I would recommend the solution to other users. The solution is easy to use, and our company helps customers implement the product. The solution's centralized policy management provides a simple GUI for the users or administrators to use. We have the right skill set to do third-party integrations very easily. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
I would recommend the solution to users based on their budget and requirements. We have features to enable the WAF policy. If you are using cookies and all, it is more secure. It's about the functionality you have enabled in your system. Using Federation is more secure than using an AWS solution. You have to enable that feature which is also enabled in Symantec SiteMinder. You have to check whether you have enabled it or not. Any product is easy to use if your fundamentals are strong. When we started using this product, we had to customize everything according to the application's requirements. Nowadays, most things are out of the box. From a user or administrative point of view, it's not very hard to learn to use Siteminder for the first time compared to Java and .NET. Overall, I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten.
Sr IAM/PAM Engineer at a retailer with 10,001+ employees
Real User
2021-12-15T02:32:00Z
Dec 15, 2021
I rate Siteminder an eight out of ten. Siteminder has good performance on specific use cases, so if your use cases align with those, then it's a good solution to go with. But it's always good to do research and see what alternative options are available and what they have to offer in comparison.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I would recommend the solution to others. If they want to have a secure, stable solution for a single sign-on that supports Java, ASP. Net, and most of the web-based applications, I encourage them to go with this product. However, a company must make sure that they have the right people to implement it properly.
Middleware System Engineer at a insurance company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-10-19T09:33:00Z
Oct 19, 2020
If you're thinking about implementing this solution, make sure you have the proper infrastructure. Also, try to negotiate the cost. On a scale from one to ten, I would give Symantec Siteminder a rating of eight. If they fixed some of the issues I mentioned, I would give them a higher rating. There's a lot of players out there that are only doing half of what Siteminder does, but they do it with the more advanced protocols.
Assistant General Manager at Tata Consultancy Services
Real User
2020-01-26T09:26:00Z
Jan 26, 2020
I'm an implementor, so I help clients implement the solution for their companies. We're still in the process of testing the solution. We're currently not providing services on it as we are still in the testing phase. So far, with a simple implementation of the SSO, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
Cyber Security Specialist at a manufacturing company with 11-50 employees
Real User
2020-01-12T07:22:00Z
Jan 12, 2020
My advice to anybody considering this solution is to always create their use cases so that they can do a complete and thorough POC before purchasing this solution. Do not force the implementation of these types of solutions. It was forced by the management without proper planning. I have learned that proper planning works best for these types of solutions because you have to integrate with different components of the network, in order to be successful. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Be sure to get your doubts clear on any product features, integration with other CA products, and other security products. I recently came across Okta, which also has cool features. Before implementing, ask a CA manager to provide you a list of use cases, which can help you in building/offering what you have in mind.
When you are looking for a security solution, products are there in the market, but you really don't want to go for a product that looks very beautiful from the front but has very bad stuff in the back end. One good thing is that CA has, I believe, that is has an edge. It allows me do a lot of what the customer is looking for, beyond the customer; beyond the product boundaries. They are certain things that we would not be able to do if this CA solution didn’t have this flexibility, and it's highly secure. It is a highly reliable solution to work with. We implemented the solution almost a year and a half ago and up until now, there has been no downtime. It is reliable; it is good; it is open for customization; it is open for integration. From my experience working with CA for almost 13 years, it’s a company. I'm not saying it’s specific to a solution. I'm talking about CA in general. It's a company with a solution and the company with the right solutions. I have explained the journey of how these solutions (not specifically CA SSO only, but their entire security suite, including Federated Identity Management) met the requirements: * The customer was looking to have a self registration and password reset portal for their organization but they don't want to leave this portal open and accessible to everyone without been authenticated. This was only challenge, which I have mentioned it. * Second solution, open for customization for security from different datasources. * Thirdly, localization of this solution. Eventually, if these solutions have only listed features and it works only what they present. For sure, we wouldn't be able to achieve it. There are critics and these critics help CA to build their good solutions. Extraordinary product; extraordinary flexibility to explore and meet the requirements of the customer.
