel is not developer-friendly, and the web designer customization could be simplified."

What is our primary use case?

I have implemented One Identity Manager in banking for research access and education for onboarding diverse users, managing identity lifecycles, and automating processes like account activation and provisioning. It is crucial for securing and streamlining identity management in both sectors.

How has it helped my organization?

One Identity Manager has enabled us to implement an Identity-centric zero-trust model, enhancing our access management system. This has strengthened security by granting users precise and necessary access, contributing to a more robust and secure environment for our company.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature of One Identity Manager for me is its Designer tool. This tool allows me to write custom code and provides flexibility to customize and adapt the system to meet specific business objectives.

What needs improvement?

There is some room for improvement with One Identity Manager. The Metamodel is not developer-friendly, and the web designer customization could be simplified. The report editor tool needs an update as its underlying technology is outdated. Additionally, a stronger community portal for quicker support responses would be beneficial.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with One Identity Manager for eight years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

I would rate the stability of One Identity Manager as a ten out of ten.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

One Identity Manager is suitable for handling up to around five million records, but scalability becomes a challenge with larger datasets, such as over seven million people.

How are customer service and support?

The biggest value of having premium tech support with One Identity Manager is the quick and efficient resolution of issues. However, there have been instances where the support response time could be improved. Overall, I would rate the support as a seven out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup of One Identity Manager was not overly complex, and the documentation could be more user-friendly with additional visuals. We took the help of a consultant during deployment, involving five people. Maintenance is handled in-house as it is an on-premise solution.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

One Identity Manager is affordable.

What other advice do I have?

I appreciate that One Identity Manager is a suite with separate tools for managing and governing users, data, and privileged accounts. I find it beneficial that they have organized functionalities into distinct tools rather than consolidating everything into a single screen.

The user interface of One Identity Manager is intuitive for script writing and configuration, offering flexibility and a clear view of user attributes. However, the web application tool for end-user requests and the reporting tool is less user-friendly, especially for the web designer, which can be complex and not developer-friendly.

I use One Identity Manager to extend governance to cloud apps. This is crucial as cloud migration is widespread, and it is important to seamlessly onboard users and ensure governance on these cloud applications, aligning with the industry trend towards cloud adoption.

Using One Identity Manager, specifically the Safeguard tool, has helped me establish a privileged governance stance to bridge the gaps between privileged users and standard users. It provides a distinct solution for managing both types of users effectively.

One Identity Manager assists in streamlining application access decisions, ensuring application compliance, and conducting thorough application auditing.

One Identity Manager has empowered application owners and line-of-business managers to take charge of application governance decisions independently. The platform provides user-friendly tools, reducing the dependency on the IT team for these processes.

My advice to others is that before purchasing One Identity Manager, assess if it fits your use cases, especially considering the size of your user base. Ensure you have a skilled IT team for maintenance. Engage with the One Identity Manager team, conduct a proof of concept, and validate its suitability for your needs. Overall, I would rate One Identity Manager as a nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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Lead Consultant at Wipro Limited
Real User
Jan 23, 2024
A comprehensive solution that provides a unified view and streamlines operations
Pros and Cons
  • "The best part of One Identity Manager is that it provides wholesome features. Most of the things required for identity management are given out of the box in One Identity Manager. You can just define your use cases, take this tool, and right away implement the solution."
  • "Sometimes, when we implement One Identity in the organization, customization has to happen. You cannot skip the customization. You cannot just implement the One Identity model and go ahead with it. However, whenever we make any customizations, the logic of the customization can interfere with the existing logging of One Identity. All such things have to be a bit clear. They have to be well documented. One Identity should provide information about how these things work."

What is our primary use case?

Its main purpose is identity management. It is an IGA tool. The organization where I am currently working is mainly using One Identity Manager for identity management and access control. We are also using it for various types of provisioning such as Azure AD, Exchange Online, or SAP account creations. When we talk about identity management, we also consider the various access recertifications. All those are being carried out as part of One Identity Manager.

How has it helped my organization?

It streamlines operations. Whatever you put in from an identity management perspective, access governance perspective, compliance perspective, or application perspective gets very easily streamlined. You can easily integrate multiple applications because it provides the inbuilt features or the default connectors. You do not have to know how cloud applications or other applications work. One Identity is doing everything. They provide custom connectors. You just get the details of a cloud application and then connect. One Identity by default will manage the things for you. They have inbuilt features, so you just have to study and implement them. In my last organization where I implemented One Identity, we integrated almost 12 SAP applications. It was easy. Once you define the framework, then implementation is very easy. Implementing multiple applications, managing users, and the entire JML lifecycle is streamlined.

