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    ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price

    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

    Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)

    Score10 out of 10
    Enterprise companies (1,001+ employees)
    Google Threat Intelligence, based on the expertise and service of Mandiant, aims to accelerate security and risk decision making – operational as well as strategic – and to enable security teams to focus on threats that matter to them.N/A
    Pricing
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Editions & Modules
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    Offerings
    Pricing Offerings
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Free Trial
    NoYes
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoYes
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeOptional
    Additional Details—Priced by company size
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    Community Pulse
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Considered Both Products
    Cisco
    No answer on this topic
    Google
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    Key User Insights
    Would buy again
    97%
    Would buy again
    144 Answers
    100%
    Would buy again
    17 Answers
    Delivers good value for the price
    97%
    Delivers good value for the price
    128 Answers
    100%
    Delivers good value for the price
    14 Answers
    Happy with the feature set
    96%
    Happy with the feature set
    142 Answers
    100%
    Happy with the feature set
    17 Answers
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    93%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    99 Answers
    80%
    Lived up to sales and marketing promises
    8 Answers
    Implementation went as expected
    84%
    Implementation went as expected
    115 Answers
    100%
    Implementation went as expected
    14 Answers
    Features
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Endpoint Security
    Comparison of Endpoint Security features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    7.2
    6 Ratings
    0% below category average
    Infection Remediation00 Ratings7.26 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence
    Comparison of Threat Intelligence features of Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Feature
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    -
    Ratings
    Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    7.8
    10 Ratings
    8% above category average
    Network Analytics00 Ratings7.79 Ratings
    Threat Recognition00 Ratings7.89 Ratings
    Vulnerability Classification00 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Automated Alerts and Reporting00 Ratings8.09 Ratings
    Threat Analysis00 Ratings7.510 Ratings
    Threat Intelligence Reporting00 Ratings8.210 Ratings
    Automated Threat Identification00 Ratings7.99 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
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    Medium-sized Companies
    FireMon
    Score7.9 out of 10
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    Enterprises
    Cisco IOS Security
    Score9.6 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    9.0
    (146 ratings)
    7.8
    (18 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    7.9
    (6 ratings)
    7.6
    (18 ratings)
    Availability
    9.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.3
    (7 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.4
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Configurability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    8.4
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Ease of integration
    7.2
    (4 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor post-sale
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Vendor pre-sale
    9.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant)
    Likelihood to Recommend
    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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    Google
    Usually SOC leverages Intel from mutiple sources. The scenarios are: 1.Suitable: In large scale SOC where more than 5000 devices are being monitored and the tech stack is wide, Mandiant will play an excellent role in that scenario. 2.Not Suitable: In small scale SOCs wherein limited devices belonging to the same tech stack is being used then the analysts can rely on OSINT and it is not useful to buy the solution.
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    Pros
    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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    Google
    • accelerated threat response feature, prioritizing threats according to requirement.
    • Optimization of the threat intelligence , and can be integrated with 3rd party tools.
    • Features like - Breach ,Adversary, Machine and Operational Intelligence.
    • Mandiant dynamic host and the malware views along with indicators.
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    Cons
    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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    Google
    • Paywalls exist throughout the data set and can halt an investigation without the right model
    • Some data was incomplete or broken up between pay tiers
    • Navigation through the data lacked a definitive trail or breadcrumbs to retrace steps during investigations
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    Likelihood to Renew
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Usability
    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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    Google
    Mandiant Advantage Threat Intelligence has a very usable platform, with well-differentiated sections for the analyst, as well as the possibility of cross-searching to obtain the desired results. All this is presented with an interface that is easy on the eye and not very messy, which increases productivity and the speed with which work is done.
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    Reliability and Availability
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Performance
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Support Rating
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Online Training
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Implementation Rating
    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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    Google
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    Alternatives Considered
    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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    Google
    It gives more ways to analyze threats and options to fixed it. This device gives more visibility on vulnerability detection and its analysis. It provides detailed reports to have more information of all malwares which help us to increase overall security of our current organization
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Scalability
    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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    Google
    No answers on this topic
    Return on Investment
    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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    Google
    • Improved incident response time
    • Specific investigations that have reduced the attack surface
    • Technical reports on threats not controlled by the bank's local team
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    ScreenShots

    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Screenshots

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    Google Threat Intelligence (Mandiant) Screenshots

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