Cisco Security Cloud Control Reviews and Ratings

Rating: 8 out of 10

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8 out of 10

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Cisco Defense Orchestrator the best management platform for the Cisco Firewalls

Rating: 10 out of 10

Incentivized

December 5, 2023

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The main issue was a scalable solution to manage our fleet of Cisco firepower threat defense firewalls. They are managed locally and manage via FMC. The Cisco Defense Orchestrator was the most financially likeable option. The price point per firewall was great with most features of the FMC on prem device. There were only a handful of features that were not moved to the cloud.

Pros

Upgrade OS
Manage changes at scale
Group like configurations
Clone configs for other firewalls
Migrate from on prem to cloud

Cons

FMC in the cloud needs more features like the on prem version
A way of managing the firewalls both on box and with FMC at the same time
A way to log local for users not wanting to log all events to the cloud

Likelihood to Recommend

Use case would be if you wanted most of the functionality of the FMC on prem but had no datacenter, cloud presence in AWS, or a cloud presence in Azure for an FMCv. You gain an always up FMC to manage the firewalls due to resiliency of the cloud FMC. You get almost all the functionality of an FMC on prem.

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Engineer in Information Technology (1-10 employees)

Vetted Review

3 years of experience

Powerful software for rapid security policy management and ideal for network intrusion detection.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 24, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Defense Orchestrator is a powerful and important software for our company, this is because we use this solution throughout our company to help us with the administration and implementation of security policies in a simpler way, by being able to achieve this we obtain easy management and being able to put aside the hard work of having to implement security policies one by one to keep our infrastructure protected. This Cisco software allows us to control and view all devices from one place, as well as keep informed about whether the security policies work correctly or not.

Pros

It allows an easy and correct administration of corporate security policies.
Being based on the cloud, its management is not complex, since its console is totally centralized, which gives the advantage of viewing all the devices from a single place.
It has remote management which makes it possible to manage the devices from anywhere, that is, the location does not matter.
It provides templates that are ideal for implementing business security policies, they are very helpful when you do not have the knowledge of this type of software.

Cons

Their costs can be high, so when it comes to small or medium-sized companies they are limited to their acquisition due to their price. That is why plans tailored to these companies can help them to have this protection option.
Its configuration can be somewhat confusing, so knowledge and skills are required.
Have more configurable templates so that protection is not limited.
Its implementation in the cloud is innovative and ideal for those who trust it, however not all companies trust it, so being able to implement this software locally would also be a great option.

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Defense Orchestrator is an ideal software to easily manage firewalls at the enterprise level, as well as to implement security policies that allow the corporate infrastructure to remain free of threats that can put at risk all the devices that are handled on a daily basis. For example, it is ideal for preventing network intrusions, since it has the ability to block malware and any suspicious activity. In addition, the fact that it is based on a single console provides the benefit of keeping all devices under view and thus preventing any threat in the simplest way.

Ava Harris Garza

Web Programmer in Research & Development at Quarksoft (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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CDO - A Great Product!

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

February 16, 2021

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Defense Orchestrator is being used by the network team to manage our Cisco firewalls. Due to the vast number of firewalls, we needed a single plane of management. CDO provides that plus a redundant way to manage the firewalls via their external IP. Additionally, it does monitoring for remote access VPNs which is great to have as opposed to having to log into the firewall to figure that.

It does have templates that can be used, but we haven't made use of that just yet.

Pros

Single plane of management.
VPN monitoring.
Remote management via external IP.
Cost.

Cons

Better templates like pushing config. when a particular firewall checks in with CDO.
Compliance checking for configurations would be great. For example: make sure http is shut and https is open.

Likelihood to Recommend

It is a great way to manage a vast number of firewalls. It can also be used to upgrade the firewalls as well. Great for monitoring VPN users. Config. standardization is possible.

Sneha Puri

Senior Network Engineer in Information Technology at Suffolk Construction (1001-5000 employees)

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1 year of experience

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Powerful software for rapid security policy management and ideal for network intrusion detection.

Rating: 9 out of 10

Incentivized

July 24, 2022

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Pros

It allows an easy and correct administration of corporate security policies.
Being based on the cloud, its management is not complex, since its console is totally centralized, which gives the advantage of viewing all the devices from a single place.
It has remote management which makes it possible to manage the devices from anywhere, that is, the location does not matter.
It provides templates that are ideal for implementing business security policies, they are very helpful when you do not have the knowledge of this type of software.

Cons

Their costs can be high, so when it comes to small or medium-sized companies they are limited to their acquisition due to their price. That is why plans tailored to these companies can help them to have this protection option.
Its configuration can be somewhat confusing, so knowledge and skills are required.
Have more configurable templates so that protection is not limited.
Its implementation in the cloud is innovative and ideal for those who trust it, however not all companies trust it, so being able to implement this software locally would also be a great option.

Likelihood to Recommend

Ava Harris Garza

Web Programmer in Research & Development at Quarksoft (10,001+ employees)

Vetted Review

1 year of experience

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