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Cisco IOS Security Reviews

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Cisco IOS Security mindshare

As of January 2025, the mindshare of Cisco IOS Security in the Firewalls category stands at 0.2%, up from 0.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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CategoryFirewallsJan 9, 2025Download
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Top industries

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Computer Software Company
31%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Government
8%
Manufacturing Company
7%
Healthcare Company
5%
Educational Organization
5%
Real Estate/Law Firm
5%
Outsourcing Company
4%
Comms Service Provider
3%
Legal Firm
2%
University
2%
Hospitality Company
2%
Energy/Utilities Company
2%
Non Profit
2%
Wholesaler/Distributor
2%
Media Company
1%
Retailer
1%
Engineering Company
1%
Venture Capital & Private Equity Firm
1%
Consumer Goods Company
1%
Recreational Facilities/Services Company
1%
Logistics Company
1%
Construction Company
1%
Training & Coaching Company
1%
Aerospace/Defense Firm
1%
Performing Arts
1%
Pharma/Biotech Company
1%
 

Cisco IOS Security reviews

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Karthik Venkataraman - PeerSpot user
Senior Consultant at Velocis Systems
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Apr 4, 2024
User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues

Pros

"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."

Cons

"In the security portfolio from Cisco, the issue is marketing. Cisco is still seen primarily as an enterprise network player rather than being acknowledged as a security vendor."
PeerSpot user
Managing Director at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Sep 22, 2020
A mature product with good integration capabilities, however, it needs to be more affordable

Pros

"Cisco has always been a premium product. There's a lot of other entry-level solutions. This is more robust."

Cons

"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
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Anik Islam - PeerSpot user
System Engineer at Ha-Meem Group
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Sep 21, 2023
Product discussed: 12.4
Scalable and stable strategy for effective network protection

Pros

"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."

Cons

"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire. "
Bilal  Mustafa - PeerSpot user
Operations Specialist - MX Operations at Bank Alfalah Limited
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Sep 18, 2022
It's a stable solution with good local support, but it takes to long to update and deploy policies

Pros

"In Pakistan, we only use Cisco because they have good local support infrastructure. Huawei and Fortinet don't offer direct support in Pakistan. "

Cons

"It takes too much time to deploy a policy to FMC. It takes around eight minutes. You can't afford any downtime when you're changing policies. "
Binoob John - PeerSpot user
Partner/Owner and Director of Human Resources at Up arrow Systems
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Dec 30, 2024
Rrobust network security and device authentication with advanced access control features

Pros

"This solution, called Network Access Controller, handles authentication, authorization, and accounting for devices accessing the network."

Cons

"While I do not have specific recommendations for improvement, pricing can be reduced."
Luca Bonalumi - PeerSpot user
Manager Hospitality Services at Swisscom
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Oct 13, 2023
A scalable security solution that has a good technical support team

Pros

"The technical support is good."

Cons

"The initial setup is complicated."
Michael GEgziabher - PeerSpot user
Network Administrator at Bank of Abyssinia
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Sep 11, 2023
Has had a positive impact on our security, particularly with the intrusion feature

Pros

"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure. "

Cons

"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
Karthik PR - PeerSpot user
Sr. Datacenter Solutions Architect at Pacer
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
Aug 9, 2023
A stable solution that is used for security purposes

Pros

"The product's stability is good."

Cons

"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
Binoob John - PeerSpot user
Partner/Owner and Director of Human Resources in the consultancy industry
Verified user of Cisco IOS Security
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