Forefront Identity Manager (Discontinued) vs. RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)

I think that MIM is great for compliance since it reduces the number of logins that are required by users. Most offices have post-it notes with logins floating around because there are so many to remember or there are "shared" logins. This reduces the number of logins to 1 and you can easily revoke access in one fell swoop. This prevents gaps and holes with terminations and updates to select groups are super simple.

Incentivized

RSA helped to have a reliable services for the 2FA authentication

• Authentication
• Security
• Identity Management

Incentivized

• Used in conjunction with our Active Directory for 2-factor authentication
• The virtual RSA token for multiple devices makes it easy to avoid needing a physical device
• The ability to leverage real-time analytics to identify when step-up is required

Incentivized

• For Windows Server 2008 R2 Servers is a great tool to set a codeless provisioning over new objects.
• Can easily integrate with Active Directory and Exchange Servers, improving the identity sync between the final user and the lifecycle management.
• Improvements in the areas of performance, simplified deployment easing the troubleshooting tasks, better documentation knowledge base, and more language support.
• The codeless provisioning provided in FIM can sustain a variety from high demand to mid-size scenarios for account lifecycle management.

Incentivized

• The support for new LDAP version(389-DS)

It is Microsoft. We are a Microsoft shop, primarily. It integrates deeply with Active Directory making it good for Microsoft Active Directory shops.

Incentivized

Nothing as this point. At the end of 2019 we plan to start looking into alternatives

Incentivized

• We see a positive impact simply in the time savings alone. Chasing accounts around is time-consuming and prone to error.
• The cost to us is negligible to the value it provides.

Incentivized

• To be compliant with the Security Standards about the 2FA