Item: Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services
Rating: 10
Author: Arjun Deol

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services is a next-generation firewall. With Cisco as old as 5500 lots of security features like layer 7 security, malware protection, content inspection, URL filtering were missing so Cisco introduced the firepower services. with the help of firepower services, you can protect your organization from any type of external cyber-attacks.

Pros and Cons

Advanced malware protection
Advanced intrusion detection and prevention systems (IPS)
Anti spam
Content inspection
URL filtering
SSL inspection

Take lots of time to push the policy
ASDM is very slow
High cost

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

Good technical support for help in any issue and configuration
Lots of documentation available on site
High cost

Performance

We are using advanced features like IPS, advanced malware protection, and sandbox. their features are really very advanced and we never faced any type of cyber and malware attack. now I am very confident my organization is fully protected from any type of malware and others attacks.

Support Rating

The Cisco support is very good as compared to other firewalls companies. Cisco SLA is very impressive and lots of documentation and training videos are available on-site to help in configure. I have opened many tickets on Cisco during the issue and I never faced any issue from Cisco customer support. The support guys are very experienced in their technology.

Alternatives Considered

We were using Cisco ASA without firepower but after some cyber attacks I purchased the firepower services and this is really good. now my organization is protected from any type of cyber attack.

Other Software Used

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

Likelihood to Recommend

if you have Cisco ASA and want advanced-level security and deep packet scanning then you should go through Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services. it will provide you the very advanced features like sandbox, anti-spam, and malware protection. the cost of firepower is a little bit high but you will get lots of features

Next Generation Firepower Cisco ASA with firepower services.

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services