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    Overview
    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    AWS Firewall Manager

    Score8 out of 10
    N/AAWS Firewall Manager is a security management service which allows users to centrally configure and manage firewall rules across accounts and applications in AWS Organization. As new applications are created, Firewall Manager brings new applications and resources into compliance by enforcing a common set of security rules. Users gain a single service to build firewall rules, create security policies, and enforce them in a consistent, hierarchical manner across the entire infrastructure.N/A

    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

    Score9 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) offers a network-based approach for adaptable, trusted access everywhere, based on context. It gives the user intelligent, integrated protection through intent-based policy and compliance solutions.N/A

    FireMon

    Score7.9 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    FireMon is a real-time security policy management solution built for today’s complex multi-vendor, enterprise environments. Supporting the latest firewall and policy enforcement technologies spanning on-premises networks to the cloud, FireMon delivers visibility and control across the entire IT landscape to automate policy changes, meet compliance standards, to minimize policy-related risk. Since creating their policy management solution in 2004, FireMon states they've helped…N/A
    Pricing
    AWS Firewall ManagerCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)FireMon
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    Free Trial
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    Free/Freemium Version
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    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
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    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup feeOptional
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    Community Pulse
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    Delivers good value for the price
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    Features
    AWS Firewall ManagerCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)FireMon
    Firewall Security Management
    Comparison of Firewall Security Management features of AWS Firewall Manager and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and FireMon
    Feature
    AWS Firewall Manager
    9.2
    4 Ratings
    15% above category average
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
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    FireMon
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    Ratings
    Policy planning and rule management10.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Automated Policy Orchestration9.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Device Discovery9.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy Compliance Auditing9.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Attack Path Simulation Testing9.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Anomalous Event or Behavior Deviation9.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Vulnerability Scans9.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Rule Cleanup10.04 Ratings00 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Small Businesses
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Palo Alto Panorama
    Score8.7 out of 10
    FireMon
    Score7.9 out of 10
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Score9 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Palo Alto Panorama
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Cisco IOS Security
    Score9.6 out of 10
    Cisco IOS Security
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    AWS Firewall ManagerCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)FireMon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (4 ratings)
    9.0
    (146 ratings)
    7.9
    (69 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
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    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    6.8
    (7 ratings)
    Usability
    -
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    7.9
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    7.3
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    Availability
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    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    7.3
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    Performance
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    9.0
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    9.1
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    Support Rating
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    7.3
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    7.7
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    Implementation Rating
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    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    9.1
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    Configurability
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    8.0
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    8.4
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    Ease of integration
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    7.1
    (4 ratings)
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    Product Scalability
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    8.0
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    7.9
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    User Testimonials
    AWS Firewall ManagerCisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)FireMon
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Amazon AWS
    AWS Firewall Manager is well suited for cloud environments that have a lot to manage and maintain. If you have a smaller scale cloud environment or on premise setup this may not be for you.
    Incentivized
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    Cisco
    Well suited... I've used it for both wired and wireless access, and it's perfect for that. In addition to enforcing security on the port, you can also lock down east-west traffic. When you get to the point where you're configuring secure group tags and things like that, you can keep people from getting to places they shouldn't. Basically, you could turn your entire network into a firewall if you wanted to. You can secure access based on the identity of any given user through role-based authentication. For example, if you have salespeople and you don't want them accessing your financial or PCI environment, they authenticate as a salesperson and you can completely stop them from getting to any of that. That's really important, especially for us. Our payment card infrastructure servers are heavily locked down. Granted, in our situation, we firewall all that off anyway, but you still don't want some random individual to be able to even attempt that sort of thing. That's what it's really good for. I'm trying to think of a weakness. I don't know. We don't really struggle with it. There's nothing that I use it for where I wish it were better, at least not that I can think of offhand. I'm sure there are things, I just can't think of anything off the top of my head.
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    FireMon
    FireMon is best used in a large environment (for example, I have >100
    firewalls in my environment). It's best used when trying to improve
    security posture and showing changes in firewall security over time. It
    might not be the best choice for smaller environments or those that aren't concerned about security management.
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    Pros
    Amazon AWS
    • Centralize administration
    • Automatic protection
    • Cross-account protection
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    Cisco
    • manageable scaled administrative access to network devices as needed
    • Great use as a radius server which allows proper authentication and authorization into the network
    • Multiple conditions that can be utilized to grant users access based on their role in the organization
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    FireMon
    • Give good real time reporting for anyone making a change to any of our firewalls
    • Provides good reporting tools that are out of box
    • Provide good customization tools that is specific to our needs
    • Upgrades are a simple process and support does relatively well with assisting us.
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    Cons
    Amazon AWS
    • Its Support team charges are extremely high depending on the case.
