Jamf Connect vs. SecureAuth IdP

Jamf Connect works particularly well in our lab environments where the central "source of truth" for student accounts is our Okta IdP. As Apple has recommended moving away from Active Directory binding (which was our previous source of truth for authentication) we needed a new central way to manage this function. Okta worked well for other services on campus, and it was a smooth integration to make it work with Jamf Connect for virtually all use cases on campus (we still have a couple of NAS/SAN systems that require Active Directory).

Incentivized

SecureAuth is a good solution for companies looking for an in-house solution that can be managed by your internal technical resources. It is a good solution for new companies that are looking for a more secure authentication application to deploy to their staff

Incentivized

• password sync works very well
• regular updates to Jamf Connect with improvements
• small and simple tool
• Account creation is now on next level after we don't need AD Bind

• Security token for Microsoft authentication.
• Single sign on enabled for our organization.
• Simplifies the log in for our employees.

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• More control over local access for non-cloud accounts
• Does not handle password changes made directly in Okta very smoothly
• Setting up configuration is a bit opaque to non-IdP personnel

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• We had some difficulty enabling SecureAuth as our only authentication tool.
• The offline authentication feature was troublesome at times.
• Enrollment was a little cumbersome for some employees.

Incentivized

It is almost a certainty that we will continue to use Jamf Connect, even with Apple coming out with Platform Single Sign On. Jamf Connect provides several features that PSSO does not, such as "just in time" local account creation and automatic synchronization of enterprise credentials. It is unlikely that we would investigate other options at this time or in the near future.

Incentivized

Jamf Connect is quite easy to use and has the necessary options on the login screen (such as WiFi network connection) for getting connected and authenticated. It has a simple to use menulet that allows password changes and resets as well as temporary elevation, all with very clear workflows. It also allows us to assign field staff to their client users' computers so that they can provide support without having to resort to LAPS accounts.

Incentivized

The only other product we evaluated was Xcreds from TwoCanoes software, which is essentially a one person shop. We already were Jamf Pro customers, and Jamf Connect fulfilled all of the requirements for this function along with providing professional customer support. Since we already had a relationship with Jamf, it made perfect sense to add this product to our toolkit, and keep technical support contained within one organization.

Incentivized

SecureAuth was reasonable solution that enables our organization to securely manage our single sign-on and multi-factor authentication controls by our technology department. The product was easy to install and maintain, and provided our employees a layer of security that was on par with other industry leading solutions

Incentivized

• we need more time to understand how Jamf Connect and the configuration "really" works

• Flexible terms allowed us to leverage SecureAuth over multiple years.
• SecureAuth allowed us to get into this area of security at a reasonable price point.
• SecureAuth was able to scale as our company grew at a reasonable cost.

Incentivized