Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services Reviews

if you have a good budget and you worry about deep security then you can choose this product. [Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services offers] lots of option like AMP and Advanced IPS which helps you to secure your organization from external threats. Anti-spam and others features also good for organization security. Sandbox is a new but very good feature for deep scanning every packet which is comping to your organization.

Cisco support is one of the best advantage. their highly experience technical support persons and SLA is really good. I [think] Cisco is [one of the best for support services.]

It is good hardware with advanced security features known as Next Generation that can be purchased through license subscriptions. I recommend to use it in the edge scenario of the internet. It is great to offer protection to the internal network, servers, PCs, sensitive data and to offer the remote service to company users remotely from the use of an SLL VPN. It is important to measure the number of users and the speed of internet links to find the right Cisco ASA model for your scenario.

I would recommend the purchase of the Smartnet 24x7 service in the case of a unit and the Smartnet 8x5NBD in the case of only one appliance installed on site. This service is important to always have the latest firmware updates, corrective updates and especially the hardware warranty and maintenance service in case of problems. The service is done by phone or on the official Cisco website and I can say that it is very good and efficient.

Firepower services are well suited for medium-sized and small-sized organizations that are worried about security. This product is very useful and easy to deploy in the existing network and you can easily manage this. You need to put in some extra effort and you will never face any downtime.

Iam giving this rating because of advanced malware protection and advanced IPS features. These are really good and advanced as compared to other companies like checkpoint and Palo Alto.

If you have a middle-sized organization, have a good budget, and are thinking about security, then you can go with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER. However, the issue is that there are other companies offering the same feature with less cost. The cost of this product is very high and some advanced next generation features are also not working properly.

24/7 experienced technical support and lots of easy documentation and training are one of the main advantages of Cisco products.

If you have a medium or SBS company and you want to deeply secure your infrastructure on a normal budget then you can go with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services firewall.

Cisco customer support really best, they are providing 24*7 support and their SLA is the best SLA to satisfy their client.

Cisco ASA 5500 SFR is best suited for almost all types of organization as it's so user friendly. Cisco has the best support onsite/offsite. Even in case of device failure, they provide the RMA device within 24 hours unlike some other vendors who ask for many documentations before getting the RMA done. Configuration documentations are easily available on internet.

I always say this (based upon my experiences) Cisco has the best support both onsite and offsite. Cisco does the RMA of faulty device within the defined 24 hours. And their TAC support is very good as it's also available in India. Overall, I would say Cisco has the best Customer Support.

This service is good for those of you already using Cisco ASA and needing to implement more security and no need take more burden to deploy and configure. This is very easy to configure and easy to implement. Cisco AMP and sandboxing services are very good for find any type of attack and find virus before attack.

No one can give to support like Cisco. Cisco is one of best and top of every company for customer support. Very helpful and experienced customer support for help in every configuration and implement. Lots of training videos available for any help.

Cisco ASA with FirePOWER is really very good product but the problem is the features are very expensive. Other companies like FortiGate are offering the same features in very low cost. If you are already using the ASA product and you don't want any other firewall but you wanna increase the security features then you can go with this service. Cisco AMP and sandboxing are really one of the best features in market.

The main advantage of Cisco products is customer support. I will give 5 stars out of 5.

This device fits very well in medium to large enterprise networks, the ability for active/passive failover makes it extremely reliable should you choose to purchase two units. For smaller networks, the 5500 series may be overkill with a multitude of less expensive options available. Having everything in one box and management utilizing the Cisco ASDM console is very nice.

We have had very little interaction with support on this ASA. On the few occasions we have, Cisco has been responsive and corrected the problem. As mentioned in my previous comment, we have an ongoing issue with the internet going offline and since it's a random problem Cisco hasn't been able to help yet.

If you were looking for a internet edge firewall and wanted to add the modern day "next gen" features than I would say the [Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services] would do the job. The packages Cisco offers with the hardware is pretty easy to understand and you can add the right feature sets to it. If you don't need next gen functions for basic NAT/PAT then it still would be a good firewall. If you wanted it for a data center to inspect traffic going from the LAN to the Data Center it would be a good fit. If you do not size these correctly you might quickly run out of performance or capacity when using the FirePOWER Services. The smaller 5506-X with Firepower really seems to struggle when adding FirePower with it. I would say you would be less likely to use it if your organization has more than 100 devices. You would need to move up to a 5508-X, 5512-X or larger units.

Every time I have ever needed support for these devices I have had a good experience. The TAC team Cisco has in place to help with their security appliances has been excellent. The TAC engineers are normally pretty quick about getting on a support call with you to dig in with you to figure out the issue. If you have the right smartnet plans in place you can get a bad device swapped out pretty quick without too much hassle. The support updates and patches that come to the device are not bad to install and keep it up and supported isn't too taxing on my day to day workload.

Cisco ASA is the world’s most widely deployed, enterprise-class stateful firewall which includes Clustering & High Availability option, Intrusion Prevention & Stateful Layer 2-7 inspection, Advanced Malware Protection, URL Filtering, Network Firewall Routing and Switching, Application Visibility & Control and some other.

The Cisco Technical Assistance Center provides great support from the beginning to the end. Also, there is Cisco community support available with tons of questions and answers.

The Cisco ASA firewalls is perfect for managing traffic on your network especially between your LAN and the Internet. As this is an integrated appliance, it also includes a host of other features such as advanced malware protection, application control, remote access and site to site VPN capability and much more. If you have multiple Cisco ASA firewalls, I would recommend you purchase Cisco Firepower Management Centre as it provides in-depth visibility and control over you network.

Depending on where the firewall is being deployed, I would select Cisco SmartNet support (24x7x4hours) onsite support should this be deployed within the data centre. For branch offices, you could maybe go with the Cisco SmartNet next business day support which can save a bit of costs if your business model supports this. With SmartNet, Cisco will resolve issues faster and mitigate risk
with 24 hour access to Cisco experts online or via the telephone.

Cisco firepower provides automatation for an organisations security operations to detect and stop the most advanced threats fast. It also assists in preventing attacks in using intelligence and innovative solutions.

It is well-suited in a work from home setup. If you have many employees working from home it can accommodate users depending on the license installed. It is less appropriate for small and medium enterprises because of the cost.

It is a good firewall for an enterprise organization.

Since the ASA platform is in the midst of a transition, it is best for new users. The Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) is straight-forward, helps you deploy key features easily, and is pleasing to the eye. The 5500-X line has a wide array of models that are suitably for environments both big and small. There are aspects of ASDM that are not yet available in the FTD platform, especially power-user features like a CLI. So this has left ASA junkies high and dry.

Cisco TAC support is as painful to deal with as most technical support situations. However, they do offer good online tools that prevent a phone call. When a replacement has been needed, Cisco has sent replacement equipment quickly and well within the service level agreement. Having your ducks in a row (registration, accounts) before you experience an issue can save you time.

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER is well suited for sites that will be using VPN and RAS. It is quick to set up and deploy and has good support from Cisco and the community at large. There is a product that meets any size of network.

Support is world-class but is very expensive compared to its competitors. Community support is very good with many people using ASA already.

Some features are hard to set up or hard to find.

The Cisco ASA 5500-X covers the entire range from SMB locations with the 5506 to Datacenter/Internet edge with the 5585 models. As it's the same software/management tool being used you can keep using your skills.
Be aware that as soon as you get above 25 sites, you're going to have to pay for the management center software as well.

I haven't had to deal with support yet. Therefore I cannot comment of the quality of the support. I assume it's the same TAC support as for other Cisco products, and therefore I assume it's good.