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We performed a comparison between Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, Gemalto Protiva, and RSA Adaptive Authentication based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

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"Valuable features include the robust SSO features, when you have more complicated authentication within an organization. We can mix AD, Radius, Portal, SSO Portals (Google, etc.), and build our own environment. It is very flexible.""The feature I value the most is the one-time passwords because it helps to authenticate users so you know the timing of their usage.""I work a lot with Fortinet products and I call the support often. They are very quick to respond and the support is very good.""The most valuable feature is the flexibility in using the SMS messages.""FortiAuthenticator is easy to use.""It keeps track of users and their IPs no matter where they are in the network. When users roam, we don't have to worry about not mapping them to an IP.""It reduces the need for network administrator intervention by allowing the user to perform their own registration and resolve their own password problems and issues.""FortiAuthenticator is really good software that integrates very well with Fortinet products."

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"The most valuable feature for us is the ability to use Active Directory groups as virtual containers instead of domains because it means that we can control our access groups better."

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"Risk Engine’s risk score, eFN, GeoIP, and device binding all coming together in the Policy Rules to decide when to escalate to MFA.""The capability to manage your business policy related to security when required without vendor involvement.""Ingestion of logs and raising alert space on those logs are the most valuable features.""Our customer are seeing value from the product, as they experience cost reductions. They can stop fraud from their customers, then their customers can have a better experience from their services.""The most valuable feature is the stock tokens. That works the best for us."

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Cons
"I would like to see integration and customization capabilities with the end-user portal to solve authentication issues with diverse implementation scenarios.""The speed of deployment on the cloud could be improved. It took a few days when it should have been just two days""The product must provide full support for third-party FIDO security keys.""For improvement, Fortinet needs to ensure that they provide quick support to users...Fortinet sometimes needs to respond to users facing issues within an hour.""I would like to see more support from Fortinet with tech support people who have as much expertise on the authenticator as they do on their firewalls.""The GUI has some shortcomings and can be made better. The GUI is not great.""It would be helpful to receive a code by yourself for authentication instead of it registered to a phone.""We had issues trying to integrate the keys properly during the initial setup."

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"The user interface needs improvement."

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"I would like to see a more adaptive type of solution, something that we could use on our web pages...""RSA Adaptive Authentication lacks a mechanism to verify the identity of a new user in the Enrollment event workflow.""Reporting modules is one of the major areas that can be improved further.""The product is basically unusable. We need better ease of use; it's overly complicated.""Better filters when searching for events. The current features for current filters when searching fraud events are not very comprehensive. You can only filter by certain fields in the transaction.""It has taken years to implement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "I would start off with a VM including the base license and scale according to the number of users you need to authenticate."
  • "You can pay as you go with them. You purchase a base license and add to it as needed."
  • "The product could be more competitively priced."
  • "It costs more to license the high-availability option."
  • "The licensing structure is cost-effective for us compared to some of the other solutions that have recurring monthly costs."
  • "FAC is an affordable solution for Middle Range (200E/400E) and also needs a package of mobility agents (2,000) perpetual."
  • "The cost of the license could be less expensive. The license is paid on a yearly basis."
  • "We pay for licensing on a yearly basis."
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  • "This is a cost-effective solution compared to some other products out there."
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  • "You may need to opt for second best if funding is low and the number of users is huge. However, the pricing is able to be negotiated if your user figures are huge."
  • "Keep the proxy service layer on premises. That consumes SaaS security services on the back-end."
  • "Customers need to deploy the solution in a very expensive infrastructure. RSA should should think about a less expensive infrastructure for customers because the solution costs around $100,000, and the infrastructure needed to support that solution may be even more expensive than that price."
  • "The pricing is $50 per head, yearly."
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    Overview

    Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is the primary secure point of approved access into the Fortinet network, authorizing users, reviewing access permissions, and relaying the information to all Fortigate devices for comparison with identity-based protocols. Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is a top-ranked authorization and SSO solution.

    Appropriate secure access is fundamental to every role in an enterprise ecosystem. It is an integral function of every organization to ensure that every access and privilege is secure and to mitigate any possible risk to an organization. Approved users should only have access to the necessary information when they need it, from the appropriate location(s) to safeguard an organization's security at all times.

