AWS IAM Identity Center vs Symantec Siteminder comparison

"We efficiently use AWS to create multiple user privileges and permissions, making it very scalable and supportive of our clients' operations."

"The most valuable feature is the security configuration ease, which is great for me, especially as a beginner."

"The most valuable features of AWS IAM Identity Center are role-based permissions and existing permissions templates."

"Overall, IAM Identity Center is a great service, currently rated at nine out of ten."

"IAM Identity Center provides micro-level control over resources, services, and users, allowing organizations to grant specific access and privileges safely."

"I highly recommend AWS IAM Identity Center to new users, especially for storage and deployment services like EC2, which are cost-efficient and scalable."

"The most valuable feature of AWS IAM Identity Center is the ability to provide a structured approach to access management through a single dashboard."

"AWS IAM Identity Center offers a secure and centralized way to manage access and permissions."

"That seamless integration significantly improves user experience and efficiency."

"The feature that I mostly valued is the ease of installation on different systems, especially on Windows."

"IWA is an out-of-the-box feature. The SAML-based federation is standard for all tools. However, CA Single Sign-On has made the federation configuration way too simple and handy to set up and use."

"It's quite scalable."

"It is very scalable. We have a very large customer base: 75 million customers."

"The Directory is secure. It's our user store, and it's important to keep our members safe. The product does well with that."

"If you look at our organization, and really all financial institutions, we have a lot of legacy apps. So it really helps to get Single Sign-On."

"The most valuable feature is the integration with the Active Directory."

"Focusing on further allowing customization and flexibility in developing solutions as a solution architect or developer would enhance user experience."

"Integrating AWS IAM Identity Center with other applications sometimes presents challenges."

"IAM is challenging to manage in complex environments. Enhancements could include automation tools or a centralized dashboard for managing roles and policies across multiple accounts, simplifying the process."

"The initial setup isn't very easy, around four on a scale of one to ten. It permits setting up policies that might not be entirely secure if improperly configured, which can lead to issues later."

"In the product, two groups cannot have the same name...In general, the tool does not allow for the duplication of names."

"Greater visualization for security policies would be beneficial."

"I have opened support tickets and received responses, although not always resolving my queries fully. I would appreciate a live chat option with technical support for quicker resolutions."

"For AWS services in general, I had trouble creating an S3 bucket due to a repetitive error message regarding existing names."

"The initial setup of Symantec SiteMinder was a bit tricky. I would rate it a seven on a scale of one to ten, where ten indicates an easy setup."

"The GUIs are not very clear, especially when integrating with other products from CA."

"Some of the new protocols, like OAuth 2.0, could be improved."

"The main thing is we do not have the traceability and good monitoring that CA can provide us to capture problems when they occur."

"The maintenance cost has increased significantly, and we are concerned about this."

"The Federation part of CA Single Sign On, it's a bit complex to implement because it involves the SSL certificates, exchange of certificates, and lot of technical details. The documentation misses some important parts of this, so that's the reason it took some time for us to go live."

"In future releases, I would like to see maybe more capabilities with some more modern authentication."

"All the problems that we reported actually have never been resolved. We could not capture enough information for CA to be able to debug the problem."

"The product is cheap since it is available on the cloud."

"The licensing is fair for this solution."

"The price is quite comparable to the other enterprise-level solutions in that market."

"Symantec Siteminder is expensive; they could definitely do better on the price."

"I recommend conducting a PoC on every available product before choose one."

"The pricing is reasonable."

"CA solutions are generally expensive but for the customer the ROI is big."

"Siteminder is a little costly. You pay for licensing, and they offer packages, so if you have less users, then you have to buy different products at different prices. If you have more of a user base, then the package is different. They also include other features—for example, if you have a database and you're using Siteminder, then it's good to use a Semantic-specific database, but if you are using less, then you have to purchase the database separately. Whereas if you are going for a bigger license, then it comes within the package. It depends on which plan you are using."

"The solution's pricing is competitive."