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Cisco Secure Firewall

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

7.9 /10

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What is Cisco Secure Firewall?

The Cisco UTMs are all-in-one solution that offer flexible Internet redundancy, comprehensive security, and very easy-to-use configuration flows. Secure Firewall helps you plan, prioritize, close gaps, and recover from disaster—stronger. Unify security across your high-performing data centers, providing superior visibility and efficiency.

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Awards & Recognition

Cisco Secure Firewall won the following awards in the Next Generation Firewall category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

4 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

Conflict Resolution

2023

Cisco Secure Firewall Ratings

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87 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

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+86 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cisco Secure Firewall?

1% Negative

8% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Trustworthy
Fair
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 82

Vulnerability Detection

100

Deep Packet Inspection

100

Advanced Threat Protection

Virtual Private Network

Virtual Firewall

Encrypted Data Control

Identity Based Control

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Network Access Control

Web Content Filtering

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 80

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Customization

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Cisco Secure Firewall Reviews

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Banking
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

good prodct but unstable

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Efficient Service

Anthony O.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Superb efficacy, but comes at a cost.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

The superb threat intelligence provided by Cisco talos, the sandboxing integrations with threat grid and now also that you can include orchestration worflows through API integrations with SecureX XDR.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Granularity in policy. Clear and intuitive user interface with Mirepower management centre.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The FTD software images have been somewhat "buggy" historically,. Thankfully the reliability issues here seem to have vastly improved over the past 12 months.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Make sure the partner spec'ing the solution uses the performance calculate from Cisco rather than the data sheet numbers. Advanced services being enabled will have a big impact on CPU Utilisation.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Client's Interest First

Sarah M.

Role: Public Sector
Industry: Other
Involvement: Vendor Management and Renewal

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted May 2022

Cisco Firewalls provides security to enterprises.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

My overall expertise with Cisco secure firewall has been quite amazing. It’s an advanced level firewall that detects most levels of malware’ and supplies protection against them. It’s quite reliable and secure. The options which I prefer most concerning the merchandise are 1. The firewall is often used in either of the 3 ways i.e. you’ll use it locally, remotely, or by using cloud 2. URL filtering and sandbox features provided are quite economical and useful 3. CLI commands can be used terribly simply 4. Disaster recovery is sort of sturdy because of automated backups.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cisco ASA is a cloud-based advanced firewall system to shield from outside networks and the ability to modify the NAT in numerous ways. This is often an extremely reliable tool and safe to attach from anywhere. Permits users to safe remote connect through VPN and protect them from any threats from the surface networks. Cisco's technical team is extremely responsive and provided plenty of coaching material and documentation for smooth learning and simple use. It’s advanced scanning options and can troubleshoot anytime on a real-time basis.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The user interface lags someday which might be irritating. Not a lot of simple to learn, user coaching is needed. License is sort of expensive. The Management console went through several changes throughout the time once Cisco bought Snort. Similar systems from alternative vendors, in terms of age and price, didn’t have these issues. Weak UTM options and has to be used with a firepower engine to operate as a UTM.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

My recommendation for different customers would be if their organization is looking for a tool that may give company-wide security and threat detection in a very economical and secure approach they should definitely attempt Cisco secure firewall.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Trustworthy
Efficient Service
Inspires Innovation

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

Cisco Secure Firewall Ratings

87 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+86 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cisco Secure Firewall?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Vulnerability Detection Detection of vulnerabilities on hosts through traffic analysis.

Deep Packet Inspection Control and enforcement of protocols including industrial protocols.

Advanced Threat Protection ATP refers to a category of security solutions that defend against sophisticated malware or hacking-based attacks targeting sensitive data.

Virtual Private Network Offers IPSEC (for site-to-site tunnels) and SSL VPN (for remote access) options.

Virtual Firewall A VF runs entirely within a virtual environment and provides packet filtering and monitoring provided by a physical firewalls

Encrypted Data Control Native decryption and re-encryption of SSL and SFTP traffic for thorough inspection.

Identity Based Control Mapping of specific security policies to defined user groups and individuals.

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls Firewall features offered as a service at lower cost and scalable infrastructure

Application Control The solution provides ICAP support, anti-circumvention support, and an auto-record function of all traffic session details.

Network Access Control Endpoint integration to ensure each connecting device has appropriate security.

Web Content Filtering Restrictive filtering of web surfing to limit exposure to harmful and inappropriate sites.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Cisco Secure Firewall Reviews

good prodct but unstable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Anthony O.

Superb efficacy, but comes at a cost.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Sarah M.

Cisco Firewalls provides security to enterprises.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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