CyberArk Privileged Access Management vs. WSO2 Identity Server

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.

Incentivized

If your systems are using standard authentication models then it is well suited. OpenID Connect, SAML 2.0 etc are all supported.

Incentivized

• 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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• It's open source so is highly configurable
• WSO2 provides their own paid support which is an essential add-on
• Implementation is straightforward and conforms to all major standards

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• 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)

Incentivized

• Overall, the product works well but does take time and effort to implement in highly complex environments. However, I do not believe this is unique to WS02.

Incentivized

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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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.

Incentivized

It's Oracle. Highly expensive and limited options

Incentivized

• 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.

Incentivized

• WSO2 works well when you need specific user sign-up information and allows you to then tailor the access, for example, to the job role or area of discipline. We use this to tailor the learning offered to a user upon initial login.

Incentivized