We use One Identity Manager to help manage SAP. One Identity provides a connector for SAP. From an enterprise solution perspective, it can be implemented very safely. I have done multiple SAP implementations with One Identity. It provides all the inbuilt functions and everything related to SAP. It is a very good tool to implement SAP for an enterprise. If an employee has multiple SAP accounts or multiple SAP systems, One Identity provides a singular feature where you can have all the SAP accounts listed under an employee. From a management perspective, it can be easily managed. It is very good. It provides a unified view of all the accounts and various systems of SAP. Everything such as the SAP rules, groups, profiles, and access policies can be managed via One Identity, but I am not sure if workflows can also be managed.

One Identity is a complete and wholesome tool for managing any enterprise application. It provides a unified platform to manage everything. When you implement One Identity, you have all the features needed within an enterprise to manage various applications, such as SAP, Active Directory, Exchange Online, etc. From an enterprise perspective, it is wholesome and unified, and it supports everything. It supports the SaaS features, PaaS features, and cloud features.

We use business roles to map company structures for dynamic application provisioning. Normally, when any employee gets onboarded, they need access to certain company resources. You can assign any company resources to any business role, and you can assign that business role to an employee. That employee automatically gets access to the company resources. It is an important feature, and most organizations use the business roles part very frequently.

We are able to extend governance to cloud apps by using One Identity Manager.

One Identity Manager helps minimize gaps in governance coverage among test, dev, and production servers. For the test environment and the production environment, you have a streamlined approach. The process of transporting from dev to production with One Identity is very smooth. It also provides a transporter tool or feature. You can just pull out the production configurations and put them in a lower environment. It just makes it as similar as production. In that way, the difference in the environments can be minimized. The configurations can be made similar. You do not have to pull the relevant production data. You cannot put it in a lower environment. From this perspective, it streamlines the environment and fills the gap.

It streamlines the application access decisions, application compliance, and application auditing aspects of application governance. It provides various compliance-related features and auditing features. They are inbuilt and very helpful for compliance and audits.

It provides various views. Employees have their own portal for requesting roles or accessing their profiles to see what type of access they have. Similarly, owners have a unified view within the portal for multiple roles, groups, or any resources. They have separate views. They can easily manage things. The views are well segregated within One Identity. There is the product owner's view, the manager's view, the employee's view, and the system administrator's view. There is also the business role owner's view and the call center's owner's view. Everything is well segregated.

What is most valuable?

There are various tools available in the market. The best part of One Identity Manager is that it provides wholesome features. Most of the things required for identity management are given out of the box in One Identity Manager. You can just define your use cases, take this tool, and right away implement the solution. The default features and the default setup are already embedded or built into One Identity Manager. That is what provides One Identity Manager an advantage over other tools where we have to customize things, whereas, in One Identity Manager, most of the things can be done out of the box. On top of that, if something needs to be customized, that can also be done in One Identity Manager. The inbuilt functions or features that One Identity Manager provides for identity management are very good.

I have been working on it for the last six years. It is very good from the user experience perspective.

What needs improvement?

Sometimes, when we implement One Identity in the organization, customization has to happen. You cannot skip the customization. You cannot just implement the One Identity model and go ahead with it. However, whenever we make any customizations, the logic of the customization can interfere with the existing logging of One Identity. All such things have to be a bit clear. They have to be well documented. One Identity should provide information about how these things work. This is the only thing. There are some gaps in that, but One Identity is trying to bridge those gaps.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been working with One Identity Manager since 2018. It has been around six years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It is a very stable tool. There is about 80% stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is scalable. I would rate it a ten out of ten in terms of scalability.

In my project, we have around 23 people using it.

How are customer service and support?

We just take the normal support whenever we have any issues. For the premium support, you have to pay a lot.

The support from One Identity is very good. Whenever you reach out to them, they help you out. If you have a license, they have a technical support team. They also have a professional services team if you need any professional support. From the customer service perspective, they are pretty good. You can reach out to them anytime. That is a very flexible option they have.

In terms of documentation, they have everything. They have all the technical documentation and all the details. They also have a user forum where you can post your queries. It is a global forum where experts reply within an hour or two, which is very good. You can reach out to these experts, and they will help you out. The user experience is very good with One Identity.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

In the current organization, we have had One Identity from the very beginning, but I have worked with other products. One Identity is far better than them. Pricing-wise, One Identity is more costly than others, but in terms of features, One Identity provides many features by default. It was not available in other tools. We have to do everything from scratch, whereas you do not have to do that in One Identity.

