My Review of Cisco ASA - One of the Best Firewalls
August 16, 2021

My Review of Cisco ASA - One of the Best Firewalls

Arjun Deol | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

Cisco ASA is one of the best firewalls for any organization. We have been using this firewall for the last 4 years and we have connected all the sites through site-to-site VPN and some of our users who are [working] from home have provided Cisco AnyConnect remote VPN to access our internal servers.

Pros

  • IKEV1 and IKVE2 supported ipsec site to site vpn
  • SSL and ipsec remote vpn
  • Many options in network address translation
  • Authentication, authorization, and accounting support
  • Supports IPv6
  • Routing
  • Load balancing in VPN
  • Modular policy framework

Cons

  • Cisco ASA should improve in layer 7 security and deep scanning
  • Very difficult to manage and configure the policy through ASAM
  • Technical support and SLA is really good
  • Lost cost
  • Easy to manage
  • You will never face any issue during deploy in existing network
We were not using any firewall before this. I checked the reviews and directly purchased.

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

Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000), Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller
Cisco ASA is a good, low-cost firewall and it is well suited for small and medium organizations. If you have a limited budget and your focus is on routing, VPN, and nat then you should purchase this firewall. [However,] some advanced features are missing in this firewall like layer 7 security [and] deep packet scanning for malware and virus attacks. Cisco introduced the firepower for these features but that is very costly.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Feature Ratings

Firewall
9.4
Policy-based Controls
10
Active Directory and LDAP
8
Firewall Management Console
8
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10
Proxy Server
9

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