Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued) vs Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS)

Likelihood to Recommend

IPS sensors are more suited for companies that do not have visibility into their network with third-party analyzing tools. Scenarios would be to place IPS sensors at the perimeter firewalls mainly. IPS sensors are less appropriate for companies that have third-party analyzing tools that will mitigate vulnerabilities and malicious traffic and activities already.

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Kenneth Ma

AVP Network Security Team Lead

East West BankFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees

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For scenarios, I described before, like when you have centralized administration and several locations, and the majority of those locations have the same size/requirements, Firepower is well suited. Easy to maintain, relatively cheap to buy. For scenarios too small, like small sales offices like ours, I don't think Firepower could fit, basically because you'll need to invest a certain amount of money to buy, license and deploy.

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Eduardo Viero

IT Infrastructure Specialist

RANDON S.AAutomotive, 5001-10,000 employees

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Pros

Detects threats
Included in other Cisco tools
Feeds for automatic actualization

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Verified User

Consultant in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 501-1000 employees

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Low false positive rate as long as it is properly managed/tuned.
Easy to manage and configure with the GUI.
Support is great if assistance is needed.

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Marc Uydess

Technical Security Analyst

Nine West HoldingsRetail, 1001-5000 employees

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Cons

The web GUI is somewhat slow.
Sometimes difficult to adjust policies.
Fail open feature may not work properly all the time.

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Kenneth Ma

AVP Network Security Team Lead

East West BankFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Fine tuning the Firepower policies is tedious and time consuming

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Jonathan Pauley

Sales Engineer

Advanced Technical Solutions, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Likelihood to Renew

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Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS) 9.0

Based on 1 answer

We are in the middle of outsourcing and may not be able to keep this product.

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Marc Uydess

Technical Security Analyst

Nine West HoldingsRetail, 1001-5000 employees

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Usability

No score

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Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS) 10.0

Based on 1 answer

Very easy to navigate GUI in the FMC and very effective at performing the intending duties.

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Jonathan Pauley

Sales Engineer

Advanced Technical Solutions, LLCInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 employees

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Support Rating

Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued) 9.0

Based on 1 answer

Cisco TAC has been great at helping with configurations and issues that may arise

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Kenneth Ma

AVP Network Security Team Lead

East West BankFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees

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Cisco Secure IPS (NGIPS) 9.0

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We didn't have any major issues that let us need support. Only, for this reason, I think Cisco Firepower deserves the rating. Even for small issues, the partner that helped us during the project could solve it quickly. There are also tons of documents and other online resources to help maintain, administer and support the product.

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Eduardo Viero

IT Infrastructure Specialist

RANDON S.AAutomotive, 5001-10,000 employees

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Alternatives Considered

HP and Fortinet were in the PoC, too, but we decided to use Cisco IPS because it integrated with the rest of our Cisco equipment better. It was well integrated in the ACI datacenter, too. Performance and actual integration work with Cisco. Most of the workers at our company are familiar with Cisco.

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Verified User

Consultant in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 501-1000 employees

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Cisco Firepower is as well positioned in the Gartner magic quadrant as the others I mentioned and not just because of that, but the product is really good, delivers what it's intended to deliver. For us, the main strategy is to simplify administration and operation and as we're a Cisco customer for several other products, our long term relationship gives us a competitive vantage to negotiate and have great deals. In summary: Cisco Firepower is a great product, can cost the same or less than competitors and it's made by a company we already know and trust.

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Eduardo Viero

IT Infrastructure Specialist

RANDON S.AAutomotive, 5001-10,000 employees

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Return on Investment

Recognize virus outbreaks.
Find unauthorized administrative traffic.
Customization needs to be done to reach your objective.

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Verified User

Consultant in Engineering

Computer & Network Security Company, 501-1000 employees

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Good visibility into our traffic and automatic threat protection keeps our network and users safe.

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Wouter Hindriks

Technical Team Lead Network & Security

Missing Piece BVInformation Technology and Services, 11-50 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