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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87 Likeliness to Recommend
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96 Plan to Renew
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80 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+86 Net Emotional Footprint
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- Respectful
- Trustworthy
- Fair
- Security Protects
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Cisco Secure Firewall Reviews
Roman-Oko S.
- Role: Industry Specific Role
- Industry: Manufacturing
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2022
The latest threats and malware protection
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?
Cisco ASA is a cloud-based advanced firewall solution that can guard against outside networks and change NAT in various ways. This is a reliable tool that can be used from anywhere. Allows users to securely connect to the internet via VPN and protects them from outside dangers.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
End-users could quickly understand the system thanks to Cisco's mobile and web application, which is compatible with any mobile device. They also provide superb security for users who do not wish to keep their cell phones on them at all times at work. If you're migrating from a newer ASA or FTD, Cisco provides a migration tool to make the process easier.
What do you dislike most about this product?
ASDM, which is now used to handle ASA, should be replaced with something more suitable. ASDM needs a fresh look, and for a better user experience, new UI, methods to use, settings, and other features should be added or built. The user interface can lag at times, which can be annoying.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Cisco ASA is a cutting-edge next-generation firewall security solution. It's beneficial in securing your network and data centres of all sizes. Its automated threat controls, part of its Intrusion Prevention System, have saved a lot of money. The product incorporates security intelligence. It is up to you to decide how to handle it.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Enables Productivity
- Trustworthy
- Effective Service
Sanjeev K.
- Role: Information Technology
- Industry: Technology
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2022
Easy to use and user experience is very good
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?
Great user experience and user friendly
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Robust web security onsite or in the cloud
What do you dislike most about this product?
Nothing, everything is great
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Go for it, it is great
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Continually Improving Product
- Over Delivered
- Reliable
Lorenzo I.
- Role: Finance
- Industry: Finance
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Jun 2022
A platform for next-generation firewall security
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?
Working with new security technologies allows us to see our security stack in a fresh light. With Cisco Securex in the cloud, you have the entire package, including the ability to integrate a firewall platform with other key components of your network such as servers, endpoints, VPN service, antivirus platform, and web content filtering among others.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
Firewall in the cloud Reporting and inspections Technical staff and service of high quality. It boasts a lot of versatility and advanced scanning features. The ability to defend against sophisticated dangers. This programme can block all untrusted connections that originate from outside the network. On both the administrative and user sides, Cisco Secure Firewall is undoubtedly simple to operate.
What do you dislike most about this product?
The tools for reporting and monitoring are very limited. It takes a long time to push configuration changes. There is no way to update the CLI configuration. Configuring and managing the ASA, including through the ASDN, might sometimes be tricky. For instance, deep scanning is not an advanced feature available on the ASA.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Cisco maintains it with quality of service and support. Extremely developed product, scalable in any environment, suitable with application features, provides high-level security. Cisco ASA is an easy-to-use firewall that protects our remote networks and the internet via VPN services. Preventing the thread using advanced features and reporting the same is highly stable and consistent.
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Enables Productivity
- Unique Features