How was the initial setup?

It is deployed on the cloud. If you want to install One Identity from the very beginning for the cloud application, it will hardly take three months. It can also be done before that. For a huge client, it takes time. For a small client, it can be implemented within two months.

It does require maintenance. From time to time, they have upgrades. They have long-term releases year after year, so it has to be updated. Sometimes, they do a cumulative update to fix many issues.

What about the implementation team?

For upgrades, I am the only one, but when it comes to implementation, we have multiple teams. We have four to five members actively working, and then there are supporting resources.

What was our ROI?

It has saved us about 30% of the time.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is fairly priced because they provide all the features by default. That is why they charge a bit more than other vendors. I am not sure about the exact cost part, but One Identity is a little bit more expensive than IBM and other tools.

What other advice do I have?

I would definitely recommend implementing One Identity, but you have to understand how One Identity works and how it has been developed. You will be able to easily implement it then.

One Identity is a unified solution, and most of the features are inbuilt. Before you make any customizations, you need to understand how One Identity works. That is a critical bit. Normally, developers have a development mindset. They do not think from the framework perspective, but One Identity has been implemented from a framework perspective. They have designed this solution keeping in mind the needs of enterprises and how enterprises manage their accounts, employees, and applications. You should look at it from the framework perspective and not the customization perspective. However, even if you have to make any customization, it is very easy. You just have to learn .Net and MS SQL. If you understand how One Identity works, implementation and customization are very easy.

Overall, I would rate One Identity Manager an eight out of ten. 

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Product Owner Identity Access Management (IAM) at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Real User
Oct 27, 2023
Good user experience, helps control access, and integrates well with SAP
Pros and Cons
  • "The solution does help us efficiently manage lots of authorizations automatically."
  • "They should offer more best practices and documentation for every functionality."

What is our primary use case?

We started using the solution for the supply chain. We are a retail organization (FMCG) and we use it in the distribution center, at the head office, and for all of our employees in the stores, even the stock clerks.

How has it helped my organization?

The solution has made it possible for us to give everyone in the store a personal account for application access. That was not possible without One Identity. In the past, only management had a personal account in Active Directory and could use the computer and applications. It allows everyone to reach whoever they need in the store. It's also allowed us to move to the cloud and keep security. It helps us monitor users as well.  

What is most valuable?

The solution helps us to efficiently manage lots of authorizations automatically. We started initially using One Identity as a tool for security reasons. But then we noticed that management in the supply chain embraced One Identity for operational efficiency reasons. Today It allows all 100,000 employees to automatically access all kinds of applications.

We use it for SAP. We have multiple SAP systems. We use it for HANA and the cloud environment, for example.

One Identity Manager provides an enterprise view of management for logically disconnected SAP accounts. It's very good yet also difficult. Technically, it's a good solution, however, you need to have people who understand it and can use it the correct way. Being just a One Identity developer is not enough. You need to be specialized in this kind of module to use it to be efficient and effective. We are not there yet to use all this additional functionality.

One Identity Manager connects SAP accounts to employee identities under governance. It is important to see who has which SAP role, and if it's assigned based on the HR function, or assigned after an additional request.

There is a special SAP connector. There is reporting. You can build reports yourself. There are lots of possibilities, however, you need to know how to use it.

The solution is good for providing a single platform for enterprise-level administration and governance of users, and access to applications and data. We use it only for personal accounts. We have a separate PAM solution to manage privileged accounts. But to request access to PAM-tooling initially, needs to be done in One Identity. It's a two-step approach.

What I noticed, is that the user experience in version nine is good. We’re using an older version. The user experience is not very good in version eight. It’s a bit old-fashioned as it appears now. The latest version is much more modern.

We make use of the solution's business roles to map our company structure for Dynamic Application Provisioning. We are giving people the right authorizations based on the job and function. We use it a lot, especially in the stores and distribution centers where there is a high frequency in the joiner, mover, and leaver process, but the organizational structure is quite solid and doesn't change a lot.

We use One Identity also to give access to test environments, as self-service.

It has positively affected operations. There are a lot of things that are possible. It does what you want. 

It provides more insights because HR data and access to all systems are in one system. This information can help us to review who needs more access, or revoke access if it's necessary.  

