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Cisco Secure Web Appliance

Composite Score

7.7 /10

CX Score

7.8 /10

23 Reviews Write a Review

What is Cisco Secure Web Appliance?

Get advanced threat defense, advanced malware protection, application visibility and control, insightful reporting, and secure mobility. The Cisco Secure Web Appliance combines all of these forms of protection and more in a single solution.

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Cisco Secure Web Appliance 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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1
Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1
Since last award

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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.

+88 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 Web Appliance?

0% Negative

5% Neutral

95% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Caring
Respectful
Security Protects

Feature Ratings

Average 82

SSL Scanning

URL Filtering

Application Control

URL Categorization

Directory Integration

Rule Based Policy Engine

Bandwidth Utilization Management

Analytics and Reporting

DLP Functionality

Malware Detection

Unified Management Interface

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 79

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Cisco Secure Web Appliance Reviews

Victor Alfonso L.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Initial Implementation

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Great solution and easy to deploy

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Web Appliance from other similar products?

Infrastructure

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to deploy

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cost and support

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Depends requiere topology must apply wsa or wsg with other vendor

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Trustworthy
Fair
Helps Innovate

Shashi B.

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

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Web Appliance from other similar products?

Easy to use, implement and customize

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Product price and support

What do you dislike most about this product?

Integration with other product

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Self implementation and configuration

Pros

Caring
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Effective Service

Cons

Vendor Friendly Policies
Under Delivered
Leverages Incumbent Status

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

Validated Review

Anonymous Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2022

Powerful control, simple to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Cisco Secure Web Appliance Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

100 Plan to Renew

79 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+88 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cisco Secure Web Appliance?

Pros

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

SSL Scanning Scan and monitor websites with SSL security for malicious content.

URL Filtering Manages and controls websites that end users can visit. Filters unwanted websites based on URL and can support real-time reputation incl. certificate validation

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

URL Categorization The solution performs real-time unknown URL categorization supported by an out-of-the-box library of policies.

Directory Integration The solution integrates with AD or LDAP to manage web security policies in the organization.

Rule Based Policy Engine The solution comes out of the box with a library of customizable policies covering device type, user ID, user group, and multiple attributes.

Bandwidth Utilization Management The solution can limit bandwidth usage by controlling uplink and downlink traffic on certain websites and time-based policies.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

DLP Functionality Define policies to prevent loss of sensitive electronic data. Capabilities include content-aware DLP.

Malware Detection Detects malware based on signature-based and heuristic engines

Unified Management Interface The solution allows for multi-instance deployments (hybrid, cloud and on-premise) to be managed via a single administrative interface.

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Cisco Secure Web Appliance Reviews

Victor Alfonso L.

Great solution and easy to deploy

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Shashi B.

Fantastic product

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Powerful control, simple to use.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

SSL Scanning

URL Filtering

Application Control

URL Categorization

Directory Integration

Rule Based Policy Engine

Bandwidth Utilization Management

Analytics and Reporting

DLP Functionality

Malware Detection

Unified Management Interface

Vendor Capability Ratings

Vendor Support

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of Data Integration

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Ease of Customization

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement