Which PAM tool do you prefer: CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, One Identity Safeguard, Delinea Secret Server, or BeyondTrust Privileged Remote A

Hi and thank you so much for the question. Here is a quick answer that I hope helps to understand the product and the integration. Active Roles is specially designed to remove the need for wide-spread permissions in AD and Safeguard for Privileged Passwords is designed to store privileged credentials. When they work together, layers of security are multiplied building on top of each other. This is very important in the banking industry as cybersecurity experts say that 90% of data breaches occur on account of phishing and 90% of employees have too much access. Instead of granting always on privilege, Active Roles manages the access when an account is not in use. When the account is checked out by a user, the process includes validating that the account can be checked out, an audit of the user, and how long the account is checked out. Once the user is done and checks the account back in Safeguard for Privilege Passwords changes the password so that the pass the hash attacks are mitigated. Thanks, and I hope this helps. 

We evaluated Sailpoint IdentityIQ before ultimately choosing CyberArk. Sailpoint Identity Platform is a solution to manage risks in cloud enterprise environments. It automates and streamlines the management of user identities, systems, data, and cloud services. It works great for Identity Access Management, specifically for cleaning up inactive and orphaned accounts. It has the joiner-mover-leaver feature. One of the features we like is the large availability of connectors for different applications and platforms. You can also recertify an account, which is very useful. It is well suited for large companies with lots of users and applications. However, for small companies, it might be a bit of an overkill. Sailpoint has a steep learning curve, so it is not for inexperienced users. Moreover, it doesn’t offer a lot of supporting documentation. It also doesn’t integrate well with other solutions. We chose CyberArk despite the cost because it works great for password management. CyberArk helps manage privileged accounts and service accounts, for example, when users need to connect remotely into systems. It is especially useful for IT staff to access their privileged accounts without having to remember the passwords every time - individually and even as a group. What we like the most about CyberArk is the ease of use and effectiveness in managing privileged accounts. For instance, it automatically changes the passwords for privileged accounts and reconciles and verifies passwords. New users can obtain secure credentials with minimal time and effort. The initial cost is high, which can be a bit of a stretch for small organizations. It also has high requirements for the initial setup and is difficult to customize. The performance could be faster. Conclusions While Sailpoint IdentityIQ is a very good privileged account solution, CyberArk is better suited for us because of its ease of use and efficiency in password management.

The two products are actually complimentary. Both companies have been very good about staying in their lanes and are their respective market leaders. CyberArk's PAM solution is aimed at protecting privileged accounts by providing features like vaulting, credential rotation, session monitoring and recording. They also have solutions for DevOps and Secrets management. SailPoint is an Identity Governance solution and actually manages CyberArk as an application the same way it manages accounts and privileges in SAP, AD, AAD and over 100 more applications. For CyberArk, it can add/change/delete users as well as create safes and assign users to those safes. At a user account certification time, it will show the CyberArk users and their associated privileges and allow the user's manager or other appropriate people to approve or revoke the privileged access.  SailPoint creates an Identity warehouse so that a user's accounts and entitlements are gathered, managed and reported on in a centralized manner. See Youtube for a quick explanation - SailPoint Identity Governance Integrates with CyberAek Privileged Access Security.  SailPoint does not provide the vault and session management functions that CyberArk does.

I am implementing Thycotic Secret Server (now Delinea) for my new company. This will be the second time I have implemented it.

As a cybersecurity professional, I would NEVER outsource a PAM solution anywhere outside of my company, no matter how beneficiary it could look at a first sight. In the end, it can cost you everything.

HI @DavidMateju​, Thanks for your response, can you let us know in more detail the reason for not outsourcing a PAM solution.