Why Cisco Secure Firewall Is The Best.
August 13, 2025

Why Cisco Secure Firewall Is The Best.

Franck Ngugi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Firepower 1120

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Firewall

We use this software to protect our critical network resources. It ensures no intrusions and excels at filtering URLs, while also offering effective malware defense. It always keeps our networks secure, offering great threat control and protection, as well as excellent visibility. Since being deployed, we have not had issues with network threats, and I would say it has worked perfectly.

Pros

  • It offers great control and visibility.
  • It offers great threat protection features and our networks are always secure.
  • The Zero trust security principle works perfectly.
  • Application control works well.

Cons

  • Command injection needs improvement.
  • DoS needs improvement.
  • The purpose of deploying Cisco Secure Firewall was to protect our networks by ensuring timely threat detection and application control, and it has worked awesomely well, and therefore I would say it is a worthwhile investment.
The advanced features ensure fast detection of network threats, thus making the tool even better.
I have used the VPN feature and it works well when I want to be undetectable and/or when I want access while masking or not risking our network exposure.
It has great features, and compared to competitors, the cost of deployment is manageable too.

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

It is the best I have used for network protection, and I would recommend it for threat detection, application control, and visibility control. It is the best I have used.

Cisco Secure Firewall Feature Ratings

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

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