Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) vs Qualys Cloud Platform

Likelihood to Recommend

Overall, management is not terrible if you have a stable network that is not overly complex. If you don't, this product will take considerable time to plan for an effective solution. I will say support is not very helpful, so if you need assistance after the initial sales rep assisted setup, good luck and be prepared to spend hours on the phone.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 1001-5000 employees

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It is well suited for environments that are looking for a solution that is top notch for vulnerability scanning, and is the most accurate at doing so. It would also fit environments that have a lot of endpoints to scan or like to have scanning done on an automatic basis.It is less appropriate in environments that want to use a platform right away, without getting training in how to use it, or reading documentation on the product.

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Supervisor in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Pros

Manage high-privilege access to communications equipment. It allows to be granular in the permissions, to have it integrated with the LDAP users and, most importantly, to audit what tasks each user performed.
Profile users and devices and assign privileges and access levels based on that combination. It greatly improves the user experience, since it does not depend on the network it is in, but on the access levels it has depending on the device. It also allows self-managed guest access with approval flow, which is essential for our business.
It has also allowed us to automate actions based on findings from StealWatch, Umbrella, AMP, etc.

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Sebastián Sarasate

Corp IT Manager

Grupo Logístico AndreaniLogistics and Supply Chain, 5001-10,000 employees

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Cloud-based management.
Detailed info about the findings: reason, effect, risk, mitigations, etc.
Clear UI.
Additional modules can be added to the same management interface.(single point of management).

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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Computer Software Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

Lot and lots of settings. if they could simplify the process or have a template that would make things easier.
No batch edit. Would be nice to change settings of multiple devices at a time.

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Verified User

Administrator in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Price tag
Have the license based on live IPs, not on entire subnets, so then you pay for the exactly amount of servers you have.

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Professional in Professional Services

Computer & Network Security Company, 11-50 employees

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Usability

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 7.3

Based on 2 answers

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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Verified User

Engineer in Information Technology

Education Management Company, 1001-5000 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 5.7

Based on 7 answers

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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Simon Watkins

Senior Network Consultant

Sure / Sure InternationalTelecommunications, 201-500 employees

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Qualys Cloud Platform 8.4

Based on 5 answers

We feel Qualys provides required perimeter security for our infrastructure which is hosted on multiple clouds. Together with a comprehensive scanning and continuous monitoring, Qualys is cloud agnostic which gives us flexibility to use it across multiple clouds. We also like the daily reporting and its integration with other productivity tools.

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Verified User

Director in Engineering

Computer Software Company, 501-1000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

I haven't tried any other vendor when it comes to AAA. It seems that ISE was preceded by Cisco ACS. Cisco seems to be the front runner when it comes to this level of security and implementation. Why would you go to another vendor if you know Cisco is the vendor setting the bar?

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Thomas Osborne

Network System Administrator

CentralSquare TechnologiesInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Qualysguard gave us the tools we needed that were benificial to our job without us having to do too much manual interaction such as with Nmap, Metasploit , etc. It was a very efficient platform that I would go to again.

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Alan Matson, CCNA:S, MCP

Senior Network Security Engineer

InsightInformation Technology and Services, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

It certainly wasted a lot of SE resources.
It was a waste of budget and time of my people to try to get it running.

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Verified User

Manager in Information Technology

Hospital & Health Care Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Provides the business the information needed to prioritize security requirements and secure appropriate budget.
Provides self-service capabilities for users to perform their own scans.
Provides visibility for asset discovery which was previously a difficult task.

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Analyst in Information Technology

Financial Services Company, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pricing Details

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No

General

Free Trial

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Free/Freemium Version

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Premium Consulting/Integration Services

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Entry-level set up fee?

No