    Fortinet FortiAuthenticator is available as an appliance, virtual machine, or in the cloud.

    Fortinet FortiAuthenticator Methods

    • FSSO: FortiAuthenticator Single sign-on user will easily identify users and assign role or group access based on preset identity-based protocols. FortiAuthenticator integrates well with third-party LDAP or active directories, is very flexible, and combines these methods to provide effective security.

    • Active Directory Polling: Active directory access is securely identified by consistent polling of domain controllers. As users log in, username, IP address, and other details are logged into the database and can be shared across devices as directed by FortiAuthenticator protocols.

    • FortiAuthenticator Portal and Widgets: If a user system does not support AP polling, or for other reasons it is not feasible, FortiAuthenticator offers a unique secure authentication portal. Users can be manually authenticated and, to diminish the effect of numerous logins, an intuitive set of widgets is available to integrate into an organization's ecosystem that will automatically grant access to users when they access the organization's intranet homepage.

    • RADIUS Accounting Login: For organizations that use RADIUS authentication, RADIUS Accounting is available for user identification. This process will prompt user access information (IP and group, etc.) and eliminate the need for multiple levels of authentication.

    Reviews from Real Users

    Ernesto C., Presales Engineer at a comms service provider, shares,

    ”Key Features and Benefits

    1. Two-factor/OTP Authentication with FortiToken: Enforce user-based policies. Fortitoken is available in soft and hard versions for flexible usage. Most Valuable in Mobile Phones App for OTP.
    2. Integration with LDAP and AD: This solution integrates with existing enterprise systems and technologies from diverse vendors of user information management systems.
    3. LPAD/AD/RADIUS/SYSLOG/KERBEROS/REST API/FSSO and Web Portals: There is flexible integration with these services.
    4. It is usable in network, WAN, wireless, and VPN Scenarios.
    5. The domain and guest-users support are good.”

    Ibrahim M., Senior Network & Security Engineer at a tech services company, relates, "The initial setup is a valuable point on Fortinet products. Most of the time, putting the theory into practice on the devices is quite friendly and straightforward. As long as you can read English you can find your way around the solution and make it work. This is a high value point on Fortinet - the way everything is laid out in the web UI is user-friendly and quite straightforward. The UI is quite simple."




    Protiva is a strong authentication platform that was developed to incorporate the strengths of Gemalto's smart card technology. It consists of a family of smart card-based user authentication devices, a browser plug-in, an authentication and customer care server and a self-service user care portal.
    RSA Adaptive Authentication is a risk-based two-factor authentication solution providing cost-effective protection for an entire user base. Adaptive Authentication secures online portals, SSL VPNs, and web access management portals for different types of organizations in the healthcare, insurance, enterprise, government, financial services, and other industries. Based on the transparent two-factor authentication technology, Adaptive Authentication works behind the scenes to authenticate end users and transactions based on individual end user and device profiles. In addition, Adaptive Authentication uses the RSA Risk Engine to estimate the level of risk for the specific activity and uses information collected from the RSAeFraudNetwork (a cross-organization, cross-application, cross-border online fraud network) to identify fraudulent activities. The Policy Manager determines what actions must be performed, depending on the risk score and other parameters.
    Sample Customers
    Black Gold Regional Schools, Amadeus Hospitality, Jefferson County, Chunghwa Telecom, City of Boroondara, Dimension Data
    Exostar, Sunrise Health Region, Baker Tilly, Seattle Children's, SEW-Eurodrive
    ADP, Ameritas, Partners Healthcare
    Top Industries
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    Computer Software Company28%
    Comms Service Provider16%
    Healthcare Company8%
    Computer Retailer4%
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    Computer Software Company20%
    Comms Service Provider10%
    Government8%
    Manufacturing Company7%
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    Financial Services Firm47%
    Computer Software Company13%
    Healthcare Company6%
    Retailer4%
    Company Size
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    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise26%
    Large Enterprise17%
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    Small Business31%
    Midsize Enterprise19%
    Large Enterprise50%
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    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise86%
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    Small Business16%
    Midsize Enterprise7%
    Large Enterprise78%
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