Cisco Secure Access vs. Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access

I think it's a good product for companies that has a lot of branches, not for small companies. I would say medium to large companies that need to have a good visibility. What do they have in the network and somehow interconnected with the security department that will also review the logs from ISE and make conclusions about what do they have in the network.

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I still think Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access is the best SASE/SSE product out there. It just has such good granular controls and up to date security definitions that you can feel absolutely secure in your purchase. GlobalProtect was a lifesaver for me when COVID hit so yes I had to work my butt off to get it up and running quickly and as secure as I possibly could but it worked amazing and had excellent performance after we got it running and tied to MFA, certificates and security policies.

Incentivized

• It helps you to safeguard your connection while accessing SaaS applications and the internet.
• It protects you from cyber threats
• It protects you from data breaches

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• A secure end-to-end network with virtualization to be able to choose the port of our interest and an opening of the same.
• Monthly updates that are sufficient, automatic updates that allow us not to have to do the manual implementation.
• Prisma allows automatically opens an IPsec/SSL VPN connection to Prisma Access.
• Is flexible and scalable

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• Lack of (Umbrella) Virtual Appliance support
• Lack of migration tool for lifting policies from Umbrella to Cisco Secure Access
• Lack of integration with XDR

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• With all of it's unique features it does take some time to get folks up to speed in regards to supporting/managing the software.
• Doesn't always play nice with non Palo Alto software.

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I still say that Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access is the best. I love their GUI, their policies are easy to manage, the sales team is VERY helpful (especially when support is not). I still recommend them to everyone I talk to.

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Firewall from the cloud simplifies the management and operation of the overall solution, I have no resource problems and can scale well. I can fall back on cloud redundancy and the systems are accessible at all times.

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The McAfee product really isn’t a great option. The configuration is a nightmare and requires a lot of time. The policy management has a high learning curve.

Incentivized

• It ensured us secure access to SaaS applications and the internet
• It helped us to safeguard our users from cyber threats while accessing cloud applications and the internet.
• It is protecting us from data breaches.

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• It is extremely easy to manage who has remote access in our organization now.
• It has allowed us to more fluidly get remote workers up and running.
• Another tool to mange is never a good thing and the Panorama UI could use a little work.

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