Symantec Siteminder Other Solutions Considered

it_user558618 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Specialist IT Architect at Pramerica

I was not part of the discussion for shortlisting other vendors but I am aware that our company did perform some POCs and narrowed it down to CA SiteMinder.

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it_user558552 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Architect And Managing Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

They evaluated other options before choosing this one way before I was there. However, for example, there are other security and security engineering products that they're currently evaluating. Some of them are from CA, and some of the others are in-house. For example, privileged access is an important one and the company's talking to CA about Privileged Access. They have a product which is not really meeting their requirements today. Hopefully, the Privilege Access one will take care of that.

In choosing a vendor, the relationship is one of the most important factors. In today's world, everybody has the same features, so it’s the relationship that matters. It's not a vendor. It's a partnership. You develop that, and you're pretty much covered.

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it_user346686 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Manager at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We also looked at Oracle and SailPoint solutions. We looked for a solution that had good integration with other technologies in an enterprise organization. We also considered the simplicity of the product.

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it_user353934 - PeerSpot reviewer
Identity and Access Management Specialist at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

Not really. We use Ping, so we have products that do similar kinds of stuff. We used to use Tivoli, so we have some experience with that. Identity Manager's been used in the enterprise before. SiteMinder works a lot better for us just because we have a base of administrators who know how it works, ease of installation, and configuration.

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it_user778935 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Architect at Raymond James Financial, Inc.

We looked at a lot of vendors around it. We had looked at RSA, Ping, and a multitude of others, just on paper, so to speak.

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it_user778665 - PeerSpot reviewer
Design Engineer 5 at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

Ping and ForgeRock. In our company, because they are competitive and have an edge over SiteMinder, they are even considering going for ForgeRock or Ping. These companies are more flexible and are open source products, whereas SiteMinder is propriety. 

So unless we get into something, then we can't even go to open source and get the information. It is basically, we have to reach out to CA to get answers. 

That is what management is looking for. They want versatility, and when senior management looks for a product, they are looking at:

  • Can we customize a product? 
  • Can we add features? 

That is the thing that they're looking at, and they are finding Ping Identity, or Ping products, and ForgeRock products more appealing than SiteMinder.

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it_user345507 - PeerSpot reviewer
Program Manager at LS3 Technologies, Inc.

I always look for quality of services. CA have been OK so far, but not a slam dunk. We had one problem where they took forever to get back with us, but they eventually solved the problem fast.

My company also looked at IBM and Oracle, and I don't know why they chose CA.

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it_user344034 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Security at a tech company with 10,001+ employees

No other options were evaluated, it's just upgrades.

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it_user778860 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I would absolutely recommend they go with SiteMinder SSO. I have worked a little bit with some of the other products out there and they are not as easy to use, and they are definitely not as stable. Shibboleth is a competing free product. It is horrible. A lot of companies use it, but it is not fun.

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it_user558435 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees

I believe the one that we had fallen out with, a big third-party vendor, was still on the list but for nontechnical reasons, they were not really considered. I think there were two other vendors in the frame.

It's difficult to name the most important criteria when selecting a vendor like CA. In our minds, CA is a product company and not so much of a solution company. I think they have aspirations to be a solution company. Delivery of a solution, working with us on the requirements is quite important; understanding our problem and our space. Price is actually quite an issue with us. The new, modern world, cost constraints, especially in the financial services sector; we're all looking to improve margins in a tough climate. Cost is an important issue as well.

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it_user558408 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • We needed to implement secure access. CA is a leader in this area, so we went naturally with the best. We also chose CA because of the way they interact with customers, pitch new features to us, ask us for feedback, and provide us with support.
  • The product itself is easy to implement.
  • The login is super-responsive so that there is no lag before you can access the system. This provides a positive user experience. It is flawless. I log in once to my portal, and that's it. CA Single Sign-On takes care of everything else.
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it_user558636 - PeerSpot reviewer
Director of Project Management at a local government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We looked at some of the Microsoft tools, ADFS and those pieces. We also looked at Azure and all those; but ultimately, we wanted something one per miss. We wanted it to be a service so that we could expand. We wanted to be able to scale up at our pace; and that's really where the SSO product fit right in.

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it_user351696 - PeerSpot reviewer
Software Development Manager at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

Some years ago we had some other vendors early on. But we've got a pretty well-established build out with CA right now, so if we have some significant new functionality in the future, we'll certainly look at other vendors too.

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Sr. Manager at Duroob Technology
it_user558159 - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Security Analyst at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

We were looking for anything that would have satisfied our requirements.

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it_user572931 - PeerSpot reviewer
Service Delivery Manager at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

We knew we needed to invest in a new solution because, obviously, again, security is a main concern of a lot of clients. Generally, the solution is stable, it's one of the leaders in the market, and it was chosen to be implemented.

I think what we will be looking for when selecting a vendor is in terms of support, technical support, when there is an issue. I think that's a key component to us when we implement a product. We want to be able to deal with issues when they arise. Can we support it? That's what we will look for from a vendor.

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Systems-Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees

Not applicable.

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it_user351534 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead - Security Services Group at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

I think Oracle and IBM have similar products. For due diligence purposes, We occasionally take a look at other vendors and compare features, but so far we're happy with CA.

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it_user440760 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager, Operations at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

We looked at similar solutions from Oracle and IBM. However, CA was much better, in terms of its user-friendly nature and the cost.

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