Likelihood to Recommend We have both scenarios where we can describe that. For example, in the HQ, where we have about 3,000 users, Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliance is the ideal solution, because we can consolidate all the Internet access, policies, rules, etc. in the same box. However, if you have small offices with a few users, it's hard to justify one big and expensive box that could cost more than the whole office infrastructure.
Read full review Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is well suited for bigger companies with huge numbers of incoming and outgoing emails. It is really easy to configure, and once setup, there is not much to be done. So this requires minimal administration efforts. However, as the reporting is weak, if this is essential for a company, then it would be better to look into other alternatives.
Read full review Pros SMA gave us central control over multiple servers, simplifying management. Performance of the Appliance VM exceeded that of our old physical appliance-based solution. Convenient licensing for virtualized environments that allows easy scaling. Read full review Deep Discovery analyzer provides sandboxing and deep threat analyses DLP capabilities are also good. It has a number of pre defined DLP templates Works very well against targeted attacks Lowers impact at the email gateway as it filters away the email in the cloud Read full review Cons I think that the interface could need updates to adapt it to a much more current system, achieve quick access to necessary tools and adapt the platform to a much more customizable and comfortable system to work with. It is undoubtedly a platform that is worth having, however, the license costs could be better adjusted to small businesses so that it can be accessed more easily. It could be a bit complex to use, the use of codes is quite extensive, it could be adjusted to something much more practical but just as efficient. Read full review Higher false positive rate for Spam detection. Logging can be difficult to search. Read full review Usability Because it's one of those products you almost don't realize it exists from the end user. From the administrator perspective, you can do everything on its web interface and it's very intuitive to manage, once you know the concepts behind identities, acls, etc. Also, once you build the control structure, I mean, you link 'local' groups with your own Active Directory groups, as we did here, you don't need to be managing those things on the appliance itself.
Read full review Support Rating Our experience with Cisco's support was terrible. Other than the fact that they don't respond to service-related emails with urgency, they also keep on changing the policies that affected us. Recently, they came up with a new look for the same software, which was insanely slow. Renewal of keys for the old interface took months. Overall, the support was not very friendly from the users' point of view.
Read full review Easy to use, easy to pull data, easy to see what is going on in our specific environment.
Read full review Alternatives Considered At home I have a McAfee service that does similar tasks and helps manage the users of my internet. McAfee seems more user friendly and easier to set exceptions.
Read full review Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is much cheaper than Kasprsky Security for Email Server. Trend Micro InterScan Messaging Security is easier to install and the maintenance effort required is much less than this required by Kasprsky Security for Email Server. However Kasprsky Security for Email Server does have a better GUI and does indeed offer a better protection degree. However, taking into account that both were tested behind a firewall, most of the threats had already been eliminated there...
Read full review Return on Investment Security! Security! Security! We are financial company that work with very sensitive information. A lot of unsafe traffic was blocked on the Cisco IronPort WSA over years of using it. We did not earn on it but absolutely sure that we did not lose 'gazillion' of dollars being infected or scammed. Easy to configure and use, no need to teach new personnel how work with this product (hopefully saving time = saving money). Unfortunately the price of license subscription made financial managers push IT dept. to look for something cheaper. Read full review We have been able to see threats more easily now than before and have become more aware towards them The IT infra footprint has become more secure and controlled Read full review ScreenShots