Cisco Secure Firewall the good and the bad
February 12, 2026

Cisco Secure Firewall the good and the bad

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 6 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Software Version

Firepower 1140

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Firewall

We use Cisco Secure Firewall to secure our edge and to allow users/services in or out as required.

Pros

  • Packet captures
  • Management of firewall in one
  • Checks on rules deployment

Cons

  • The amount of bugs
  • Testing of bugs before release
  • Announcing of bugs on the releases rather than letting cisco employees know for when someone calls up
  • Amount of time to deploy new rules
  • Amount of downtime for the business due to bugs
  • Slow turn around time for Cisco Secure Firewall rules for projects as having to wait 10 minutes between each deployment.
  • Apart from bugs from fresh upgrades, it maintains uptime and there productivity of the business well.
Security of our business has never been better, we have more overview of what is going on. Working day to day it works great
Support in the product has been great, it does differ slightly depending on who speak with but in the main they have always been able to help. Although it is annoying when they come back and say it's a known bug which just hasn't been published.
Vpn capabilities allow us to get our people working even when they aren't in the office. Going back to covid a prime example of this. It allowed us to maintain a full complement of staff in all areas of the business but still keep us business safe. Log management allows us to get more info, to better identify what is happening and why, then help us decide what to do next.

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?

I wasn't involved with the implementation phase

Would you buy Cisco Secure Firewall again?

Yes

It's well suited to maintain the security of a medium business and below, plus allowing vpn connections. Easy to pick up and allow lower technical staff to deploy rules. Probably wouldn't use it in a large business as the amount of bugs and length of time to deploy new rules could impede efficiency.

Cisco Secure Firewall Feature Ratings

Firewall
9.1
Identification Technologies
10
Visualization Tools
9
Content Inspection
9
Policy-based Controls
10
Active Directory and LDAP
5
Firewall Management Console
10
Reporting and Logging
8
VPN
10
High Availability
10
Stateful Inspection
10

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