We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Symantec Identity Governance and Administration based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Cisco, HPE Aruba Networking, Forescout and others in Network Access Control (NAC)."It's keeping our company safe from rogue devices connecting to our network. From a security standpoint, there's peace of mind knowing that every device that connects is a good one."
"The most valuable feature is AnyConnect Posture because it scans all the programs on the workstation and checks if the antivirus is up to date, as well as the cryptographic keys on our SSD."
"I've had no issues with scalability. I started using it on two campuses, and now I'm using it across the country and scaling it across subsidiaries in other countries."
"The biggest value of ISE is that it can get so granular with gaming systems, versus IoT and BYOD."
"Cisco offers automation, visibility, and control as well as third party integration capabilities."
"I like the logging feature."
"The live logs and live sessions for troubleshooting are the most valuable features because they provide a detailed report of any issues."
"I like the automation of the collection of information."
"It's a very useful tool that has improved our client's security, from day one."
"The scalability potential is there if a company needs to expand."
"The most valuable aspects of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration are all the features, it is the most complete solution on the market. It has features, such as scanners and portals, it has everything."
"I like that it is easy to diagnose. It has a version of a virtual appliance so we can download it, run it, configure it, and it would take about 10 to 15 minutes to configure the cluster or so."
"It offers a nice price. It's mid-range."
"The solution is easy to scale."
"The product is relatively easier to use than other identity management products."
"There are many valuable features within the solution. The product is easy to customize. It’s also highly secure."
"I would like to see integration with other vendors, and the RADIUS integration needs to be improved a little bit."
"I would like for the next release to be easier to implement and to limit its dependencies around ISE, Windows, the network as a whole, etc."
"One of the issues that we used to have was with profiling because we're working with a service provider that uses a lot of bring your own devices."
"The customer server was great but it would have been better for me if they had support in other languages such as Spanish."
"I'm working from China currently and the only real issue is that, within the country, there's some concern around Cisco and its ability to offer the solution for the long term. As the United States has banned the Huawei version in their country, we feel there may be retaliation in ours and Cisco will get banned as a countermeasure from the government. The future of Cisco in China is in question. Our local partners are worried about the situation."
"The policies could be adjusted to make them more easily implementable."
"I would like to see them simplify the dashboard. It's very configurable, but, at the same time, it's not easy to maneuver through it. They should "Merakify" it."
"I believe that Cisco can improve the way its policies are built because it's a little complex."
"Reporting could be improved."
"There are several areas for improvement in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration. They have no proper documentation on how to do backups. They also have a lengthy workflow process where we have to make some configurations to manage automation in the rules and in our tasks which takes time. We have to manually configure all the configuration files, and we cannot export users because there's no export system in Symantec Identity Governance and Administration. What we'd like to see in the next release of the solution is for them to make configuration and integration with other systems their top priorities. We have many API systems to manage, so hopefully, if they make these enhancements shortly, we can directly connect with our API systems when using Symantec Identity Governance and Administration."
"We would like to see integration with analytics. Also, for them to be more efficient regarding discovering and implementing new rules."
"Identity Manager has a lack of entitlement support, unlike other products that I have worked with."
"The development process to create this connector is not as easy as I would like."
"The reporting functions."
"Although the capabilities are there, the user interface needs to be redesigned and the opportunities for integration should be improved."
"The support from Symantec Identity Governance and Administration could improve."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Network Access Control (NAC) with 137 reviews while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is ranked 20th in Identity Management (IM) with 65 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Symantec Identity Governance and Administration writes "Works well on-premises and has partial capabilities but lacks many feaures". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas Symantec Identity Governance and Administration is most compared with SailPoint IdentityIQ, AlertEnterprise Enterprise Guardian, SAP Identity Management, Microsoft Identity Manager and BeyondTrust Endpoint Privilege Management.
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