We performed a comparison between IBM Security Secret Server and Symantec Privileged Access Manager based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
"What I like best about IBM Security Secret Server is its single-access console. It's also easy to manage and fulfills the requirements with the least resistance."
"As a PAM solution, Secret Server performs all the use cases in our environment."
"Stability-wise, I think it is a very good solution."
"The live recording is a very useful feature."
"One of the most valuable features is scalability, and how it allows you to scale it without affecting the underlying core components."
"The two factor authentication, and the single most important capability was it supported PIV and CAC as one of the two factors. That was pretty huge for us."
"It is great for identity governance."
"We found that the architecture is scalable and very resilient."
"Stability is solid as a rock."
"It reduces the viral attacks on my website. It also allows certain users access to see what happens daily."
"It will provide us with more security."
"Transparent login for users of privileged IDs (Linux, Windows). This prevents sharing of the password because it is never seen."
"The interface is very friendly, colorful, and bold."
"What needs improvement in IBM Security Secret Server is support. The local partner provides good support, but IBM itself doesn't. Most of the time, the IBM support team does not aggressively resolve issues reported through chat or the IBM website."
"The nonclustered index is working in an area with a problem that needs improvement."
"The newer interface is more difficult to use than the previous one, and consequently, new users might need more training."
"It would be preferable if the full proxy was included in the IBM Security Secret Server."
"Secret Server should have the ability to discover privileged accounts in the servers, like the administrator or users, from SQL and Oracle without having to import a script."
"The management console could be improved."
"We have to do a lot of manual work to automate features."
"They should include some assignments in the test environment to explore the product's features."
"They need to have zero tier and active-active setup with zero minimum downtime, which they are working on it. "
"It's difficult to locate the reports, there are limits on what reports can be run from the GUI, and the report formats are lacking."
"I’m no fan of Java as an application front-end, as it tends to have issues depending on what browser one’s using."
"The setup is complex."
"What I hope happens with the new product CA PAM is to keep all the useful features that exist in PA, but what I’ve noticed with many new products is the UI gets polished but systems lags stability and performance or it adds additional complexity instead of simplifying the user experience."
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IBM Security Secret Server is ranked 13th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 7 reviews while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is ranked 18th in Privileged Access Management (PAM) with 50 reviews. IBM Security Secret Server is rated 8.2, while Symantec Privileged Access Manager is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of IBM Security Secret Server writes "User-friendly, granular features, and is simple to implement, but the technical support could be improved". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Privileged Access Manager writes "Allows IT and consultants to access the infrastructure environment but needs more security and better support". IBM Security Secret Server is most compared with Delinea Secret Server, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Delinea Privileged Access Service, whereas Symantec Privileged Access Manager is most compared with CyberArk Privileged Access Manager, Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine), BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management, ARCON Privileged Access Management and Delinea Secret Server. See our IBM Security Secret Server vs. Symantec Privileged Access Manager report.
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