Cisco IOS Security Reviews

The solution is used for security purposes. 

The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature. 

Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved. 

 I have been using Cisco IOS Security for more than five years. 

The stability can be improved. I rate the stability an eight out of ten. 

It is a scalable solution. Presently, two hundred users are using the solution. 

The technical support team is good. 

Positive

The initial setup is not very difficult. 

The pricing is expensive. 

I will recommend it if your entire infrastructure is Cisco-based, because the compatibility is good.

I rate the overall solution an eight out of ten. 

Public Cloud

I usually use it for GRE channels and VPNs. Is very stable and is a good solution. It has been stable.

I'm able to securely transfer data over the internet network. With the GRE I'm able to transfer data within one site to another sites in a public way, like the internet. The communication is encrypted and is private. It gives me added privacy.

The GRE kernels and IPSEC security are the most valuable features.

There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing.

More than five years.

It is stable but is missing functionalities. For example, everyone is bound to one single router. 

This product is being used on a daily basis, 24/7. We are a bank, so it is always running. We have no downtime and our customers don't have any downtime. 

You can do a lot in terms of the scalability. In my department, I have 11 branches that are using it and everything works flawlessly for them. 

Cisco's technical support is the best. 

I have previously used FortiGate and I didn't switch solution, I switched companies. Cisco is stable once it is up and running. You can forget about it, it's going to work unless the hardware fails. As your centers deploy, make sure it's configured and up and running. You just have to put it there and forget it.

The complexity of the initial setup will depend on your level of expertise and your experience with the product. It was simple for me but I have seen others struggle with it.  

Usually, when I did deploy I do it on a lap setup. The time it takes depends mostly on how we are going to plan the deployment. It can be done within a day or a week.

Sometimes we will use an integrator for the deployment and sometimes we will do it ourselves. 

The return on investment has already been achieved and it is great.

The solution is a one-off fee once, it's just a matter of whether we are using IOS security you want to use the IT functionality, you need to have the security licenses.

It's a good product you just have to have someone that really knows how to configure it otherwise it's going to be a nightmare.

I would rate it a seven out of ten. 

We primarily use the product as a security solution within our company.

Overall, the devices are very good and reliable.

The product is easy to use.

It's quite a stable solution.

The installation process is easy.

Technical support has always been very good.

It's a good device yet it's not a market leader. There are better options for customers to choose from.

There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use.

We have used the solution for four years. It's been a while. We have a bit of experience with it at this point. 

The stability is great and the performance is good. It's reliable. There are no bugs or glitches. it doesn't crash or freeze. 

We have about 2,000 users on the product currently.

Cisco technical support is the best in the world. They are very helpful and responsive and we are always satisfied with the amount of assistance we get.

Previous to this solution, we did not use anything else.

It's straightforward to set up. The product isn't too complex in terms of implementation. It takes about two days to deploy everything. 

You only need two people for installation. We have two technicians for the installation of the product and two engineers for managing the product.

We handle the implementation ourselves in-house. We don't need outside consultants or integrators. 

We pay a yearly subscription for signatures and stuff for the filtering, debugging inspection.

We did not evaluate anything before we started using Cisco. We didn't evaluate other options.

We always use two versions behind the latest version. We do not use the latest version typically.

I'd rate the solution at a six out of ten.

I wouldn't recommend the solution to other users or organizations at this time.

On-premises

1. Cisco IOS Security feature provides key features such as AAA, VPN, IPsec, content filtering, IPS, etc in all IOS based Cisco devices. 2. I like it because they include powerful security features that come with all Cisco Router and Switch from low to higher end. 3. It helped me to convert my Cisco router into a zone-based policy firewall. 4. It helped me to implement port security at my switch end. 5. I have implemented AAA in all Cisco routers and switch easily. 6. I have configured VPN server in a Cisco router with ease compare to OPENVPN configuration in a Linux OS environment.

1. IOS security related IPS facility is not as strong as Cisco ASA and the signature file of IPS does not update automatically like Cisco ASA. 2. When I converted the Cisco router into a zone-based firewall, CPU utilization shot up and slowed down network performance.

Cisco IOS security feature is the most robust and simple security facility which nice and small to implement. It helped me protect my network from external and internal attack.

The primary use of the solution is used for testing the core banking customer function.

One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great.

The configuration should be easier in the solution.

I have used the solution for approximately five years. 

I have not had issues with the solution stability.

I have approximately 450 customers database at this moment using this solution.

There is technical support for the solution but it is not localized. It would be beneficial if there would be localized technical support in India.

The installation of the solution is difficult because it requires trained CCNA engineers. 

The solutions deployment required a three-person technical team.

It is necessary to pay for a license in order to use the solution. It is on a yearly basis and the price is high. 

I will continue using the solution because our customers demand it.

I would recommend the solution to other users. 

I rate Cisco IOS Security a nine out of ten. 

On-premises

Since we do system integration, we have a lot of clients we deploy. There is not really a single case to point to because we have multiple clients. It depends and can vary from customer to customer.

Defending the business processes.

If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow. If they could increase the performance it would be great.

I've been using this solution for between seven and eight years.

The solution's stability is quite good. We have about six hundred users.

The scalability is quite good. You can scale it when you need to. As you go, you can scale it. It's quite scalable. It's quite good.

I haven't used technical support yet.

We have been using this solution for six or seven years; we didn't use another solution before.

The initial setup was very straightforward. It only took a couple of hours, it doesn't take long.

In terms of advice, I would suggest others should use it. It is quite a good product, it is one of the market leaders. I believe it could be as good as other solutions. There are two things you require: one is support and the other one is credibility. Both are there with this product.

I would rate this solution eight out of ten.

Cisco IOS is the best OS for Cisco routers and switches. There are a lot of plus points of using Cisco IOS. A brief introduction about them are as follows.AAA- Cisco IOS has a lot advantages while using AAA. It can use various encryption services which also includes EAP with Radius.Firewall- You can use Cisco IOS Advance IP Services for creating Zone based firewalls on Cisco Routers.TCP Intercept- It prevents DDOS attacks quite effectively.PKI- You can use RSA keys in PKI. Also lets you use Certificates in PKI.VPN- Almost any type of VPN can be configured using IOS security. Site to site or remote. 802.1X- This facility has helped a lot of organizations and ISPs to maintain authentication for their users.

It is very hard to find any limitations of this OS Still when you use this as Zone based firewall you can see its limitations. You need to restrict traffic with ACL, which is fine but you need to create too many ACLs. Hence management of ACLs is a tedious task. Works better with TACACS+ which is Cisco proprietary. WAN connectivity is difficult on a router which is running IOS Security.

The best OS from my point of view in Cisco IOS is Advanced IP Services. This OS has changed the definition of network security by using the router. The use of VPN concentrator is coming to an end because this OS can handle any kind of VPN using the router, so no need of VPN concentrators.