One Identity Manager helps streamline application access decisions. There's an approval flow for additional access requests. For every application, you can have a different flow, in case you need extra security approvals or from a data-owner. 

It helps streamline application compliance and auditing. We can do a re-certification process and someone can give approval if it is needed or not. It's helped us improve governance. The re-certification process is very good. 

The solution helped enable application owners or line of business managers to make application governance decisions without IT. All employees and managers can request access as a self service in One Identity instead of going through IT.  The request for access is easier, and faster, because after approval the access is automatically granted.

What needs improvement?

It's customizable. However, that's also the downside. It's a bit complex and there are so many possibilities. You need to have good developers who know what is standard and how it's meant to be used before they adjust all kinds of stuff. It is possible to configure and change a lot of things and if it's not good enough, you can use custom code.

They should offer more best practices and documentation for every functionality. It would be helpful if there was a demo environment to show the possibilities and how they can be used. That would help with the learning curve. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the solution for quite a long time. It's likely been about seven years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability is very good. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We have 100,000 users on the solution currently.

The solution is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

I'm satisfied with the level of support we receive. 

We use regular support. I was not aware premier support was an option.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I did not previously use a different solution.

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup was complex. The start of the project took a bit more time than we expected.

We're still busy with the solution. We have a DevOps team, and every week we have things to do and improve. It's not a project you start and finish. It's a continuous process. 

We currently have a team of six people working with it. 

The solution requires a lot of maintenance. That includes updating, patching, and monitoring all kinds of processes that are running. On top of that, there are incidents that you want to improve and make better. 

What about the implementation team?

It's important to have a good partner, a good process, and good people involved for the initial setup. We started the project with another team and moved to another partner. The partner was involved with training staff on the solution. 

The first partner we started with didn't understand what we really wanted and we went our separate ways. Our second partner understood our business much better and we have had a more successful partnership. They've been involved with post-implementation support. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I cannot speak to the pricing. I don't deal with the licensing. 

What other advice do I have?

We are a customer and end-user. 

It is hard to pinpoint when we noticed a benefit with this solution. It was step-by-step. We didn't dive in all at once. It might have taken two years of working with it and implementing small steps before all stores and franchises were under the solution. 

I'd advise others to start with the solution as a managed service so that you don't have all of the technical hassles. 

I'd rate the solution eight out of ten. 

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

Private Cloud
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Consultant at a tech services company with 11-50 employees
Consultant
Oct 11, 2023
Easy to customize with good support and provides default workflows
Pros and Cons
  • "The product helps minimize gaps in governance coverage."
  • "In the update processes for hotfixes need improvement."

What is our primary use case?

The purpose of the solution is to add customers with identity and access management. We build software for them and configure everything, however, we're more on the consulting side. 

How has it helped my organization?

Automation has really helped to improve things. It provides less manual work for creating accounts and providing permissions. It allows for a faster onboarding process. As soon as a person joins a company, it used to take one or two weeks until someone had permission to access everything that they needed to access for the job. With this product, that can be reduced to half a day. 

There's now an automatic generation of accounts. There's no human element anymore. It's directly from HR to the Active Directory. There are fewer errors made or no errors. Overall, there are fewer errors, more automation, and faster processes. If someone leaves the company or needs to be deactivated and everything needs to be removed, nothing is forgotten. 

What is most valuable?

The customization is an excellent aspect of the solution. You can basically change the product to anything that we need to with most of the code available. Most of the user interfaces can be changed just by the request of the user and our customers. That's very good. 

Another very good part is the standard connectors, especially SAP. The integration with SAP and One Identity Manager is just very good. It brings a lot of the standards with it already. There's a lot that has already been done and doesn't have to be configured manually. That's back to the customizability. If the SAP connector or any other connector is not enough, things can be reconfigured. 

We use it to manage SAP. From an enterprise view standpoint, we have a full list of all SAP users. It connects all SAP users to the specific employees and we get an enterprise view. The solution connects SAP accounts to employee identities under governance. That is very important. It's one of the most important things we can do - to recertify permissions and recertify the users and also find authentic users that are not used anymore. That is why it's a very important part of governance.

The solution provides some default workflows for creating users, updating permissions, et cetera, however, you can customize beyond that. You can basically do whatever you want all in workflow and processes, automatic processes, et cetera. 

It provides a single platform for enterprise-level administration and governance of users, data, and privileged accounts. It allows you to see everything. If you have more than one product, you have a very good overview of everything. The identity manager alone can give an overview of privileged accounts that exist. The overview is very good. 

