We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Symantec Identity Governance and Administration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Fortinet and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."The solution cuts down on the repercussions of getting malware or ransomware."
"It has allowed us to pull in multiple authentication databases, then centralize them into a captive portal system."
"There is good integration with third-party systems like antivirus patch management, MDM."
"One of the advantages is that you can easily find rogue endpoints. For example, if you don't want to allow any endpoints where you don't know the people plugging into what kind of devices, ISE can give you a big, clear picture, e.g., what kind of endpoints are getting connected to your network. That is one of the advantages."
"I have found that all of the features are valuable. It is very easy to deploy because we are able to port users directly from Active Directory (AD) and LDAP."
"The most valuable feature is the ASDM - the user interface makes it very easy to configure the firewall."
"The WiFi portal in Cisco ISE is very useful for WiFi customers."
"After the product was installed, no one could access the secure connection network. In order for any laptop or any endpoint device to attach to my network, it needs to be authorized or be certified to be connected."
"It has good endpoint support and endpoint connectivity to different versioning endpoints."
"The product’s most valuable feature is flexibility. It can be customized as per the customer’s requirements."
"The scalability potential is there if a company needs to expand."
"Using the implementation guide, I was able to implement the solution with ease."
"It has improved our user management. It is definitely streamlined."
"There are many valuable features within the solution. The product is easy to customize. It’s also highly secure."
"What I found most valuable in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is its simple GUI. It's also easy to deploy compared to other products. With other products, you have to install the Windows version inside the Windows machine on all units, but with Symantec Identity Governance and Administration, it can work offline, so the solution is a little bit easier than other systems."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"Sometimes, there are instances when Cisco ISE simply fails to function without any apparent reason, and regardless of the investigation we undertake, the logs indicate that everything is functioning properly, making it somewhat inexplicable."
"Adding new devices was a little cumbersome. I haven't done it that many times, but I remember that adding new devices to the authentication piece of it was a little cumbersome. The way I was shown to do it, I thought it was odd because we had to go into the active device, copy the file down, export it, make some changes to it, and then reimport it as opposed to being able to click it and having a template to fill out."
"The web UI should be made similar to the one in DNAC."
"With the recent release of the solution, we had a bunch of bugs and we had to delay our deployment. Other than that, the solution is good."
"Deploying to a machine, as opposed to a dedicated appliance, can be a bit difficult."
"An issue with the product is it tends to have a lot of bugs whenever they release a new release."
"It would be nice if it could be configured easily by default."
"Whenever we see the authentication logs, we can't see what device we're logging into... We can see who logged in, but we can't see the IP address of the device... I'm sure that's available. We just haven't figured out how to properly deploy it."
"The development process to create this connector is not as easy as I would like."
"We would like to see integration with analytics. Also, for them to be more efficient regarding discovering and implementing new rules."
"Reporting could be improved."
"The Identity tool needs to do more kinds of reporting for audit purposes. It doesn't really track any of the metrics that are useful to us, at this point."
"Symantec is only on-premises, not on the cloud."
"The support from Symantec Identity Governance and Administration could improve."
"A better information display for the approvals within the workflow would give them more information and the ability to comment back on a request as to why they're rejecting it. We've been telling them we'd like this improvement, and we hope to see it."
"I find the API boring. I also faced issues while integrating with CA SSO."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 138 reviews while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is ranked 20th in Identity Management (IM) with 65 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration writes "Works well on-premises and has partial capabilities but lacks many feaures". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is most compared with SailPoint Identity Security Cloud, AlertEnterprise Enterprise Guardian, SAP Identity Management, Microsoft Identity Manager and One Identity Manager.
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