BeyondTrust Privileged Identity (Legacy) vs. Venafi Control Plane for Machine Identities

Works great in a Wiindows/Linux environments. Easy to roll out and especially easy to update. Account manager stays in touch often. Monthly training on the product is a plus.

Venafi allows an engineer to automate the full provisioning process not only installing the certificate to multiple applications but also configuring specific requirements for that application.

Incentivized

• Manage local accounts of workstations and servers.
• The web interface is easy for users of RED to use.
• The shared password list is a very nice feature that allows users to store credentials that have to remain static.

Incentivized

• Digital Certificate Inventory Management and Monitoring
• Digital Certificate Lifecycle Processes to include ownership and roles and responsibilities
• Easy automation integration into many common products
• Certificate Trust Store Management

Incentivized

• Not as slick as CyberArk
• Training is free, but could use a lot of improvement
• Documentation needs refinement

• The Venafi platform is constantly evolving through its upgrades which occur every quarter to meet client's specific needs. This is an outstanding model however the documentation that follows the upgrades could be more thorough.

Incentivized

CyberARK is superior in every way. Lieberman RED was selected by upper management without consulting with technical employees

Incentivized

Each public certificate provider has their own flavor of certificate automation, but they are not that flexible and only work with their own products. Certified Security Solutions CMS is a lightweight tool that directly competes with Venafi, but is not nearly as robust or feature risk. This is a straight forward management solution that is best fitted for the smaller companies.

Incentivized

• Lower cost than competitors
• Ease of usr means easy to get staff up to speed on the product
• Very painless rollout, meaning less time troubleshooting issues

• An outage is a very devastating event to any large corporation and can cost millions. Venafi's ability to prevent these outages has proven to be a great return on investment for our environment and has helped protect the bottom line.
• Venafi automates certificate installation with an included feature to schedule the install in advance. This is a great benefit of the tool because it eliminates human error and prevents any forgotten or overlooked certificates to be renewed. After installation Venafi will also validate the certificate to confirm that it has been installed properly. This shows just how thorough this tool really is.
• Security compliance is of the utmost importance in a large organization for auditing purposes and certificate security policies but at times can prove to be difficult to enforce. Venafi has proven to play a pivotal role in enforcing these policies in our environment.

Incentivized