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 most valuable thing in ISE is the adoption of EAP deep that came in [version] 2.7, so we can do authentication based on user and machine certificates in one authentication."
"It works as a good RADIUS server. It has lots of features. It works with all the proprietary Cisco AB pairs and features."
"The solution is very reliable."
"Technical support is okay."
"The integration with Active Directory is the most valuable feature for us."
"Cisco ISE is a powerful solution. It gives us the ability to control who's accessing our network, and Cisco has made it very easy."
"For me, the TACACS feature is the most valuable. I have also used Cisco ISE with LDAP, not with Active Directory. That works for me because I prefer LDAP versus Active Directory."
"The return on investment we have seen is related to time in terms of troubleshooting. The logs, such as the security logs, inform us of the issues that people have had. ISE has been very instrumental in helping isolate those issues. We've seen a lot of cost savings because we don't have to pay an IT person to waste time doing something that should be instantaneous."
"It has good endpoint support and endpoint connectivity to different versioning endpoints."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"It offers a nice price. It's mid-range."
"It is easy to use, and does not requires an extensive programming or development background."
"The most valuable aspects of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration are all the features, it is the most complete solution on the market. It has features, such as scanners and portals, it has everything."
"When comparing it to other products, you can set up CA IAM in a PoC very quickly to demonstrate its provisioning capabilities."
"It's a very useful tool that has improved our client's security, from day one."
"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."
"Segmentation can be improved."
"The admin interface is really slow. It's horrible."
"The installation is not straightforward, it took us approximately one month."
"It would be nice if it could be configured easily by default."
"The web UI should be made similar to the one in DNAC."
"The software is a little bit complicated to understand in the beginning, meaning the implementation. It needs proper documentation so that we can understand the options more easily."
"There are still some bugs in ISE that need to be worked out."
"There can be a little bit more integration between the controller management and ISE. There are two dashboards, you have the controller dashboards, and you have the ISE dashboard it would is a way to maybe integrate that into one. That would be great. It's not that bad. It would be easier if it could be combined into one dashboard."
"The directory has room for improvement. Also, the dashboards and, in particular, the KPI dashboard that shows the current user’s information needs reworking."
"They should easier and better integration with other software."
"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."
"The product's technical support could be better."
"Integration capabilities with other solutions and formats, including JSON, could be improved."
"There are times that it takes too long to generate reports and to run the assessment tools to collect the information."
"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."
"The support from Symantec Identity Governance and Administration could improve."
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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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