My hands-on experience and review of Cisco ASA firewall.
August 31, 2021

My hands-on experience and review of Cisco ASA firewall.

Richa Chahal | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software

Cisco ASA is a security device that combines firewall, network address translation(NAT), intrusion prevention, and virtual private network (VPN) capabilities. It is the best to use for small and middle-sized businesses that need a firewall and all the router and VPN device functionalities. We have implemented this device on our two sites and we connected both sites through the site-to-site VPN. This firewall is based on a stateful firewall, so it blocks traffic from outside the untrusted world to inside a trusted area.

Pros

  • Site-to-site VPN
  • SSL VPN
  • NAT functionality
  • Reverse proxy
  • High availability
  • Routed and transparent mode
  • Static and dynamic routing protocols
  • DHCP
  • Fwo factor authentication
  • Cisco any connect remote vpn

Cons

  • Less security feature available for layer 7
  • ASDM is not user friendly
  • Good technical support
  • Easy command line
  • Easy to configure and deploy
  • Lots of study material available
We were not using any firewall before this, so we searched and purchased the Cisco ASA 5525 Series Firewall. It provides us [a] firewall with router features. The performance of this firewall is very good.

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, SonicWall Analytics
Cisco ASA is very helpful for small and middle-sized organizations. It provides nat, VPN, firewall features, etc. You don't need to buy the router if you have a small organization, you can also configure the remote VPN Cisco AnyConnect for work from home model. Cisco ASA provides you [with] lots of options in nat so you can configure the nat functionality as per your organization's requirements.

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software Feature Ratings

Firewall
9.3
Policy-based Controls
8
Active Directory and LDAP
8
Firewall Management Console
9
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10
Proxy Server
9

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