Cisco Firepower 4100 Series vs. Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
Score 8.8 out of 10
N/A
The Cisco Firepower 4100 Series’ 1-rack-unit size is presented by the vendodr as ideal at the Internet edge and in high-performance environments. They further state that it shows what’s happening on your network, detects attacks earlier so you can act faster, and reduces management complexity.N/A
Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)
Score 7.0 out of 10
N/A
The TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS) from Trend Micro is an intrusion detection and prevention system.N/A
Pricing
Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriesTrend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)
Editions & Modules
Firepower 4100
50,000-250,000
per appliance
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Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriesTrend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
Additional Details
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Top Pros
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Features
Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriesTrend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)
Firewall
Comparison of Firewall features of Product A and Product B
Cisco Firepower 4100 Series
7.9
3 Ratings
7% below category average
Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)
-
Ratings
Identification Technologies9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Visualization Tools9.33 Ratings00 Ratings
Content Inspection7.93 Ratings00 Ratings
Policy-based Controls9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP7.22 Ratings00 Ratings
Firewall Management Console9.83 Ratings00 Ratings
Reporting and Logging6.13 Ratings00 Ratings
VPN7.03 Ratings00 Ratings
High Availability5.43 Ratings00 Ratings
Stateful Inspection9.73 Ratings00 Ratings
Proxy Server5.52 Ratings00 Ratings
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User Ratings
Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriesTrend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)
Likelihood to Recommend
9.7
(3 ratings)
7.0
(1 ratings)
User Testimonials
Cisco Firepower 4100 SeriesTrend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System (TPS)
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco
When we are asked by local partners which security equipment we use we always recommend our Cisco security products. The Firepower firewall is no exception and we can easily recommend this to others who need a fast, secure, and well built system that integrates well with all your existing hardware and software.
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Trend Micro
Great for large enterprises 10k users or more and as part of defense in depth. Medium and small business you are better off looking for a cheaper UTM solution that does it all in one. It comes down to cost, are you willing to fund the cost of breaking out IPS functionality or moving towards a unified solution?
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Pros
Cisco
  • Policy management in the GUI. I'm old-school, and still create ACLs in the CLI, but using the GUI for this is very nice.
  • Event monitoring and reporting is great, and you can get very granular when it comes to what information you are viewing.
  • I really like the troubleshooting features that are built in, especially the packet tracer and the ability to generate and download a troubleshooting package to review or send to TAC.
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Trend Micro
  • Tipping point had a very nice GUI interface that sat on top of snort rules. It was easy to access, had nice customization of dashboards and output to syslog for SIEM solutions.
  • It was easy to configure rule sets, allow groups or singular allow/blocks or white-listing.
  • Security rule sets could be tweaked up or down and allow/drops signatures could be configured to help increase performance.
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Cons
Cisco
  • When deployed as Firepower Threat Defense, configurations cannot be made within the device itself.
  • Troubleshooting can be difficult if the Cisco Firepower 4100 Series firewall is managed by the Cisco Firepower Management Center.
  • There are two operating systems in Cisco Firepower 4100 Series, firmware upgrade process will take a long time.
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Trend Micro
  • Biggest qualms I had with TippingPoint was that it was just a tad on the expensive side for what you get. Nowadays everything has gone UTM in firewalls and they do it all including IPS as part of the basic functionality so really, TP is losing a massive market share.
  • Don't see a future in the roadmap with so many other vendors getting onto the "unified" wagon and adding IPS as part of their service and at a cheaper price.
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Alternatives Considered
Cisco
As I mentioned before, the Fortigates have better failover. I think the Cisco interface is easier to use that that of the FortiGate. My only criticism would be that with multiple CLIs, it can get a bit confusing when you are trying to configure something or troubleshoot from the CLI.
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Trend Micro
Most other firewall UTM solutions, Cisco, Palo Alto, Fidelis, etc.
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Return on Investment
Cisco
  • Positive impact would be our increased security network wide.
  • Another positive would be the increased processing power, saving us time and [from] needing more equipment.
  • A negative impact would be the increased need for having to learn a new interface.
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Trend Micro
  • Negative cash flow, positive addition to our defense in depth strategy at one of the largest healthcare organizations in Georgia (at that time).
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