Cisco Secure Firewall Reviews

Firewalling is the most valuable feature. We wanted a back-end/internal firewall solution, and the Cisco ASA 5525 was great.

It has taken the pressure off of the IS engineer.

• URL
• AVC
• Advanced malware protection

We've used it for two years.

There was an issue, but it was rectified promptly after troubleshooting the device's configuration.

There were no issues with the scalability.

We've not had any issues scaling yet.

I think it is great but did not use them for this deployment.

I've not had to use them yet for this deployment.

There was no other solution in place.

It was straightforward.

I did the implementation with my colleagues.

It's not really quantified, but we have not experienced downtime due to attacks.

There were no other solutions looked at.

I am a pre-sales engineer, and I do comparisons based on my customer's requests.

The most valuable features of this solution are the integrations and IPS throughput.

The price and SD-WAN capabilities are the areas that need improvement.

In the next release, I would like to see more of the FortiGate features added. FortiGate is compatible with Cisco ACI, but I can't see Firepower with Security Fabric. For example, if I had Fortinet activated, could I integrate with it?

I have familiar with the Next Generation firewalls for two years, and six years with firewalls in general.

It's a stable product.

It's scalable indeed.

Our clients are SMB Enterprise.

It's just a fact, nothing is better than Cisco technical support.

Previously, I was working with Fortinet. I would most likely recommend Fortinet, because of the price and the security fabric integration with other products. It's scalable as well, and all of the FortiGate features are useful.

It's very easy to implement and it's very easy to administrate.

The initial setup was straightforward. With other vendors, it is easier, but it was straightforward.

This product is expensive.

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten.

Our primary use case is to support a security environment. It has performed well.

I am a security business of consultant. I deploy this solution for our customers. 

I like the easy administration.

It could use more of a system interface.

The security features in the URL category need more improvement. 

More than five years.

It performs very well. 

Scalability is good. 

Cisco has the best technical support. 

I worked with Check Point, but Cisco Firepower is better. It was an easy transfer to this solution. We chose Cisco because of its trustworthy reputation. They're a big, recognized brand.  

The most important criteria that we consider when evaluating a solution are performance, administration, and price.

The initial setup was easy and simple. 

I would rate this solution an eight out of ten. An eight because it's a good security solution. It's more mature than its competitors. 

It is very robust, trustworthy and highly customizable.

Solutions using NAT, VPNs, internet and MPLS, are more customizable than other solutions.

It could have more functions for load balance on the internet.

We have been using the solution for two years.

We never had any stability issues. It is the most stable platform that I have used, and I have used several including Fortinet, Sophos, Hillstone, Cisco and D-Link.

We did not encounter any issues with scalability.

I would rate the technical support at 10/10. It is the best.

I implement solutions on several clients, Redneet is a technology integration company and I prefer Cisco ASA for my security solutions.

The setup is a little more complex than other solutions.

It is a bit more expensive than other solutions, but offers more customization and security than other solutions.

We evaluated Fortinet, Sophos, Palo Alto.

Use the best practice guides and online documentation. Cisco has more information online free that any other brand, so use it!!!

We use it to protect the perimeter of the network.

It is reliable, and does the job that it is supposed to be doing.

• IPS
• Antivirus
• IP filtering

it is not very user-friendly for the administration.

The Cisco solution that we have now is very stable. That is why we are interested in continuing with the Cisco solution and upgrading to the next generation.

It can be used by multiple users.

We use the technical support of Cisco through a partner, so I do not have direct access to the Cisco IT technical support.

We just shortlisted Cisco and Fortinet.

We needed a Cisco technician to do the initial setup. We had to outsource the implementation.

We need to upgrade our security requirements due to the new security requirement applicable in Europe (from GDPR) and the cyber security guidelines for our vessel (we are a US shipping company). 

Most important criteria when selecting a vendor: familiarity, reliability, and price.

Secured our network from outside and inside intruders.

• Network attack detection
• DoS and DDoS attack prevention
• Signature-based detection
• User-defined signatures with regular expressions
• Integrated URL and content filtering
• Custom URL categories filtering
• Integarted antrivirus
• Protocols scanning

License capacity needs to be extended and the vendor needs to work on the pricing.

No stability issues.

No scalability issues.

10 out of 10.

No, Cisco was part of our solution from the start.

Straightforward.

Value for your money, but bit a costly.

Good product, give it a chance.

• Datacenter and edge firewalls
• Used in central and remote sites.
• Used in datacenter production sites.

• Deployed between users and servers transparently.
• Easy to deploy in a working environment between servers and users.
• Improved security and visibility.

• Failover
• Transparent firewall
• Multi-context
• Logging is great. It will show when it reaches its capacity before it is too late, unless you have bursts of traffic.

HTTPs inspection and higher throughput/spec would be good. Now, it has been replace by Firepower, which is a lot faster. 

The filter with NAT mode is valuable.

Not really, as we are a subcontractor we install and configure it for other companies.

Speed of execution and security options needs to be improved.

I've used the devices for, more or less, one year.

No issues so far.

No issues so far.

No issues so far.

3.5/5.

3/5.

Yes we did, but we switched due to Ciscos ASA's ability to support big data stream in some networks.

It's not too complex, but it depends on the customers' network architecture.

As a vendor, we find IT experts with CCIE certifications.

I haven't, and my first experience working with ASA, was a project with the specifications already defined

You must specify your needs and choose the right options depending on the network requirements.