“Passwords” or “Credentials” are the keys to access personal or non-personal, digital, online/offline resources by proving your identity to a digital system. This makes it imperative to maintain their security and prevent their misuse through credential theft. In this blog, We will briefly discuss Delinea’s Web Password Filler and LastPass Password Manager contrasting their advantages and disadvantages.
What is Delinea’s Web Password Filler?
Web Password Filler (WPF) is a browser extension that helps users log into a website by automatically entering/filling user credentials when a Secret Server instance has secrets related to that website.
Features
- Secret Server can store website credentials as secrets for various URLs.
- When you access a URL, Web Password Filler gets the available secrets for that URL. You can then select the appropriate credentials shared with you to automatically fill in the credentials on a web page.
- In addition to logging in, WPF allows you to add a new secret or update an existing secret.
- You can use WPF to generate a strong password for a username.
- WPF also includes a context menu for easy use and configuration.
Benefits
Session recording for web sessions is supported in Web Password Filler. For a web session to be recorded, session recording must be activated in the security settings for the Secret (in the Secret Server).
Using WPF users don’t need to remember passwords and passwords are stored in an encrypted secret server vault.
LastPass
LastPass is a secure password manager that stores all of your usernames and passwords in a safe place called vault. Once you save your password to the Vault, LastPass will always remember it for you. If you need to log into a website, LastPass will enter your username and password for you.
Key benefits of using LastPass
- Convenience – No more forgetting or entering wrong passwords
- Save Time – Log into websites instantly.
- Advance security – Long passwords you don’t need to remember
Protect yourself from breaches
- The LastPass Security Dashboard provides an overview of your weak and reused passwords and how to improve them.
- LastPass Dark Web Monitoring alerts or warns you when your information is at risk
- Create strong and secure passwords to replace weak passwords
- Secure your LastPass account with multifactor authentication
The original password protection tool, also offers several other security features, such as sharing passwords securely, checking the strength of passwords, and getting back into your vault if you forget the master password.
Comparison between LastPass and Delinea Secret Server
| Categories | Delinea Secret Server | LastPass |
| Solution Type | Secret Server is for large enterprises. It has vault and password management with a focus on Admin policies and secure password sharing. | LastPass is for personal and business use that allows users to store their credentials in a vault and even manage access. |
| Features | Secret Server has Password Rotation, Discovery and Session Recording features which is an added advantage. | LastPass can store different types of passwords but doesn’t have features like Password Rotation, Discovery and Session Recording. |
| Access control | Admins can easily enforce password policies and put the automatic password changes in place. | Multiple options on password security that admins can set manually or via policies. |
| Availability | Secret Server is available both on-premise and cloud as well. | LastPass is available only on the cloud. |
| Ease of use | Password vault and single-sign-on need to be configured. You have multiple integrations and tools like Web Password Filler. Mobile application, Software Development Kits but they may not be as resilient as Last Pass. | Easy to access passwords and single sign-on vaults with browser extensions, mobile apps and active directory integration. |
| Cost | WPF leverages Secret Server which is a full-fledged PAM solution so its cost is higher. | Since LastPass just stores your secret it is not a costly solution. |
Conclusion
In recent times data breaches have been increasing rapidly, with bad passwords causing 81% of the breaches. With secure password storage and management services, protect yourself and your business from cybersecurity threats.
If you just want to store or vault your credentials which are easily accessible, mobile-friendly and Admins don’t have to set up anything the preferable option would be LastPass which is cheaper. However, for a full-fledged password management solution that satisfies cyber insurance requirements, Delinea Secret Server would be a better option. Although we have compared these two products there are other options for password vaulting and password management solutions that might be better suited for your needs.
With our team of highly-seasoned and certified professionals, SecurDI can assist in choosing a specific, cost-effective and well-fit implementation solution for your organization.
In addition, our professionals have successfully performed multiple migrations between various password vaults and password management solutions example: Secret Server and Last Pass and would love to help you with the same. If you’re ready to take control of your security with a password management tool, reach out to us.
Authored by,
Nanda Kishore P H