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

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco ASA FirePOWER is a next-generation firewall (NGFWs) to prevent any type of cyber attack on an organization. it provides URL filtering, cloud-based sandboxing and malware protection, etc. With the help of these features, we can easily protect our organization from any type of cyber attack. We are using FirePOWER services for protection against malware and other dangerous attacks.

Pros and Cons

url filtering
advanced malware protection
advanced IDS and IPS
cloud based sandbox
content filtering
application control
ACL
NAT

very high cost
UI is very slow and lots of bugs

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

best technical support
easy to configure and manage
high cost services

Systems Integrated With

we don't use this.

Performance

It provides us with various advanced features like advanced Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) and Intrusion prevention systems, sandbox, application control, content inspection etc for protect from any type of cyber attack and it provides us lots of features for protecting multi-layered attacks. It is best against ransomware attacks.

Support Rating

Cisco provides us very good technical support and lots of documentation available for help in configuration and management.

Alternatives Considered

Cisco ASA

We were using Cisco ASA but lots of security features were missing so we decided to purchase the FirePOWER Services to protect our layer 7 attacks and good control on layer 3 to 4. With the help of firepower services, you can put more control on user traffic.

Other Software Used

Check Point 12000 Appliances, Cisco 1000 Series Aggregation Services Routers (ASR 1000)

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services is well suited for every organization. It proves lots of advanced features can control any type of malware and other types of cyber attacks on your organization. If you are already a Cisco ASA user then you can use FirePOWER Services for control on layers 3 and 4 and advanced security feature for protect layer 7.

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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services