Cisco ASA 5500- A firewall with world-class security controls
Updated September 13, 2021

Cisco ASA 5500- A firewall with world-class security controls

Chandan Singh Rathore | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services

We used Cisco ASA 5500-SFR in our organization [for] the network security as Cisco is so user friendly. Cisco has the best support (as per my experience) and documentation available open on the internet. Cisco SFR provides the IPS feature to prevent the attacks. Its also reduces the attack surface by using its other technologies i.e. URL filtering etc. Creating the Site to Site /Remote VPN is so easy.

Pros

  • VPN Services
  • User Friendly CLI
  • Documentation available openly on internet

Cons

  • Cisco SFR should work on their URL filtering database as sometimes it doesn't filter the correct categorization.
  • Cisco SFR ASDM app crashes sometimes and has room for improvement.
  • Cisco has the best CLI commands and [is] easy to use, but I feel it lacks ease in their GUI.
  • User friendly CLI, easy to use
  • Cisco ASA 5500-FPR appliances combine robust hardware platforms with advanced threat inspection technologies
  • URL Filtering categorization issue
  • GUI not easy to use
  • Cisco ISR 4331 Router
  • Cisco AP 1800
  • Cisco 3850 Catalyst Switches
We used Cisco for our organization's network security. We created multiple Site 2 Site VPNs with our vendors and partners and its worked smoothly without having any issue. Even in case of primary link down, it automatically failovers to the secondary configured link. We also used its remote VPN feature and connect[ed] the office infra from home using Cisco AnyConnect. [It] is so easy and [an] IT person doesn't need to educate users how to use it as it's so user-friendly. If any traffic is blocked, we can get the exact visibility from the traffic logs.
Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER comes with layered security which prevents gen-6 attacks. It has the smooth link failover [so] if the primary link is down, ]the] user won't feel any latency or network disconnections. In High Availability mode, it does the device failover automatically in case of [the] primary device going down. Configuring and using remote VPN and Site to Site VPN using latest encryption/hashing method is available.
I always say this (based upon my experiences) Cisco has the best support both onsite and offsite. Cisco does the RMA of faulty device within the defined 24 hours. And their TAC support is very good as it's also available in India. Overall, I would say Cisco has the best Customer Support.
Cisco has been industry for a long time and it's a trustworthy name. Cisco ASA 5500-X FirePOWER has the best Customer Support and robust hardware, user friendly configurations, [and] configuration documentations [are] available openly on internet. Cisco has also [been] named a leader in gartner report for consecutive years.
Cisco ASA 5500 SFR is best suited for almost all types of organization as it's so user friendly. Cisco has the best support onsite/offsite. Even in case of device failure, they provide the RMA device within 24 hours unlike some other vendors who ask for many documentations before getting the RMA done. Configuration documentations are easily available on internet.

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services Feature Ratings

Firewall
9.3
Identification Technologies
9
Content Inspection
7
Policy-based Controls
10
Active Directory and LDAP
9
Firewall Management Console
10
Reporting and Logging
9
VPN
10
High Availability
10

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