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    Acalvio ShadowPlex

    Score6.6 out of 10
    N/AAcalvio, headquartered in Santa Clara, invented breakthrough Deception Technology, based on 25+ issued patents, and integrated it with advanced AI to provide an autonomous deception solution, Acalvio ShadowPlex, designed to reduce attacker dwell time by early detection of advanced threats and increases SOC efficiency by sophisticated investigation and active threat-hunting capabilities. Partner integrations allow ShadowPlex to leverage customer's security ecosystem for rapid and comprehensive…N/A

    HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager

    Score8.6 out of 10
    N/AThe HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager provides role- and device-based network access control for employees, contractors and guests across multi-vendor wired, wireless and VPN infrastructures.N/A
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Acalvio ShadowPlexHPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.3
    (3 ratings)
    9.5
    (11 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.5
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    Usability
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    7.8
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    Availability
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    Support Rating
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    8.0
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    Ease of integration
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    Product Scalability
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    User Testimonials
    Acalvio ShadowPlexHPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Acalvio Technologies
    Acalvio shadowplex is a program with the benefit of having a totally innovative new technology for the protection of the network its users, once this program is executed it will manifest an artificial intelligence that will allow it to detect and rule out all threats to my work, I I recommend it for the effectiveness it has given us for a long time.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Aruba ClearPass is suited well for large enterprise networks with many connecting buildings and branches. Aruba ClearPass protects your endpoints from unauthorized or unknown devices accessing your network. You can apply policies that prevent devices from meeting the required policies in ClearPass. ClearPass will allow only authorized access for devices that are using the policies.
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    Pros
    Acalvio Technologies
    • One of the best things that I like about acalvio shadowplex is the most innovative solutions that it offers to have in our possession, there are few programs of this style that are capable of offering fully automated security.
    • This program increases the credibility of our work, this software protects one hundred percent of our most important information and the assets of my work and is not affected by any kind of virus on the web.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • You can use ClearPass authenticate using wired and wireless network devices. This is helpful that you don't have to have multiple systems to accomplish this.
    • Because devices can have different purposes Clearpass can configure groups that will specify what access they have. You can use parameters such as vendor or mac address so clearpass know what group to push them to.
    • It is very easy to view device logs. This is really helpful to troubleshoot auth issues. Once you find the device Clearpass provides more than enough info to know what the issue is and to fix it.
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    Cons
    Acalvio Technologies
    • One of the negative points that we have found in this program is, by far, its cost and payment plans that it offers to each of its new users, the truth is that the rate seems somewhat high to us.
    • It should be mentioned that the weight and size of this program can be very high, this is a problem because it compromises the space on my system and with other equally important programs.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • Going to the end of the page to edit the rules and save them later causes problems.
    • An AND operation can be performed within a rule, but an OR operation cannot. therefore having to write too many rules
    • The license structure seems very complex at first.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It's a great product, does what we expect from it however it's not easy to set up. You'll likely need an integrator to assist
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    Usability
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Though Aruba ClearPass offers a lot of insight and features, it is not the easiest to navigate. A lot of other systems can be figured out as you go, but Aruba ClearPass often requires a lot of research in order to set something up correctly. It's not always easy to find what you're looking for. Once you learn the basics, it becomes a lot more manageable, but it's definitely worth investing in some sort of training.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    We have it as a cluster
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    Performance
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It’s very responsive
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    Support Rating
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    This product has consistently provided the results needed from it and when issues arose, Aruba TAC was able to provide support effectively. In the previous question, I stated that Aruba Wireless is used as well. With those systems in place with ClearPass troubleshooting becomes much easier. I am sure other issues may arise if calling support while using another vendor for wireless such as Cisco, Juniper, etc.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    From my experience, ClearPass has been the best NAC server of all I've seen. Even though configuration is somewhat hard and it's hard to get training, once you learn how to configure it it works very well. The policies are very granular and scalable and the interface is a well-done web GUI that does not need any extra plugins installed, as some of Cisco's product require. There are many more options than with FortiNAC, and many more integration options. Also, troubleshooting and logging is good.
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    Scalability
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    It’s very reliable
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    Professional Services
    Acalvio Technologies
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    Got the job done
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    Return on Investment
    Acalvio Technologies
    • This program was designed to provide multiple autonomous solutions to each of its users immediately, in our case we are satisfied with the security that this program provides us every time we work.
    • We have the knowledge of working at least with different programs with the same shadowplex acalvio function, but none has been as effective as this one, since the level of technology allows it to be much more effective in ruling out any type of threat.
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    Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
    • ClearPass has streamlined everything so we don't have to have as many people managing our device auth systems.
    • Our Security team loves that ClearPass can deny unauthorized users and devices from the network. This alone has probably saved us a lot of money and headaches.
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