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RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)

Score10 out of 10

10 Reviews and Ratings

What is RSA Access Manager (Discontinued)?

The RSA Access Manager is an identity management that reached its end of sale in June 2019 (extended support will continue through 2021). As an identity and authentication solution RSA offers the SecurID Suite.

Categories & Use Cases

Top Performing Features

  • ID-Management Access Control

    Authorization or restriction of access to information depending on role

    Category average: 8.9

  • ID Management Single-Sign On (SSO)

    The ability to login to the system once, gaining access to all systems without the need for logging in again

    Category average: 9.1

  • Multi-Factor Authentication

    Using multiple, independent components to gain access

    Category average: 8.8

Areas for Improvement

  • ID Risk Management

    Identification, evaluation, and prioritization of risks with procedures to minimize, impacts of unplanned consequences

    Category average: 8.3

  • Password Management

    Self-help capabilities the help users recover forgotten passwords, etc.

    Category average: 8.4

  • Account Provisioning and De-provisioning

    Capabilities for creating user accounts based on roles, group memberships and business processes

    Category average: 8.4

RSA and the benefits

Pros

  • 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

Cons

  • Cost is not cheap

Return on Investment

  • Security with 2-factor authentication is a positive
  • Negative would be the updating the client when token expires
  • the real-time monitoring is a life saver, with accurate notifications

RSA AM helps security issues

Pros

  • With the RSA AM product all the problem related to the compliance with the 2FA can be effectively covered.

Cons

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

Return on Investment

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

Alternatives Considered

Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure (Cisco ACI)

Other Software Used

VMware ESXi, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)