Item: Cisco Secure Firewall
Rating: 9
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use Cisco Secure Firewall to isolate our secured networks from less secured networks and edge devices. It protects the enterprise from the internet. We use a HA mode and have a DMZ allocating internal, intranet and external services. It is under one single management entity. These devices are managed using FMC.

Pros and Cons

NATing
Network Separation
Centralizing traffic path

More open protocols
Routing capabilities
Better integration

Return on Investment

Secure network
Secure end points
HA

Key Insights

Do you think Cisco Secure Firewall delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Cisco Secure Firewall's feature set?

Yes

Did Cisco Secure Firewall live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Cisco Secure Firewall go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Secure Firewall again?

Yes

Other Software Used

Cisco Umbrella, Azure Bot Service (Microsoft Bot Framework), Cisco Secure Access by Duo

Likelihood to Recommend

Cisco Secure Firewall is suitable for separate networks. It's less suitable if host protection is more important. The main idea of a firewall is to protect and separate networks. Also, if network malware analysis is needed, FTD and FMC combination is actually the best deployment. Snort is another key player in the protection of the network. The latter is well integrated with FTD, in my opinion.

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Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Firewall