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Cisco Web Security Appliance pros and cons

Vendor: Cisco
3.9 out of 5
 

Cisco Web Security Appliance Pros review quotes

Rainier S. - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 8, 2024
What we liked best about it was the ability to apply policy to either a user ID or an IP-based network.
DD
Jun 14, 2020
Cisco is the best in giving technical support. There is no doubt about that.
Atdhe Zyhranaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 1, 2022
It also allows you to decrypt SSL traffic, and that's a really important feature as well, which is something I also configured.
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Vusa Ndlovu - PeerSpot reviewer
May 19, 2022
It's a scalable product.
BhanuSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 9, 2023
Cisco regularly upgrades features for the customer's security requirements.
DA
May 17, 2020
It also has high availability.
Usman Rasool - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 26, 2020
This appliance gives me good visibility in the userbase and their activities.
Md Manirul Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 3, 2023
The most valuable feature of Cisco Web Security Appliance is the provided anti-malware functionality and URL categorization. I can block access to malicious websites. 99 percent of the cases are related to a malicious website. If I cannot browse those malicious websites, then we are 99 percent protected.
DA
Aug 18, 2022
The solution provides good web reputation and anti-malware protection.
Muhammad Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 6, 2022
The product is stable.
 

Cisco Web Security Appliance Cons review quotes

Rainier S. - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 8, 2024
The reporting needs improvement.
DD
Jun 14, 2020
The one thing I don't like about Cisco is that they are very much fragmented in terms of providing the complete solution. They keep on breaking their different feature sets into different boxes.
Atdhe Zyhranaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 1, 2022
WSA is lacking firewall features.
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Vusa Ndlovu - PeerSpot reviewer
May 19, 2022
I would like more automation.
BhanuSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 9, 2023
We would like to see a security service head, where we can combine all the security into one solution.
DA
May 17, 2020
If a user wants to use it for other devices like mobile or smartphones, this product isn't so reliable.
Usman Rasool - PeerSpot reviewer
Apr 26, 2020
The licensing model needs to be more flexible.
Md Manirul Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 3, 2023
The solution could improve the graphical user interface. It is not up to the regular standard of what we would expect from Cisco. Additionally, they need to improve the categorization when blocking in the settings. The CLI could have a better view than the graphical user interface but I did not investigate further.
DA
Aug 18, 2022
The transparent proxy is quite difficult to enforce on smartphones and tablets.
Muhammad Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 6, 2022
It should have a user-based quota, per-user quota, that can be defined on the appliance.