Next generation firewall || Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services
November 30, 2021

Next generation firewall || Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services

Vinay Mandora | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER is an advanced firewall designed to detect and prevent a cyber attack on your organization. It gives lots of advanced security features which are fully capable to stop malicious activity in your organization. We have used it for the last 3 years and we have configured the advanced IPS, sandbox, URL filtering, site-to-site VPN, remote VPN, etc.

Pros

  • Sandbox
  • URL filtering.
  • IPSEC site to site VPN.
  • SSL remote VPN.
  • Centralized dashboard.
  • Easy CLI commands.
  • Low cost.
  • Good customer support.
  • Advanced IPS.
  • Reporting
  • Easy to check logs.

Cons

  • Graphical user interface is little bit slow and sometimes it hangs during configuration.

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

  • Centralized management through GUI.
  • Easy configuration and management.
  • Low cost.
We have configured all the advanced security features like sandbox, advanced malware protection, IPS, and URL filtering. with the help of these features, we can get more visibility and more control in our network. We can check all incoming and outgoing traffic of our network.
Cisco is always good for customer support. it provides 24/7/365 customer support. They have highly experienced engineers who are available for help.
We were using the pfSense but lots of security features were missing and lots of bugs in the firewall. We had faced lots of issues with pfSense. The configuration is very difficult. Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services is very easy to configure and manage firewall and the cost is very low and all the security features are available for help.
Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services is a very advanced firewall and well suited for every size of the organization. Cisco provides all the advanced features at a very low cost and we can easily configure and manage this device. The customer support is really helpful and lots of documentation is available on the website to help.

Cisco ASA 5500-X with FirePOWER Services Feature Ratings

Firewall
9.3
Identification Technologies
9
Visualization Tools
10
Content Inspection
10
Policy-based Controls
9
Active Directory and LDAP
8
Firewall Management Console
8
Reporting and Logging
10
VPN
10
High Availability
10

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