Symantec Identity Governance and Administration Reviews

• Allows individual users to work in a controlled and secure environment, whereby user authentication, access control, password administration, and smooth workflow are ensured. • Even if a user forgets theirs access information or password, Identity Manager helps users to restore access. This reduces the cost of help-desk support while making the daily operations much smoother. • Large sized organizations require Identity Manager to ensure that their network and systems are secure for use or for access by delegated users. • It ensures that business workflow is in compliance with secure standards of technology infrastructure.

• Cost is the only demerit of Identity Manager because it requires updates of software and technology as users keep multiplying. Identity Manager is also prone to hackers and therefore needs to be regularly checked for security threats and intrusions. • Users must be trained to use the system.

Medium to large sized organizations require Identity Manager in order to allocate their technology costs in a much better way. After a one time heavy installation cost, companies do not need to worry about user password/access issues that may occur on a daily basis.

• Identity manager enables automated processes of entitlements, management as well as deletion, and creation of user accounts. • Access to all enterprise systems like relational databases can be managed efficiently. • Identity manager decentralizes group membership and role management, by allowing administration of delegated users, and therefore scalability and less maintenance can be achieved. It is flexible, reduces the costs of administration and increases accountability, improves security, and lowers help desk workloads.

Identity manager is very complex and you must have the knowledge and skills required to use it. It is also a bit expensive, but its benefits outweigh all these cons.

Identity manager is designed to improve business security and compliance and efficiency by automating identity controls, which increases flexibility and agility of IT and businesses. It can be deployed on-site or as virtual and cloud services. It incorporates very critical features, like a module for structured administration, integrated compliance support and workflows, and self-services for users. I have used it for more than one year now.