Symantec® SiteMinder is designed to secure the modern enterprise through a unified access management platform that applies the appropriate authentication mechanism to positively identify users; provides single sign-on and identity federation for seamless access to any application; enforces granular security policies to stop unauthorized access to sensitive resources; and monitors and manages the entire user session to prevent session hijacking. Finally, Symantec SiteMinder is battle-tested...
I would recommend the solution to other users. The solution is easy to use, and our company helps customers implement the product. The solution's centralized policy management provides a simple GUI for the users or administrators to use. We have the right skill set to do third-party integrations very easily. Overall, I rate the solution an eight out of ten.
I would recommend the solution to users based on their budget and requirements. We have features to enable the WAF policy. If you are using cookies and all, it is more secure. It's about the functionality you have enabled in your system. Using Federation is more secure than using an AWS solution. You have to enable that feature which is also enabled in Symantec SiteMinder. You have to check whether you have enabled it or not. Any product is easy to use if your fundamentals are strong. When we started using this product, we had to customize everything according to the application's requirements. Nowadays, most things are out of the box. From a user or administrative point of view, it's not very hard to learn to use Siteminder for the first time compared to Java and .NET. Overall, I rate the solution a seven to eight out of ten.
Overall, I would rate the product an eight out of ten.
I rate Siteminder an eight out of ten. Siteminder has good performance on specific use cases, so if your use cases align with those, then it's a good solution to go with. But it's always good to do research and see what alternative options are available and what they have to offer in comparison.
I'd rate the solution at a nine out of ten. I would recommend the solution to others. If they want to have a secure, stable solution for a single sign-on that supports Java, ASP. Net, and most of the web-based applications, I encourage them to go with this product. However, a company must make sure that they have the right people to implement it properly.
I rate Symantec Siteminder an eight out of ten.
If you're thinking about implementing this solution, make sure you have the proper infrastructure. Also, try to negotiate the cost. On a scale from one to ten, I would give Symantec Siteminder a rating of eight. If they fixed some of the issues I mentioned, I would give them a higher rating. There's a lot of players out there that are only doing half of what Siteminder does, but they do it with the more advanced protocols.
I'm an implementor, so I help clients implement the solution for their companies. We're still in the process of testing the solution. We're currently not providing services on it as we are still in the testing phase. So far, with a simple implementation of the SSO, I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
My advice to anybody considering this solution is to always create their use cases so that they can do a complete and thorough POC before purchasing this solution. Do not force the implementation of these types of solutions. It was forced by the management without proper planning. I have learned that proper planning works best for these types of solutions because you have to integrate with different components of the network, in order to be successful. I would rate this solution a seven out of ten.
Be sure to get your doubts clear on any product features, integration with other CA products, and other security products. I recently came across Okta, which also has cool features. Before implementing, ask a CA manager to provide you a list of use cases, which can help you in building/offering what you have in mind.
When you are looking for a security solution, products are there in the market, but you really don't want to go for a product that looks very beautiful from the front but has very bad stuff in the back end. One good thing is that CA has, I believe, that is has an edge. It allows me do a lot of what the customer is looking for, beyond the customer; beyond the product boundaries. They are certain things that we would not be able to do if this CA solution didn’t have this flexibility, and it's highly secure. It is a highly reliable solution to work with. We implemented the solution almost a year and a half ago and up until now, there has been no downtime. It is reliable; it is good; it is open for customization; it is open for integration. From my experience working with CA for almost 13 years, it’s a company. I'm not saying it’s specific to a solution. I'm talking about CA in general. It's a company with a solution and the company with the right solutions. I have explained the journey of how these solutions (not specifically CA SSO only, but their entire security suite, including Federated Identity Management) met the requirements: * The customer was looking to have a self registration and password reset portal for their organization but they don't want to leave this portal open and accessible to everyone without been authenticated. This was only challenge, which I have mentioned it. * Second solution, open for customization for security from different datasources. * Thirdly, localization of this solution. Eventually, if these solutions have only listed features and it works only what they present. For sure, we wouldn't be able to achieve it. There are critics and these critics help CA to build their good solutions. Extraordinary product; extraordinary flexibility to explore and meet the requirements of the customer.