Cisco Secure Firewall Review
June 09, 2023

Cisco Secure Firewall Review

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Firepower 1120

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Firewall

Customer required a new firewall to upgrade from ASA. We Deployed firepower in 3 locations.

Pros

  • Security above layer 3

Cons

  • GUI and Interface is now well throughout compared to other similar products.
  • Complex and not intuitive interface compared to ASDM or CLI
  • None
CheckPoint has a far superior user interface for configuration and troubleshooting. Cisco ASA had a great CLI interface.

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

No

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?

No

Cisco Catalyst 9300 Series Switches, Cisco 4000 Series Integrated Services Routers (ISR 4000), CheckPoint
I am unable to recommend Firepower unless the device is converted back to ASA. I connect recommend FTD.

Cisco Secure Firewall Feature Ratings

Firewall
4.3
Identification Technologies
Not Rated
Visualization Tools
1
Content Inspection
Not Rated
Policy-based Controls
5
Active Directory and LDAP
Not Rated
Firewall Management Console
1
Reporting and Logging
3
VPN
6
High Availability
6
Stateful Inspection
8
Proxy Server
Not Rated

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