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Feature Set Ratings
Firewall

8.5
Cisco Secure Firewall
85%

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Feature Set Not Supported
N/A
Cisco Secure Firewall ranks higher in 11/11 features
Cisco Secure Firewall ranks higher in 11/11 features
Identification Technologies

7.9
79%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Visualization Tools

7.6
76%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Content Inspection

9.4
94%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Policy-based Controls

8.8
88%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Active Directory and LDAP

7.2
72%
13 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Firewall Management Console

8.9
89%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Reporting and Logging

8.3
83%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
VPN

9.4
94%
12 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
High Availability

9.9
99%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Stateful Inspection

9.3
93%
14 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Proxy Server

7.2
72%
12 Ratings
N/A
0 Ratings
Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)

Cisco Secure Firewall
Feature Set Not Supported
N/A

1.0
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
10%
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued) ranks higher in 7/7 features
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued) ranks higher in 7/7 features
Centralized event and log data collection

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
3 Ratings
Correlation

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
3 Ratings
Event and log normalization/management

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
6 Ratings
Deployment flexibility

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
3 Ratings
Integration with Identity and Access Management Tools

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
3 Ratings
Custom dashboards and workspaces

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
6 Ratings
Host and network-based intrusion detection

N/A
0 Ratings
1.0
10%
3 Ratings
Attribute Ratings
- Cisco Secure Firewall is rated higher in 1 area: Likelihood to Recommend
Likelihood to Recommend

9.4
Cisco Secure Firewall
94%
14 Ratings

1.0
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
10%
3 Ratings
Usability

8.0
Cisco Secure Firewall
80%
1 Rating

RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
N/A
0 Ratings
Support Rating

7.9
Cisco Secure Firewall
79%
6 Ratings

RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
N/A
0 Ratings
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Secure Firewall
If you are already using [a] Cisco product like the Cisco ASA Series and you need more security on layer 7 then you can upgrade with firepower. This is well suited for middle and big organizations. If your company deals with credit card information then you should buy this firewall. It provides you all the features to stop any type of advanced attack on your organization
project lead
DashClicksInformation Technology & Services, 51-200 employees
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
RackFoundry Total Security Management (TSM) is suited for most companies that have the same challenge as my team had. If you are looking to purchase one security tool and spend most of your allocated budget then I would not recommend this for you. However, if you are looking for something close to a single pane of glass, (granted there is no such thing) this solution does come close as they have the main components built in such as their FW/IPS/IDS/SIEM. Before selecting RackFoundry we had two options which were: 1) Upgrade our current solution and spend an overbearing amount 2) Search for new vendors and maybe procure 1-3 devices and then manually integrate them. Because this was a unified console and integration between devices was simple, we were able to obtain 4-6 security functions and we even had some sense of security visibility via the SIEM. It's not as powerful as Splunk or LogRhythm, but it definitely does the job

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 10,001+ employeesPros
Cisco Secure Firewall
- Updates with the HA Pair are incredibly easy and automated
- FMC with Firepowers provide a single place to view information about devices and connections
- Tedious policy changes can be staged during the working hours and then deployed in one click after hours

Verified User
Engineer in Information Technology
Education Management Company, 201-500 employeesRackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
- Making promises about a service and product.
- Advertising a good price and offering great services.
- Supposedly offer 24/7 365 level 1 threat triaging.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employeesCons
Cisco Secure Firewall
- The UI in Cisco Firepower formerly Sourcefire) is complicated and entirely redundant. A lot of these features are not useful, and therefore, it can be removed from the main window.
- The interface is very slow, with each operation taking a lot of time. Searching through the logs takes too much time.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Colorado DenverHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
- It has been my first year with Rack Foundry and at this point I have to say everything has been smooth, from implementation to support.
Senior Technical Administrator
PG CalcComputer Software, 11-50 employees
Pricing Details
Cisco Secure Firewall
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
General
Free Trial
—Free/Freemium Version
—Premium Consulting/Integration Services
—Entry-level set up fee?
No
Starting Price
—Usability
Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall 8.0
Based on 1 answer
It's overall very great, however the Management Console needs updating to fix the slowness of policy and rule deployments.
AVP Network Security Team Lead
East West BankFinancial Services, 1001-5000 employees
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No answers yet
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Support Rating
Cisco Secure Firewall
Cisco Secure Firewall 7.9
Based on 6 answers
Cisco support is not at all suitable for this product, at least. It takes a long for them to help us with our server issues. A lot of the time, the customer support person keeps on redirecting calls to another person. They need to be well versed with the terminologies of the product they are supporting us with. Support needs a lot of improvement. Cisco Fire Linux OS, the operating system behind Cisco Firepower NGFW (formerly Sourcefire), also doesn't receive regular patches. In short, average customer service.
Graduate Research Assistant
University of Colorado DenverHigher Education, 5001-10,000 employees
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
No score
No answers yet
No answers on this topic
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Firewall
pfsence is a very complicated firewall and there is lots of documentation available on Cisco website for help. The configuration is very difficult and less documentation available. Cisco Secure Firewall provides us all the security features in low cost and this is very easy to configure firewall.
Sr Team Leader
Dish TVInformation Technology & Services, 1001-5000 employees
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
Well I have experience with the big names: SecureWorks, IBM and Splunk. Individually their logging tools are much better than RackFoundry's Total Security Management. This is great for large corporations and urban cities, however not so great for municipalities, mid size businesses and companies who fluctuate between 1-7 members on their IT staff. Why? Because it takes too much of their resources and integration with other products gets a little rough as you will need to configure your preferences to theirs. When a company has stability it is great to have a name brand product, however renewals and upgrade costs can be taxing to an organization.

Verified User
Manager in Information Technology
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad Company, 10,001+ employeesReturn on Investment
Cisco Secure Firewall
- This product is great for inspection and normal firewall controls.
- If there's a bug in it, it can take a lot of resource time to chase it and work around it.
- Deciphering which data is useful has taken a bit of time and trimming.
Network Systems Administrator
Johnson County LibraryLibraries, 201-500 employees
RackFoundry Total Security Management (discontinued)
- Overall the product has had a negative impact. Not necessarily on our environment but in the amount of time it has taken to deploy.

Verified User
Analyst in Information Technology
Hospital & Health Care Company, 51-200 employees