Cisco Secure Firewall Review
June 09, 2023

Cisco Secure Firewall Review

Mohammed Jabir, PMP, PfMP | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Firepower 1150

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Firewall

We always face issue with FPR when used in cluster. Some of the issues are as below.
Cluster breaks and traffic stops
Many bugs
We are provinding the FPR to our customer in goverment as data center firewall. It is meant to secure the infrastructure from security threats however the experience of customers have not been great and we find that the TAC not being able to resolve issues quickly
  • Data center firewall
  • Security
  • VPN
  • Software bugs
  • TAC expertise
  • Competetion from other vendors
  • Security
  • reliability
  • protection

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

Not sure

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

No

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

No

Did implementation of Cisco Secure Firewall go as expected?

No

Would you buy Cisco Secure Firewall again?

Yes

In current product capebility, it is not recommended in critical infra. It can be used in less critical infra. The issues faced are severe and is not recommended to be used in critical infra. However it can be used if the current issues are resolved and the platform is stable.

Cisco Secure Firewall Feature Ratings

Identification Technologies
9
Visualization Tools
6
Content Inspection
7
Policy-based Controls
7
Active Directory and LDAP
7
Firewall Management Console
7
Reporting and Logging
7
VPN
7
High Availability
7
Stateful Inspection
7
Proxy Server
7