Azure Multi-Factor Authentication (Discontinued) vs. Symantec VIP

If your solution falls within their standard use case or you have Office 365 - then it makes total sense. If you need a lot of customization or have a really specific business process that causes you to deviate from the standard flow it usually makes more sense to create a custom solution

Incentivized

Symantec VIP is well suited for enterprise institutions, like our own, managing a wide range of devices and wanting to provide their users with an extra layer of security. Being able to have 2-factor authentication with a unique pin was key for us and this would be well suited for any organization that holds sensitive information like, in our case, student records. They have great support and getting issues resolved does not take much time, a quick call to support usually straightens issues out.

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• Ease of use
• Interoperability
• Industry standard

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• VIP access manager is great at setting up multiple tokens for the same user.
• VIP access manager is great at managing multiple users simultaneously.
• VIP access manager can be accessed from the web, the browser-based interface makes it easy to connect.

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• It can be difficult to work with when deviating off the standard use cases

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• Reliability on the app. Most users dislike having the authentication app on their cell phone because if they don't have their cellular device on-hand then they're unable to authenticate.
• Perhaps a bio-metric enhancement in the near future would take this application to the next level.

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Great vendor support, along with a great product solution

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Honestly, they are very similar as is much of their offerings. It really comes down to which ecosystem are you already invested in? It doesn't make a lot of sense to try and interop with every cloud vendor - pick one and use them. While there used to be substantial differences in the cloud platforms, they are at basic parity now

Incentivized

Duo is good but Symantec VIP really takes the cake. Both Symantec VIP and Duo Security are used as a two factor application but Symantec VIP also allows you to use physical tokens. Some of our users prefer those over their phones and we can easily leverage Symantec VIP for that.

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• Overall, it's a really good value compared to building a custom solution that you have to maintain

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• It was as easy to implement and manage as promised, so that definitely saved us time and frustration.
• It allowed us to improve on our existing PHI and PII security measures.
• Allowing secure access from remote locations, especially smart phones, was a huge plus.

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