Web security always with the Cisco Secure Web Appliance
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Cisco Secure Web Appliance in our company, especially the digital security department, at various levels of the company, to maintain high security in all our work systems, in emails and web browsing, both important aspects to maintain our workflow protected and safe. We maintain a constant sending of emails and generally receive a lot from both clients and business partners, with the Cisco Secure Web Appliance we find the possibility of keeping under control those malicious emails, those that are in the blacklist, spam or that contain a virus that may affect the devices, with Cisco Secure Web Appliance early detection we have prevented these inconveniences. In the same way, it has facilitated the transit through web browsing, where we obtain more peace of mind to do our research or work online, since the Internet is full of so many malware and malicious agents, Cisco Secure Web Appliance has been the indicated tool to strengthen our system and not allow the passage of any virus that may affect us or harm our corporate system.
Pros
- Bulk email management, check one by one trying to make detailed evaluations without compromising important emails. In addition, its spam function is quite fluid and solid.
- It is a great website manager, it has an intelligent detection system, extensive to discover malicious websites, just as it happens with emails, without compromising the web search or the fluidity of the work, on the contrary, it seeks to protect and avoid those sites that are not important and that contain viruses that harm the security of the devices.
- Real-time protection, with tools that have high capabilities and an intelligent system, most of the time it is quite accurate in detections and has completely adapted to our work.
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.
Likelihood to Recommend
Cisco Secure Web Appliance is undoubtedly a platform worth trying, among millions of options, this is neither the cheapest nor the easiest to use, but if you try to use it and apply it to your work system you will discover that it is quite effective and it does a lot of what it promises.
