The ASA will do almost anything you ask of it, if you know how to ask
April 21, 2019
The ASA will do almost anything you ask of it, if you know how to ask
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA
We use our Cisco ASA as a traditional firewall, inspecting and routing traffic. We also have Firepower running on it, which allows us to use it for content filtering.
- The ASA has been around forever, and has been proven to be a great firewall solution.
- ASAs are very versatile, running everything from VPNs and ACLs to content filtering.
- Running them in tangent with other Cisco routing solutions allows for a very diverse and secure setup.
- There are two types of technologists: ones who speak Cisco, and ones who don't. The ASA is no different from any Cisco device, in that it comes with a learning curve.
- These aren't consumer products, and they come with an enterprise price tag.
- Like many vendors, Cisco uses a java based admin consoles. This is its own special form of torture.
- The most positive effect the ASA has had on our org is the reliability and flexibility from adding Firepower.
- The main negative (besides cost) is occasionally needing a consultant to wrap our head around getting the ASA to do what we want. But this is more Cisco than the ASA, and we have a uniquely complex environment.