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ARCON Privileged Access Management pros and cons

Vendor: ARCON
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Session recording, covering both compliance and in-house applications, is the most valuable feature.
Logging capabilities, including screen recording for Windows RDP sessions and command-logging for SSH sessions, enhance accountability and security.
The Password Vault automates credential management, providing secure storage and encryption.
Technical support is highly rated, complementing the ease of deployment and user satisfaction.
ARCON Privileged Access Management is continually enhanced based on client feedback and industry trends.

CONS

ARCON Privileged Access Management should support the SQL Always On platform with FQDN name instead of IP.
There is a need for improvement in dashboards for visibility of password compliance status when a password is opened from the vault.
It supports only Internet Explorer for accessing the client manager online, which limits browser compatibility.
The support team should be more technical and respond to open queries within a set time limit.
Managing users is difficult, and the deployment process is complex due to a lack of documentation.
 

ARCON Privileged Access Management Pros review quotes

SB
Security Consultant and Cybersecurity Support at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 18, 2018
Session recording is the most valuable feature, as it covers compliance and it also covers our in-house applications.
it_user822438 - PeerSpot reviewer
Windows System Engineer
Feb 19, 2018
Logging, particularly screen recording for Windows RDP sessions. Also, command-logging for SSH sessions. This really helps us to see what commands/changes have been executed in a particular service at a given point of time, and by whom.
it_user826695 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT and Infosec Professional
Feb 26, 2018
The video logs help us to identify any misuse of privileged accounts.
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it_user864609 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT-Security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 29, 2018
After storing the administrator password in this password vault of the solution, the solution can automatically go and change the password based on the defined frequency with the defined complexity.
Consulta3e37 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jun 27, 2018
With this log available, we can drill down to the activities performed by the people within our kiosk. There is a great feature where in the case of Unix servers, we have our own text-based logs. In the case of Window's server, we cannot create a text-based log, so our kiosk takes the screenshot or picture of the screen when I am working. It does this every three seconds.
AK
Senior Officer- Information Security at a insurance company with 201-500 employees
Jun 28, 2018
It was very easy for us to move this application and database from on-premise to cloud, as well as configure new things, such as load balancing. The product is very compatible.
HeadOfIn0e84 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Information Security & Risk Assurance at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 1, 2018
It gives us a lot of comfort in terms of security level. Our infrastructure devices and servers are secured and nobody can have unauthorized access to them.
RG
Manager, RPA at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 10, 2018
For compliance, each change I do, in each of the servers, is clearly recorded. We recently faced an audit and this was an awesome feature. Even our auditor had praise for it saying, "This is really a good feature."
PY
Information Security Professional at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 23, 2018
One important feature is the administrator access, mainly for Windows machines as well as Linux machines. It is important for us because there is accountability associated with each user ID. And the recordings are also helpful.
SystemsEa521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 9, 2018
Previously, we had to go through some effort to change the credentials of our devices. The process was subject to human error... For things like managing credentials, some kind of register had to be maintained. With the Password Vault of ARCON, all these processes are automated. The credentials are changed, as per the schedule. The information is encrypted, kept in our vault, and sent to all the email addresses within the ARCON solution itself.
 

ARCON Privileged Access Management Cons review quotes

SB
Security Consultant and Cybersecurity Support at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Feb 18, 2018
It should support the SQL Always On platform with FQDN name instead of IP.
it_user822438 - PeerSpot reviewer
Windows System Engineer
Feb 19, 2018
The product is browser dependent. As of now, it only works on Internet Explorer from the client side. Admins cannot use any other browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc.) to access the client manager online.
it_user826695 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT and Infosec Professional
Feb 26, 2018
We expect improvement in the dashboards to provide visibility of password compliance status, whenever a password is opened from the vault. Also, flexibility to customize the live dashboard.
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it_user864609 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head IT-Security at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Apr 29, 2018
One thing which needs improvement is where it is keeping video logs of Windows Servers, whatever activities are being carried out by the administrator. Because Windows logs are a video, they are unsearchable, so if you need to search for a specific administrator and what he has done on a server, right now you need to go through different video logs of that particular timeframe. I think they are coming up with an additional feature where in it can be indexed and can be searchable.
Consulta3e37 - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Jun 27, 2018
The auto-password change feature which was recently added. It is supposed to change the password. However, in some cases, while changing the password, it has caused me to lose to connection due to network-related issues or something similar. What we need to have is a type of log for failure of password change.
AK
Senior Officer- Information Security at a insurance company with 201-500 employees
Jun 28, 2018
For the in-house built applications, they need to provide good, solid access through their portal.
HeadOfIn0e84 - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Information Security & Risk Assurance at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees
Jul 1, 2018
This product is lacking in terms of dashboarding analytics and should have user behavior analytics. It should also have better dashboarding for executive management and security managers, which this product is missing.
RG
Manager, RPA at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees
Jul 10, 2018
There are no APIs readily available... I'm working on automation for ARCON so that whatever the ARCON administrator is doing will be automated, rather than having to do it manually. For that, I had to spend months to get the API developed myself. Having that handy out of the box, that would really help...
PY
Information Security Professional at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Aug 23, 2018
It should be browser-agnostic and, frankly, it is working well on Internet Explorer. It should work on popular browsers like Mozilla and Firefox.
SystemsEa521 - PeerSpot reviewer
Systems Engineer at a tech services company with 10,001+ employees
Sep 9, 2018
Currently, we can manage only the SSH or RDP connections, but there are many more devices that are present, apart from our SSH and RDP. We want all this to be part of the ARCON solution. For the password management, they should increase the pool of supported devices, they should have more connectors.