Check Point Quantum DDoS Protector vs. Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics

This Check Point DDoS Protector software is ideal to guarantee the protection of companies in the presence of DDoS attacks, regardless of whether they are known or unknown, it has an immediate detection and response to the presence of them, so it has the ability to stop attacks before they cause damage to the business infrastructure. Also even under attack provides high network performance and legitimate traffic, which is why it is ideal for mitigating threats at the network level as well as applications.

Incentivized

Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics is well suited for network monitoring and starts off as learning how your day to day traffic flows amongst systems and assets. From there it can then pinpoint specific alerts that you have enabled to be monitored on your network. This gives us insight on any issues that may come up and how we can fix them. It also allows us to see what systems are consuming the most bandwidth and such from a big picture point of view.

Incentivized

• Most accurate DDoS Attack detection
• Network Behavioral Analysis
• Intrusion Prevention
• SSL-attack protection

• Improve security and productivity
• Detect advanced threats and indicators of compromise

Incentivized

• Sometimes it takes time to update device software.
• It offers scalable payment licenses, however it is important to have a good knowledge of how to handle this type of device.
• It does not allow the handling of several IP addresses, in addition it lacks a black and white list of data.
• Its configuration can be complex for a first time user, so it is important to have adequate knowledge for the proper functioning of the devices.

Incentivized

• More integrations with other Cisco tools or 3rd party vendors
• Add description of NetFlow probe, so you know which device it's configured on without logging into the actual switch
• Updated UI

Incentivized

As the existing environment is mainly equipped with Checkpoint products and since the product has all leading features, we moved with Checkpoint DDoS protector.

If anything Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics only compliments other Cisco tools. We run a Cisco security stack and each one of those products only enhance and better the other product. Ultimately enhancing and protecting your network at its fullest capabilities. Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics doesn't only stack up, but adds another layer of visibility to help your company out.

Incentivized

• It helps us to effectively minimize the presence of attacks in the environment of our organization.
• It allows us to maintain the continuity of legitimate traffic.
• It allows us to keep a really low level of false positives.
• It allows us a great saving of time and money due to the fact that it automatically blocks unusual behaviors.

Incentivized

• Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics has helped us mitigate network security issues
• Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics has provided us with detailed reporting on what are needs are in regards to network stability
• UI is stale and could use an update

Incentivized