CyberArk Privileged Account Security vs Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard)

Likelihood to Recommend

The system is great for enterprise or larger IT departments or teams where temporary or full access may be given using privileged IDs. Requirements for needing local admin access is also eliminated which can help with specific Windows workstation related tasks. It can be very useful when working with remote teams or contractors who may need temporary access to a system when required.

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Craig Lockley

VP of IT & Innovation

Momentum Credit Union LtdBanking, 11-50 employees

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From my experience Sophos could give us a proper email security solution at that time. However once the requirements of the security gets bigger such as machine learning, at that time we do not find it in Sophos. Despite all, we are really satisfied with the Sophos email security solution that we use.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Banking Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Feature Rating Comparison

CyberArk Privileged Account Security

Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard)

ID-Management Access Control

ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)

Multi-Factor Authentication

Password Management

Account Provisioning and De-provisioning

ID Management Workflow Automation

ID Risk Management

Pros

Automatically discover new servers on the network and take control of the local admin password by vaulting it and ensuring nobody knows the password. A different password on every server.
Automatically roll the password in a configurable manner - after each use, after a certain period of time, etc.
Track and govern sensitive account usage by ensuring only properly authorized users can access the vault and obtain the credentials and then monitor usage.

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Verified User

Program Manager in Information Technology

Telecommunications Company, 10,001+ employees

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Provides full disk encryption.
Provides monitoring for all laptops and tracks communication with our servers to ensure laptops are secure at all times.
Integrates with Windows seamlessly.

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Verified User

Director in Professional Services

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Cons

GUI - right now everything is on one page/dashboard. Some level of folder/Safe type view would be great
More options when storing passwords - especially for network based passwords
Better integrations with vendors like Cisco so that admins dont need to really get the password from the vault (think Last Pass type add on)

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Construction Company, 1001-5000 employees

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It's ride on the Microsoft BIT Locker utility
In the event of disk response the challenge process is tedious
Incompatibility issues with some known branded laptops
The disk encryption time is very high

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Muneer Ahmed Khan,ITIL® v3

Dy. General Manager - IT

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Ltd.Pharmaceuticals, 10,001+ employees

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Support Rating

CyberArk Privileged Account Security 8.3

Based on 4 answers

Customer support and technical support have always been great when we require assistance. Especially when we come across issues that we're not familiar with.

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Larissa Ruelas

Security System Administrator

HealthCare PartnersHospital & Health Care, 1001-5000 employees

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No score

No answers yet

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Alternatives Considered

It is known as one of the safest products in the market. It has good support and is also available as on-premise. You can run it virtually on VMWare (and probably on other hypervisors as well). You can have a second instance on bare metal and that makes it a very safe system.

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Entertainment Company, 201-500 employees

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At that time, we chose Sophos based on the reputation and our partnership with our partner. And in general Sophos could give us more benefit than other competitors with the similar solution. However we do not feel comfortable to disclose information about comparison with other solutions. Despite that, we think Sophos could deliver our requirements very well with the cost that were reasonable for us.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Banking Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

Decreased the probability of an external cyber attack to privileged accounts..
Management can control privileged account life cycle management more effectively
Recording privileged sessions allows our organization to play back exactly the point of a breach or malicious behavior
Automated system to manage and verify passwords, as privileged accounts are constantly created and deleted
Automatic PWD change functionality will substantially decrease probability of PWD theft or misuse.

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Sujeet Swain

Senior Consultant

InfosysInformation Technology and Services, 10,001+ employees

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Positive - mitigate lost or stolen laptops.
Positive - data at rest is automatically protected from unauthorized users.
Positive - easy roll out to enterprise or company-wide with provided tools.
Negative - cost and expertise needed to setup correctly.

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Verified User

Director in Professional Services

Information Technology and Services Company, 10,001+ employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

Rating Summary

CyberArk Privileged Account Security

Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard)

CyberArk Privileged Account Security

Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard)

CyberArk Privileged Account Security vs Sophos Central Device Encryption (formerly SafeGuard)