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Ivanti Secure Unified Client vs. Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Ivanti Secure Unified Client

    Score4.6 out of 10
    N/AIvanti Secure Unified Client is a solution providing secure access to corporate networks for employees from any device.N/A

    Microsoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)

    Score9.5 out of 10
    N/AForefront is Microsoft's antivirus offering.N/A
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    Ivanti Secure Unified ClientMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
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    Pricing Offerings
    Ivanti Secure Unified ClientMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Score7.8 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Ivanti Secure Unified ClientMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    7.7
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    User Testimonials
    Ivanti Secure Unified ClientMicrosoft Forefront (Discontinued Product)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Ivanti
    It is well suited for large corporations for granularity on users' roles, security levels for each application, and for logging in with an extra security layer. For doing demanding network tasks, like downloading a large set of data or for streaming, it could get slower than with a direct connection.
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    In large deployments, I have found Microsoft Forefront to be very effective at combating the majority of threats faced by our users. It provides the base platform for catching threats that would otherwise threaten our users and their data. If you have an environment that is under constant malware threat, then a secondary program may be needed as required.
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    Pros
    Ivanti
    • Provides what any VPN should provide
    • Works on many OSs, though I will relay my Mac OS experience in another section of the review
    • Their clientless VPN offering could be interesting, depending on your needs
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    • SCEP is a light weight client which is minimally impactful on the user end.
    • Forefront's management console provides excellent monitoring and reporting.
    • Setup and configuration is very easy.
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    Cons
    Ivanti
    • It's a little slower
    • Requires to be careful with the configuration on network
    • It seems to cause a weird behavior in MAC when loading after turn on sometimes
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    • Malware detection is not quite 100%. We have to use a secondary program occasionally.
    • On low ram and weak CPU systems scanning can freeze the machine.
    • The same reporting tools that are on the console version, aren't on the client.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Ivanti
    I wasn't a part of the decision process to use Pulse Secure. I believe NordVPN Teams and ExpressVPN are both far superior products. Modern UI (Pulse Secure's UI is incredibly outdated), less reconnects, cheaper, less hacks (On April 20, 2021, CISA issued an "Emergency Directive on Pulse Connect Secure"), and simply faster overall connection speeds.
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    The biggest advantage that MSF and SCEP provide over Norton is: One: Far less client overhead required. Both Norton and McAfee are highly intensive client side when in use. Two: We've had far better luck using the Microsoft system with its detection capabilities, versus the others. Three: It is tied right into the Microsoft updating system, which provides central updating capabilities of av/mal/windows updates.
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    Return on Investment
    Ivanti
    • It has a positive ROI
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    • Less turnaround on virus based issues.
    • Helps reduce malware issues over time.
    • Can breed overconfidence in the system, so people don't always try a second tool.
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