Cisco Firepower 1000 Series vs Cyberoam

• My organization is all Cisco and wants to stay in the Cisco life cycle, Firepower 1000 series is great for small to medium-size office.
• Very robust enterprise-grade security solution with updated threat features to handle any current and upcoming threats. The solution is backed by Cisco to ensure constant security updates. Integrated AnyConnect remote client VPN is a big plus to allow for secure remote workers access. Easier to set up a site to site VPN due to the large user base and case studies published on integrating to other manufacturer solutions.

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• Easy to use compared to other firewall/UTM products
• Good for SMB and enterprise, but also high marks for a K-12 use case
• Longevity and reliability

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• These devices don't always take changes without a reboot, which can be hard in a production device.
• Cisco is no always clear in how to configure things.
• Routing features can be confusing, we even had a consultant a bit confused over setup.

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• Without mentioning an alternative brand, there is another leading company who has updated with firewall UI quite a bit. They offer an expanded line-up to meet a wider array of needs including specific appliances for web caching, proxy servers, and other products that have the same and familiar UI across the products. Each of the products does have some overlap so that customers can choose the right appliance for their use case.
• After being acquired by Sophos, we saw our year-over-year costs escalate significantly since our original maintenance contract. They should consider revisiting the pricing, especially for education.
• They should consider a current market analysis and see how the market is changing and adapting with other lower cost appliances for their product line up.

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• We have seen improved throughput on our internet.
• It took several attempts with Cisco engineers to configure the device; it requires a deep set of knowledge to set up in a more complicated environment.
• This will allow us to move forward with a more stable and configurable environment with security available we didn't have before.

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• Positive - time and cost savings on management
• Positive - still best in class for ease of CIPA compliance for K-12
• Negative - escalating costs are pushing us away from the solution

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