Item: Cisco Secure Firewall
Rating: 7
Author: Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Firewall

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Network Segmentation, Network Security Enforcement, Layer 7 protection and Secured connectivity (VPNs)

Pros and Cons

Pros

VPN
Network Segmentation

Cons

Logging
Simpler UI (the FMC has too many noise)
Less bugs

Security and Performance

Like I said earlier, you rarely ever get degraded hardware services because of features enabled on the box unlike other vendors.

Support Rating

Cisco TAC is ever available, however, please LESS BUGS!

Cisco Security Ecosystem

The VPN is great, the log has a bit of delays on the FMC, from troubleshooting, this can be not so good and can delay time to resolve business issues.

Alternatives Considered

Check Point Quantum Firewalls and Security Gateways

Hardware reliability, Cisco is better, or at least scoped better, works way better, when compared by adding more features, Cisco becomes even greater!

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?

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Secure Firewall go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Secure Firewall again?

Yes

Site VPNs are usually best for Cisco largely because of the largest community of Engineers. The ASA code is also very stable, Cisco Secure Firewall hardware are usually also one of the best, rarely will you have a case of running low on hardware resources, CPU etc, compared to competitors, Cisco really scopes their hardware specifications well. The IPS functionality is also good.