NordLayer vs. OpenText Identity and Access Management

NordLayer has become an invaluable resource for our security posture and day-to-day activity. The primary use case is preventing staff members from accessing sensitive resources on an unencrypted connection, applying NordLayer and conditional access policies in congruency. The ability to create teams and assigned them to specific dedicated servers is also helpful and allows for further security segmentation

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Suited for complex identity journeys involving multiple identity constituents like customers, employees, extended enterprise users (e.g., agents, partners, vendors). OpenText Identity and Access Management (IAM) Platform, formerly Covisint, is not suited for on-premises-based IAM implementations.

• Easy to use
• Simple user interface desgin
• Support many VPN protocol
• Fast and reliable connection

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• Good personnel/team
• Small company type customer service gives ease of access and sense of urgency

• The browser plugin needs some work, or some research about what browser/OS restrictions may limit its functionality. Ours does not work at all even after contacting support so we do not use it
• Toast/Windows notifications scheduled or deployed through admin center would be amazing. The ability to remind a user who has been disconnected for X hours would be a great feature

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• Additional automation capabilities on the platform
• More configuration-driven approach
• Passwordless authentication

Product needs high level of customization to compete with other products in this space.

• Dedicated customer success manager and deployment manager
• 1-800-like 24/7 support
• Very responsive technical team

easy configuration and use case

OKTA Oracle Cloud Based Identity Platforms Salesforce IAM We did an open RFP and technology bakeoff for all providers, which including advanced IoT use cases, delegated admin use cases, and multiple password policy (13 independent use cases) in a two-week window. We were looking for configuration vs. customization capabilities inherent in the platforms. OpenText Identity and Access Management (IAM) Platform was the only provider that completed all the uses cases and provided a demo

• Improved sercurity
• Incresed productivity
• Performance impact

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• Support team has excelled and exceeded expectations
• Team has been nimble and flexible
• Costs continue to accelerate on lack of product featrures