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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

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

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

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+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

Mark M.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Excellent infrastructure and security

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

Strong integration of the firewall with the IPS/IDS system and other security components like Cisco secure Endpoint, stealthwatch, anyconnect and securex. Those components definitely gives you a broad vision of wait is happening inside your network

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Smooth setup and deployment of the software even end users can learn easily how to monitor and use

What do you dislike most about this product?

Bugs and vulnerabilities

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Go for it and you won't regret

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Methew-Dan G.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Best choices out there for firewall software.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

They offer better turnout and additional security than the recent ASAs. We offer website hosting and remote access for clients. Utilizing two incoming lines for dedicated fiber line with SLA and standard coble line for browsing. The Cisco with all the extra port offerings allows us to configure all the things we want.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Very strong enterprise-grade security solution with updated threat options to handle any current and coming threats. The solution is backed by Cisco to make sure of constant security updates. Integrated AnyConnect remote consumer VPN is a massive plus to permit secure remote staff access. Easier to line up a website-to-site VPN because of the big user base and case studies published on integrating different manufacturer solutions.

What do you dislike most about this product?

These devices don’t always make changes without a reboot, which might be arduous during a production device. Cisco isn’t always clear in the way to configure things. Routing options are often confusing, we even had a consultant a little confused over setup. Must upgrade to the higher finish models within the series to feature SFP ports. Racking the smaller units is troublesome because of the reduced size/non-standard racking type.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It’s great for tiny to mid-size branches to manage loads. One among the most effective Firewalls in the market in this space with all basic options like VPN, IPS adding it with URL Filtering. TALOS is additionally an excellent solution. Moreover, Cisco support is much on top of competitors with instant support and an enormous partner base from that you’ll get facilitated instantly.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Inspires Innovation
Saves Time

Stephen H.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2021

truly fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

The support functionality and ease of integration .

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

easy to understand and work with cisco as a brand

What do you dislike most about this product?

costs are high

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

yes i’d recommend to anyone , other vendors can show fancy front ends but cisco is king

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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

Mark M.

Excellent infrastructure and security

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Methew-Dan G.

Best choices out there for firewall software.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Stephen H.

truly fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Vulnerability Detection

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Advanced Threat Protection

Virtual Private Network

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Encrypted Data Control

Identity Based Control

Off Premise Cloud Firewalls

Application Control

Network Access Control

Web Content Filtering

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