Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services vs WatchGuard Network Security

• Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services are very well suited for most environments.
• Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services have a variety of networking features including NextGen, web content filtering, data analysis, high availability failover, packet inspection, context-based ACL, and other features to protect your networks.
• It's easy to deploy and manage.

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• URL Filtering: Extremely effective for blocking of questionable content and protecting from phishing sites.
• Antivirus: Our clients have seen far fewer active threats when a WatchGuard Network Security Device is in place.
• Data Loss Prevention: A valuable tool for our clients who require more security when it comes to metadata and personal data leaving the network.

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• Performance when using FirePower services make the unit slow
• Capacity of what the FirePower services need
• The interface is better than ASDM but these still need ASDM and that can be a challenge to get the correct Java version loaded
• Certain 5500-X models are different than previous versions with no switchport options

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• Partner communications on technical issues. For example the undocumented feature of SDWAN hidden route. There is still no documentation on that.
• Too infrequent communications about high incidence technical support issues. We do not want to have to be encountering known issues and then having outages or problems that we then have to put in tickets about.
• Pay attention to your most highly technical partners, not just those that sell a lot of equipment. The highly technical partners can and do provide very usable feedback that can make the products better.
• WG wants partners to build relationships with people inside WG so we can drive solutions to problems, but too frequently, we get no response to emails sent to the proper internal resources about legitimate issues.

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• As an integrated appliance, we saved costs on getting other security technologies.
• It provided secure access to our remote users, saving costs and time as our users could get access to the network anywhere and anytime.
• Since we have other Cisco devices, integration was seamless.
• Integration with Active Directory meant we did not need to create addition user accounts.

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• Blocking bad websites has saved many of our clients from any infection which saves time and money from a business being down and needing files restored perspective.
• Automatic end user training has saved time not having to go onsite to do it ourselves.
• Traffic and Security Reports that we use with clients to show them employee usage, blocked security threats, and growth projections.

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