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Sophos NAC Advanced (discontinued) vs. UserLock

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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    Sophos NAC Advanced (discontinued)

    Score5.2 out of 10
    N/AUK-based Sophos provided Network Access Control technology. Sophos NAC Advanced has been discontinued since 2013.N/A

    UserLock

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AUserLock from IS Decisions is a network access control and identity management solution.N/A
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    Sophos NAC Advanced (discontinued)UserLock
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    Sophos NAC Advanced (discontinued)UserLock
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    User Ratings
    Sophos NAC Advanced (discontinued)UserLock
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    8.0
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    8.0
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    User Testimonials
    Sophos NAC Advanced (discontinued)UserLock
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Discontinued Products
    Sophos Network Access Control would be most effective in an enterprise environment where there are many different groups of users, including guest users because it has the ability to block unauthorized users and control the access of guest users. It would not be well suited for an environment with less than 1000 users because as far as I know, the license requires at least that many users.
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    IS Decisions
    UserLock is well suited to easily managing MFA for users of various levels to improve security hardening in a granular manner. It's open ended implementation of the IIS module is good for web authentication of all sorts of sites. Reporting of user's access and notifying of multiple logons is great.
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    Pros
    Discontinued Products
    • Provides enforcement of security policies for Windows PCs
    • As part of the Sophos Security Suite provides outstanding protection from viruses
    • Uses a very nice web-based GUI
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    IS Decisions
    • Easy to setup and install for the most part
    • Easy to onboard users
    • Logging and reporting of user's access to devices really good
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    Cons
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    • Customer support was basically non-existent during the time we needed it the most. This should be #1 priority for any company.
    • Lack of support for Linux servers and Mac OS
    • The reporting system relies on information provided by the agents
    • Wide scale removal process needs some vast improvements. When using a batch removal script, it wrecks the NIC drivers to the point that they have to be removed and reinstalled.
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    IS Decisions
    • Implementing the agent in IIS scenarios could be easier and more guided
    • IIS upgrade agent upgrade process could be improved upon
    • An overall summary of applied permssions for a particular user would be useful
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    Alternatives Considered
    Discontinued Products
    I have used Mcafee Antivirus Suite, Trend Micro, and Vipre Antivirus. I actually had more experience with Vipre than anything else so that is the one that I will be comparing it too. From what I remember, Vipre was more expensive but had better customer support. Other than that, they both do pretty much thing as well as what all the others do. I personally do not believe that any enterprise level antivirus solution is better than any other, it boils down to which one can your company afford, and which one fits best with your needs.
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    IS Decisions
    sorry was quite some time ago and can't remmber specifics but cost was a big factor and this was a very competitively priced product at the time.
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    Return on Investment
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    • Positive -- We were able to control guest users access
    • Positive -- Using the entire Sophos Security Suite I only remember one major virus while I was with the company which saves on downtime, and IT man hours
    • Negative -- The time we spent removing this, and reinstalling NIC drivers because the removal process crashed them cost the company in IT man hours.
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    IS Decisions
    • Sometimes does not unlock task manager access when it pops up with MFA prompt, can be a pain to have to undo
    • It's great value for money compared to more high end products
    • Generally reliable and has improved security hardening
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    Screenshot of Limit concurrent loginsScreenshot of Monitor user logon and logoffScreenshot of Remotely block userScreenshot of Restrict user logon hoursScreenshot of History report