Item: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
Rating: 9
Author: Mohit Singh

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Cisco ASA for remote VPN in our environment as well as for Routing. We have configured a remote VPN for connecting the remote office branches so that they can easily access the sharable resource as well. Cisco ASA helps us to configure the VLANs and block unauthorized access from outside in our network.

Pros and Cons

High Availability
Remote VPN
Easy to configure & Manage because of the GUI

Cisco ASA doesn't have advance security features such Deep scanning , Sandboxing
Routing doesn't work properly sometime

Return on Investment

High Availability
Cost is less as compare to other available solutions
Easy to configure & Manage

Alternatives Considered

pfSense

We were using pfSense in our environment before for remote VPN but we were facing continuous configuration misbehave issues. After using Cisco ASA is have resolved our remote VPN & security issues. It has also GUI Based control access so that we can easily check & manage things easily.

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software again?

Yes

Other Software Used

pfSense

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco ASA is well suited for Small & Medium size organizations that need basic network security & firewall for the infrastructure. Cisco ASA's cost is less as compared to another market available solution & also it provides easy logging & reporting feature that helps easy monitoring things. It also provides easy integration with Active Directory & LDAP.

Cisco ASA for security & Remote VPN

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA