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Microsoft Secure Score vs RSA Archer comparison

 

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Executive Summary
 

Categories and Ranking

Microsoft Secure Score
Ranking in IT Vendor Risk Management
7th
Average Rating
9.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
RSA Archer
Ranking in IT Vendor Risk Management
2nd
Average Rating
8.0
Reviews Sentiment
5.8
Number of Reviews
38
Ranking in other categories
GRC (1st), IT Governance (1st)
 

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2024, in the IT Vendor Risk Management category, the mindshare of Microsoft Secure Score is 1.9%, down from 3.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of RSA Archer is 11.7%, down from 12.4% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Featured Reviews

Karim Zaki - PeerSpot reviewer
Stable product with a valuable identity feature
The product helps us with incorporating a mix of industry standards such as ISO and company-specific benchmarks. It amalgamates best practices for various aspects, including devices, applications, identities, workloads, and configurations Microsoft Secure Score's most valuable feature is…
Raviteja Nekkanti - PeerSpot reviewer
User-friendly, minimal learning curve and good for security assessment
My use case is for security assessment. It's my daily task. I use it for security assessment in Azure. We have tickets where users need to submit details about an application, computer, or server. For Archer, my direct task is to assess the security risk of an application, infrastructure, or…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"Microsoft Secure Score's most valuable feature is identity."
"First of all, its access control feature where it provides application level access, solution level access, and even recall access, as well."
"Flexible record permissions and data import features."
"Easy to implement with a high level of automation."
"Archer has simplified our security audits. It's made it easier to raise and trigger questionnaires to customers."
"The Advance Workflow feature simplifies things."
"The product is very flexible."
"The solution has improved my organization by having everything combined to a single platform."
"The part I liked about Archer was the risk assessment for deficiencies and being able to use it there."
 

Cons

"They could indicate whether a recommendation aligns with different compliance standards."
"There is no inbuilt alert in Archer to let us know that a data feed has failed or did not run for different reasons. So, we don't even get to know that a feed has not run until somebody reports it to us. This has been a problem all the time. Data feeds have always been a big headache for us because there is no feature to let us know if a feed has not run or has failed. If Archer had a feature to send us an email notification when a feed has failed, it would've been very helpful. This is the reason why our users are slowly moving away to another platform. Some of the modules that I have been managing are being moved to ServiceNow. Next year, a lot of our modules will be moved from RSA Archer to ServiceNow, and the data feed issue has been one of the main reasons."
"It would be nice if RSA Archer featured more customization. When customers are updating, they should be notified whether certain updates are optional. The install screen should not proceed to the next page unless we make some selections about which updates we want to install."
"Some of the error reporting isn't very clear. When you're looking for information on error codes, you got to do a lot of digging."
"RSA Archer's best features are advanced workflow, reports, dashboards, and notifications."
"The ticket handling process could be improved."
"There should be a way to export and get data from the system in PDF or PowerPoint presentation format. This would be a great addition."
"When we have to do formulas or some other type of calculation in Archer, it sometimes doesn't work correctly. The fields don't display right, and we have to contact RSA Archer support to fix things. I think the calculation components are a bit complicated."
"GUI could be improved."
 

Pricing and Cost Advice

"The product pricing is reasonable."
"RSA Archer's price is justifiable and not as expensive, compared to ServiceNow. I have heard that the licensing for ServiceNow is much more expensive. I'm unaware whether there are any additional costs after licensing fees."
"The solution's price should be reduced. You only have to pay the license and there are no additional fees."
"The license is costly for the solution, but the remaining set up and maintenance is quite cheaper."
"It is not expensive. It is reasonable. We only pay for the licensing."
"As I am a developer and responsible for providing production support, I do not have personal knowledge of the pricing. However, my colleagues claim that it is very expensive in comparison with other tools."
"Fairly highly-priced, especially for smaller companies."
"The price of RSA Archer is good. The price isn't too high considering it is a leading tool in the market."
"The pricing is okay. The licensing costs are very reasonable; it is very affordable to us."
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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews
Manufacturing Company
15%
Financial Services Firm
14%
Insurance Company
10%
Computer Software Company
9%
Educational Organization
52%
Financial Services Firm
12%
Computer Software Company
5%
Manufacturing Company
4%
 

Company Size

By reviewers
Large Enterprise
Midsize Enterprise
Small Business
No data available
 

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Microsoft Secure Score?
Microsoft Secure Score's most valuable feature is identity.
What needs improvement with Microsoft Secure Score?
Microsoft Secure Score's user interface and export feature need improvement. We are not able to export the overall security score at the moment. I have to use PowerShare in the background to encoun...
What do you like most about RSA Archer?
It has various valuable features. For example, showing us if a control aligns with specific standards or frameworks helps us understand it better and verify its compliance.
What needs improvement with RSA Archer?
The user interface needs work. There are many small text boxes, like credit card size's boxes, where we need to input a lot of text. You can't see what you're typing beyond the tiny window, so you ...
What is your primary use case for RSA Archer?
We primarily use the system control module and specific IT control models for ongoing risk assessment activities. We use it on a day-to-day basis.
 

Also Known As

MS Secure Score
Archer
 

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Sample Customers

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T-Systems, Bridge Point, Equifax, First Data, Global Imaging Company, Manulife Financial
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