    • It has a limit to set up rules.
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    Cisco
    • Trustsec needs more documentation and configuration best practice examples
    • The licensing model can be difficult to explain and understand for customers
    • Difficult to get an accurate benchmark to know exactly how many Cisco Identity Services Engine nodes and the size of the deployment should be
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    FireMon
    • Some features could be added to the existing functionality which include NAT rules usage
    • Rule expiration normalization from firewalls rather than entering them in rule documentation
    • .csv exports of the files from the firewall pane only gives usage for 30 days by default and that should be increased
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    We are so very reliant on Cisco Identity Services Engine at this point that finding another solution would be a big hassle for us.
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    FireMon
    The shell is locked out and we can't run any general centos commands. The implementation and maintainence of the arch is very complex. Even with the right identifiers on log messages the log collection keeps failing. The warning messages on the device are ambiguous. The log messages on firemon are a bit confusing and don't show the exact issue.
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    Usability
    Amazon AWS
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    Cisco
    For us the solution is very easily useable on its own. Perhaps that has to do because we started using ISE in the 1.2 days and have seen it grow during the years. Policy creation, etc. is all very visible and thus easy to use. Deployment of multiple nodes is also incredibly easy and flexible. You can easily add or remove nodes as you wish.
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    FireMon
    It save me time and I'm able to have the review - review the rule independently with using my time.
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    Reliability and Availability
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    We do have to occasionally reboot the servers when they get low on memory, but we're also a few versions behind. Availability has generally been pretty good though with no major outages in the time that we've had it implemented.
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    FireMon
    FireMon has been relatively stable overall. However, there have been a handful of times where we had issues with the console. For example, we couldn't update which devices to include in a security assessment. The initial suggestion from support was to just reboot it. It seems like there weren't many other options available such as to restart services before going to the extreme of a complete reboot.
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    Performance
    Amazon AWS
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    Cisco
    yes it does. depending on where you coming from. Logs are pretty busy same as report. it also depending on devices count and design.
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    FireMon
    I'm not sure we have the largest implementation of FireMon out there but we do have a few 1000 devices being probed by FireMon. Overall, the system's performance has been rock solid. The console refreshes quickly and reports are generated within an expected timeframe.
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    Support Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    Cisco
    Cisco support is second to none, both in terms of how you access support but also the knowledge of the individual support teams. If you focus on one technology and provide "manufacturer support" then you can rest assured that you are accessing Cisco's top individuals. I feel like this is a USP for Cisco support.
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    FireMon
    FireMon technical support is awesome! They respond quickly to our requests and they are well trained and very knowledgeable about the tool. Some issues have to be referred to the development team, but technical support largely provides solutions for any issues that we may have.
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    Online Training
    Amazon AWS
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    Cisco
    Training can only cover certain areas, there are a lot of areas training just can't cover. You have to learn by doing it.
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    FireMon
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    Implementation Rating
    Amazon AWS
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    Cisco
    I think our system integrators lacks some competencies and this has led to an implementation that is still perfectible. (i.e. dedicating an interface for intra-cluster communication)
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    FireMon
    Implementation is fairly simple. Most issues can be resolved by referencing manuals.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Amazon AWS
    For a
    business that doesn't use any software or applications that will generate high
    volumes of traffic, AWS Firewall Manager is the ideal choice. The method of
    creating an initial configuration and user-friendliness is simple. Along with
    other AWS services, we also created portals for the HR division, with a focus
    on recruitment. we also created a User Interface and a set of tools. The AWS
    Firewall Manager is the only thing we need.
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    Cisco
    I think all give some visibility of device monitoring and management, but Cisco Identity Services Engine gives a good way to manage more details about the device in a centralized way that gives a wider range of monitoring and control than the other softwares individually. I don't think Cisco Identity Services Engine eliminates the need for these other software as of now, but there is potential for Cisco Identity Services Engine to be able to take over more of these roles.
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    FireMon
    I has worked with AlgoSec and while they are very similar product, I find the FireMon is easier to understand and get rolling with. While both require some learning, FireMon is by far the easier one. Once you have an understanding of how things are arranged and labeled you can easily import firewalls and begin to work on them to improve them
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Amazon AWS
    No answers on this topic
    Cisco
    Cisco ISE was competitively priced and Cisco was able to leverage some of our existing contracts to help ease the purchase.
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    FireMon
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    Scalability
    Amazon AWS
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    Cisco
    It's fully customised and comprehensive. only thing is you need to know what you want. Proper research and planning would save lots of time and effort .
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    FireMon
    Firemon Is easily scalable and maintainable with any size team. Although it requires some tech debt, it is well worth the time to invest to ensure compliance is visible and reports are accurate. Although our environment is very large we do not fully utilize the scalability of the Firemon product.
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    Return on Investment
    Amazon AWS
    • Client retention
    • Less need for tedious tasks (cost savings)
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    Cisco
    • I don't know about negatives because we haven't seen it right now, but positive impact is one is the roadmap we have. And now since we are going ahead with doing the deployment of Cisco ISE, we see that we are getting closure to, so at the end of the day, we have to make sure that operationally we stay excellent. So that's where operational excellence comes in. Cisco ISE is basically addressing that for us. Right now we are in a situation if there is a WIFI issue or if there is an authentication issue, it gets really difficult to isolate the problem. But with Cisco ISE , this functionality is going to come in. So we believe that it would be a good ROI.
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    FireMon
    • FireMon's Compliance Reporting provided an immediate and tangible benefit
    • FireMon helps identify egregious or erroneous rules quickly across multiple platforms
    • FireMon took our audit process from an Excel spreadsheet into a far more advanced process with readily available context for reviewers
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