Imprivata Enterprise Access Management vs. Symantec IGA

Imprivata is a clear market leader for authentication management for healthcare. They don't have a whole lot of competition, and the few competitors that are out there don't really match up.

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If an organization is looking for a good comprehensive identity management/governance suite that is easy to implement, CA identity manager may be a good/robust product. It is best to understand specific use case for your organization and try out the product before a final purchase decision as is the case with all sw products.

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• Password management
• Quick access while moving from workstation to workstation
• Auto-login to applications and websites

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• It has complete identity management and governance capabilities equipped with a simple, intuitive user experience and helps simplify processes such as user access requests and access certifications. This in turn helps in improved productivity and user satisfaction.

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• The agent process was sometime slow.
• System health was an issue and the tool really needs a maintenance process to allow for a system restart when not in use, we accomplished it with secondary scripts.
• Disconnect with Citrix was sometimes an issue but we were running an older version of the application server. The logging and troubleshooting was cumbersome to comb through.

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• Bringing on new users and removing existing user when new employee/contractors join or leave an organization can be improved by linking directly to HR module.
• The slightly complicated GUI makes drill down difficult for a new user.

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It's easy to deploy and the total cost of ownership is lesser compared to other products. Have dedicated support team who helps you out when there is any technical issue.The Admin console very easy and intuitive to use; this makes any new user to manage the tool very easily with less hand holding.

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The final contenders were CA and Oracle - Oracle was tedious to implement and maintain while on the other hand CA was easy to implement and maintain and came at a much lower price.

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• Simplified the user log in experience.
• Reclaimed staff time and efficiency in the daily operations.
• Helped us maintain industry required compliance mandates.

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• For us, it was a fairly easy implementation over 60 day period that provided ROI fairly quickly

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