Robustness and quality above all!!
November 05, 2018

Robustness and quality above all!!

Carlos Daniel Casañas Bertolo ஃ | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA

We use it in several critical access and control points, both internal and external. With it we deploy the VPNs that interlace all our offices and authorized consultants for remote access.Together with other tools of the same brand, automated rules are established that allow a more effective control of cybersecurity inside and outside the company.

  • Excellent integration with several systems and equipment of other brands, as well as with the entire Cisco ecosystem.
  • Very good support and attention from the company and its associates. Constant security updates and functionalities.
  • Robust and reliable equipment, great flexibility in configurations and fully scalable in power and functionalities to the need of the company.
  • Well, the price is always an important factor with this brand, but I am witnessing that it is worth what it costs, although the ROI is generally not as good as the investors would like it to be.
  • The virtual appliance still consumes too many resources compared to similar ones and I have to assign physical network cards to get an adequate performance when implementing it.
  • The ROI is generally not as good as the investors would like it to be.
  • Very good support and attention from the company and its associates, which reduces the recovery time in case of an incident.
Above all, the robustness and quality of the components, the support and the rapid resolution of warranty issues. Cisco is a serious company and demonstrates this by making the processes with the client as easy as possible.
Implementing an ASA is not advisable for a small business with a tight budget for IT. To get the juice you must be willing to invest in licenses and maintain the support contract to continue receiving updates. In the medium term you will be satisfied, but in the meantime I am sure that the finance manager is not going to be your best friend. Now, if you are looking for stability, performance, redundancy in communications, security at all levels and you want to keep all your branches properly interconnected, ASA is your smartest choice.