AlgoSec vs. Cisco IOS Security

As far as policy management goes, AlgoSec is the best one available in the market and no competing vendors like tufin and FireMon are any close.

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When it comes to security on the edge of your network (downstream) Cisco's IOS security features provide pretty much everything you need when it comes to securing your network, network devices, and access. I would absolutely recommend Cisco switches due to many reasons, but a big reason is security.

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• Complete network policy visibility.
• Firewalls rule optimization.
• Automatically generate the reports for all leading industry regulations.

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• Authentication.
• Access lists.
• Port security.

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• Enhanced integration via API (typically, this is only known by few Algosec users)

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• Cisco could provide an initial set up script for those are not used to the CLI (Command Line Interface). With that initial script, people could easily deploy the security features instead of having to learn how to use the commands.
• The web interface that Cisco provides with the routers, although it’s useful to set up the security features, it could also have some sort of tutorials to help people understand the main concepts of iOS security.
• You have to license iOS security separately from the main OS. For that reason, sometimes it tends to be a little expensive if you have a small business.

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Cisco has the best Support team that gives us 24/7 support as we need. Cisco has huge detailed documentation for design, implementation, and troubleshooting all areas of the IOS security. There are many communities discussing all Cisco devices and solutions for studying groups and for customers to share their stories, technical problem and solutions.

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Algosec has multi vendor support including cisco aci, nsx, aws and azure security groups. While most other vendors are lacking in the spectrum of the vendors. The ROI is best on this product.

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I also like HP Procurve. It is my choice when the customer cannot afford Cisco. Cisco is better all round but HP is the only other [product] I will use if I have a choice.

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• By generating automatic reports based upon regulatory industries, AlgoSec reduces the audit preparation efforts and costs.
• Simulate the traffic query to see where traffic is blocked and automate the policy creation.
• Firewall rules optimization and cleanup.
• Identify and Mitigate risks and associate them to business applications.

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• Cisco iOS security helped our business deploy a relatively safe solution for a small amount of money.
• If you don’t have enough budget to invest in a robust and expensive firewall solution, you can safely use Cisco iOS security to protect your branch or remote office without compromise your network.
• Because Cisco iOS security uses a simple command-line based interface, you can deploy standardized scripts and keep the operational costs low.

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