The solution's user experience and intuitiveness are great, especially for the users and administrators. The web interface is very good. It's very easy to use. Most customers change the interface colors and icons and stuff like that to match their own company. 

It is easy to customize the solution for our particular needs or for our client's particular needs, depending on what has to be customized. For web interface customization, you need to do some programming. You need to be experienced in web interface programming. However, enterprise processes, workflows, approval, recertification, and calculation of permissions and stuff like that is very easy. It's easy to configure that without much knowledge of the system. 

We make use of the solutions business roles to map the company structure for dynamic application provisioning. Business growth is one of the first things that we try to conceptualize with our customers. We can map specific permissions to specific roles and also apply those via dynamic roles automatically to people in specific departments.

We do use the solution to extend governance to cloud apps. This extension of governance to the cloud apps is important. You have to extend the governance to every aspect - not only on-premise, but also cloud. You cannot stop with governance. If you only do governance on half your systems, then that doesn't really make sense. Therefore, it's very important that the solution provides it for the cloud as well.

The product helps minimize gaps in governance coverage. The recertification and access management part can help with that.

It can help consolidate procurement and licensing. None of our customers have needed it until now. 

The solution helped enable application owners and managers to make application governance decisions without IT. When the recertification or application access is automated and configured correctly, then the manager automatically gets, for example, every six months, a request on the web interface, which is very easy to understand. It basically explains everything. The user just has to click the green arrow or the red cross to say yes or no to certain access or permissions; it's very easy.

The product helped us achieve an identity-centric zero-trust model. It all comes back to the optimization of different accounts since everything is connected. With this product, you get a 360-degree view of all accounts, et cetera. 

What needs improvement?

Items that can be improved in the solution include pricing, integration, support, and analytics.

The update processes for hotfixes need improvement. There are bugs in the system, and even though there are not a lot, there's no information about it until you happen to stumble upon it and then talk to the support, and then the support informs you there has been a hotfix for that for two months. Users need to be informed they exist in advance. 

Integrations are basically always able to improve. They can always have more standard connectors, more prepaid workflows, more templates, and stuff like that. That said, with the standard rest API and C-sharp and power share connectors you can basically do everything that you need to do even with stuff that is not supported.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using the solution for three years. 

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's very stable. I have never seen it crash or anything like that.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It's very scalable. I've seen the solution operate with millions of users. 

How are customer service and support?

I mostly work with premiere support. It offers faster support times. That's important. When we do reach out, it's likely very critical. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I have past experience with Microsoft, Omada, and IBM HCI, among others. While I can't speak to the pricing differences, functionality seems to be better with One Identity. It's more customizable and the user interface is very good.  

How was the initial setup?

The deployment varies according to what is included in the deployment itself. To get it up and running, it takes about one year. 

We have enterprise clients and it's mostly deployed in a high-availability environment, mostly three databases, a web server, and an application server. It mostly starts small with one server and then grows bigger. The same is true with the application side. All of our customers are using Active Directory, Azure Active Directory, or a combination of both. That's the first integration that we start with. Then, we also have, of course, HR data coming in via .CSV or a REST API or starting connector. 

We're also implementing standard workflows, and standard processes, and integrating HR data to exchange for emails or anything like that. As soon as the big applications are done, we provide workshops so that the companies can extend the product by themselves.

The solution requires maintenance. There are regular updates provided. We also check regularly if there are any processes or jobs that aren't working anymore. Other than that, there's maintenance maybe once a year. It's not very often.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I'm not too familiar with the pricing.

What other advice do I have?

We're integrators.

I'd advise others to always do a proof of concept for this or any other product they use. However, I would recommend the product to others. 

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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reviewer2282838 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees
MSP
Oct 2, 2023
We can use segmentation to ensure that users don't have roles that can cause trouble in the business
Pros and Cons
  • "One Identity enables us to provide users with permissions for only the roles that they need. We can use segmentation to ensure that users don't have roles that can cause trouble in the business."
  • "I would like to integrate automated testing with One Identity, and it would be great to have some support from the vendor on here."

What is our primary use case?

We're using One Identity as the identity management solution for the staff of a large insurance company with around 50,000 employees globally. 

How has it helped my organization?

One Identity enables us to provide users with permissions for only the roles that they need. We can use segmentation to ensure that users don't have roles that can cause trouble in the business. It took a few years before we could fully realize the benefits of the solution. 

The solution helps us minimize gaps in governance coverage between test and production servers. We've customized the solution to give us consistency in security between privileged and standard users. You can define different policies for categories of users. For example, you can require safer passwords for users in critical roles or make them change passwords at regular intervals. 

One Identity streamlines application permission management. It also facilitates application compliance and auditing. It reduces the amount of work involved because we can automate a lot of the processes and guarantee that the company's rules are correctly implemented. 

What is most valuable?

One Identity is easy to integrate. It isn't easy to use, but it can be extended. It has out-of-the-box integration capabilities for small companies. It can be integrated with many different systems, such as SAP, and the out-of-the-box configurations offer extensive visibility. 

The solution provides a single platform for enterprise-level administration and governance of users, data, and privileged accounts. That's the primary purpose of this product, and it works. 

With almost 10 years of experience with the product, I understand the product and how it works, but I cannot speak from the end-user perspective. However, we can customize the solution and do our best to make it user-friendly. It offers different levels of customization. Experienced developers can perform some advanced customizations, but it can also be customized on a very basic level. You can customize almost everything. 

What needs improvement?

I would like to integrate automated testing with One Identity, and it would be great to have some support from the vendor on here.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used One Identity for nearly 10 years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

One Identity is stable. 

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

One Identity is scalable. 

How are customer service and support?

I rate One Identity support eight out of 10. We have premium support, which gives us more access to the vendor to change records, open tickets, etc. 

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I used IBM Tivoli Identity Manager many years ago. This product no longer exists and hasn't been around for a long time. 

How was the initial setup?

Our initial deployment was about 10 years ago, so I don't remember it too well, but there were always problems. The total deployment time is several months, and it requires around 10 people. We have a huge development team comprising around 50 development teams. We also have various other teams working on the project. Altogether, it's around 700 people. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?


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Grzegorz Kosela - PeerSpot reviewer
solution architect/ engineer at APEX.IT Sp. z o.o.
Real User
Top 5
Oct 2, 2023
It delivers a simple solution for assigning the correct permissions to the right person
Pros and Cons
  • "One Identity is simple to implement. About 90 percent of the implementation is configuration rather than scripting and creating the connectors."
  • "There are too many different user interfaces. For example, one is the designer and another is the manager. There's also a web interface and an object browser. It would be helpful to consolidate all of those into a single administrator portal."

What is our primary use case?

I implement One Identity for multiple use cases, including identity management, access assignment, and workflow automation. I also use it to migrate workloads from the admins to the business owners of the resources that are available in the IT shop.

How has it helped my organization?

One Identity increases security and decreases the provisioning time. Provisioning can be completed in a few minutes instead of days. That's a huge difference. It improves governance because you can deal with a problem account much quicker. You can fine-tune the roles to an employee's position in the company. You can give them the exact permissions they need and nothing more.  

It delivers a simple solution for assigning the correct permissions to the right person. One Identity helps us develop an identity-centric zero-trust model. The solution gives us one centralized entity for all the accounts in the connected systems, such as Active Directory accounts, email accounts, application accounts, SAP application accounts, etc. 

What is most valuable?

One Identity is simple to implement. About 90 percent of the implementation is configuration rather than scripting and creating the connectors. It's quite easy to customize the solution. 

What needs improvement?

There are too many different user interfaces. For example, one is the designer and another is the manager. There's also a web interface and an object browser. It would be helpful to consolidate all of those into a single administrator portal. 

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used One Identity Manager for 10.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

One Identity is a stable product.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

One Identity is scalable. We deploy the solution for businesses of all sizes.

How are customer service and support?

I rate One Identity support nine out of 10. Most of our customers use One Identity's premier support. The main advantage is that they offer 24/7 service, so you can call them on Sunday evening if you need help. 

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I previously used SailPoint and OpenText.

How was the initial setup?

Deploying One Identity is straightforward and only takes a couple of days. After installation, you have to onboard the servers, databases, Windows operating systems, etc. The number of people needed during the deployment varies, depending on the size of the project. It is typically deployed at two or three locations. 

One Identity requires some daily maintenance to ensure that everything is working fine. We need to review the logs and extend the functionality for the customer. Sometimes, the client needs to make changes like connecting a new hub system connected, adding applications, changing the workflow, etc. 

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

One Identity's pricing is similar to that of other products. It might be a little more expensive, but you save time and implementation costs. It's cheaper to implement One Identity compared to Sailpoint and other solutions.

What other advice do I have?

I rate One Identity Manager 10 out of 10. I recommend doing a proof of concept before implementing the solution.

Which deployment model are you using for this solution?

On-premises
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