IBM Tivoli Access Manager [EOL] Reviews

Reverse proxy component, known as WebSEAL. It provides large number of authentication options that are out of the box.

I am a consultant and work on designing and implementing this tool for our customers. It has helped them to improve and control web and mobile application security.

This product is also available in the appliance offering which has not yet matured and has many issues. Most of the time application of fix-packs cause problems to existing functionality. Also, all the features of the product are not available in the appliance version. Lastly, there is huge room to improve the administration UI to make more user friendly.

10 years.

Deployment is quite easy, and the only issues that were faced were with fix pack applications afterwards.

Not really.

No issues encountered.

Customer Service:

Overall, it's decent. Many times it depends on the IBM support team member handling the customers' issue.

Technical Support:

Overall, it's decent. Many times it depends on the IBM support team member handling the customers' issue.

I have not used a different solution.

Initial set-up is straightforward.

It's one of the best available products of its class. Worth investing in.

• More productive work for employees: They do not have to spend time on resetting passwords or spend time with help desk calls
• Return on investment for companies: Many companies spend a lot of money on these help desk calls
• It is a good solution for anyone to take to their enterprise and get a buy in
• It is going to be more secure than the traditional password

• The Verify feature: A push method which customers are going for
• “Password-less” solution
• A very good demo to look at
• A very good solution to take to customers
• Solves a lot of the problems with help desk calls and password resets
• A very secure solution

I am pretty happy with the outcome so far this year. We have yet to hear from the customers. I have not updated it myself and I have not done any work with customers. Looking at their roadmap, they have a broad grasp of the security features which the industry needs.

I have not tested the stability yet. This is the first time that I have seen it. I cannot comment on the stability at this point.

I can’t comment about scalability. This is the first time that I have heard about this technology. I would like to learn more about this offering and then I will know how stable and scalable it is.

We haven’t used technical support yet. This solution has not yet been released. It is still just a demo and it is going to come out in the next few months.

I have been with this technology for over ten years. I have been following all the developments closely. I know that it is a good solution for customers to invest in.

My advice to colleagues is to try the solution.

When looking for a vendor, I want the following from them:

• A good understanding of the technology
• Knowledge of how it should be implemented
• Knowledge of the right way of doing things
• An understand of the roadmap for the next few years: This will make sure that customers do not have to make a U-turn later and redo things

• Junctions access control
• Transparency to the user

Provided more secure computing.

The whole product could be made into one suite instead of multiple components which are essentially a part of the same infrastructure.

Six years.

Yes, the deployment has many issues like: the sequence of components installation, connectivity and most of all, certificates.

Yes, the applications depend on each other to function. Each application becomes a single point of failure.

No issues encountered.

Customer Service:

8/10.

Technical Support:

8/10.

No solution was used previously.

Many components needed to be installed with even more prerequisites. Each component had a sequence to follow.

It was implemented by an in-house team.

We also looked at Siteminder.

Go for Siteminder.

• WebSEAL
• SSO

The WebSEAL reverse proxy is great for protecting your critical systems.

There is always room for improvement in all areas.

On and off for five years.

Yes, because there are so many moving parts it can often be difficult getting it right first time. Linux is more difficult than Windows but I feel Linux is more stable.

Not once it’s is installed.

No issues encountered.

Customer Service:

Good.

Technical Support:

Very good.

No previous solution used.

Complex. Like I mentioned, there are so many moving parts and I had issues with DB2 installation and patching it up to latest versions. This seems typical but others may have had better experiences.

Vendor. Their experience was phenomenal.

No other options evaluated.

Try to install a few times on various platforms to familiarise yourself with any issues.

Tivoli access manager enables integration with user session management and Web Sphere Data Power in web services and web 2.0 environments.Authentication and authorization management for online business initiatives and portals implementations are centralized.Access controls for .NET, Java, Exchange servers and Microsoft Share point implementations are also centralized.Capabilities of advanced security are enhanced to support strong, flexible authentifications and authentications based on risks as well as critical internet vulnerabilities.Malicious, fraudulent, accidental behavior by staff and internal users are high level security threats that are prevented by Tivoli access manager.It also delivers Web SSO that is consistent with users on heterogeneous systems.

You must be skilled to use Tivoli Access manager. I had to undergo training to use Tivoli access manager, which was another expense exclusive of the purchase, but it was worth it.

Tivoli access manager securely manages access to critical data and applications to businesses, as well as convenient and fast access to systems by authorized users. It consists of a user registry and an authorization service, that includes an authorization engine and database, as well as a resource manager. It has a family for e-business, enterprise SSO, and operating systems. I have used it for two years now.