Item: Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services
Rating: 10
Author: sitaram gurjar

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services is a very good product for complete and deep-level security on your network. All the users of Cisco ASA were facing some options on layer 7 security. Very few features were available so Cisco introduced the FirePOWER Services. Advanced level IDS/IPS, sandboxing, URL filtering, advanced malware protection and other deep-level security for protecting your network.

Pros and Cons

Deeply scan every packet through sandbox
URL filtering
Advanced malware protection
Advanced IPS/IDS
Sandbox

URL filtering category sync issue.
Sometimes ASDN hang and not response.
Very difficult to configure through GUI.

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services again?

Yes

Return on Investment

24/7 365 Technical support
Easy to configure and deploy in existing network.
Low cost.
Easy to manage through CLI.

Systems Integrated With

cisco Advanced malware protection

Last year our company was attacked by malware and at that time we were not using any protection for malware so we choose Advanced Malware Protection AMP. This is really a very advanced product for protection against the old and latest malware. AMP scan every packet deeply to find every type of malware attack on your organization.

Performance

Cisco FirePOWER is a very advanced level of security and the performance is very good as compared to other devices. They are providing the advanced IDS/IPS, advanced malware protection, and URL filtering. Cisco AMP is also a very good product for advanced-level protection for your organization. Email protection will also help you to protect yourself from any type of cyber security attack.

Support Rating

The support of Cisco products is very good. They have a very highly experienced support guy for any type of help. Lots of support documentation is also available on the market for help. Support guys are highly experienced and helpful. SLA is very good with Cisco support.

Alternatives Considered

pfSense

We were using pfSence but we were not happy with the service. They were not providing deep-level security so we purchased the Cisco ASA with FirePOWER and there are lots of advanced features are sandbox, malware protection, and URL filtering helps to increase the your network security.

Other Software Used

Sophos Email, Cisco 3504 WLAN Controller, Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

Likelihood to Recommend

If you are already a user of ASA and you need more deep level security then you can add FirePOWER Services. This service will increase your security with advanced level IDS/IPS, malware protection and it provides you more control over users' traffic. You can put more restriction on your organization's user traffic.

Deep Level Security With Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services