Item: Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center
Rating: 8
Author: Verified User

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We are using Cisco secure firewall management center to apply our organization's firewall policy and to track intrusion based on the risk and on the application that the user is trying to access from outside our organization's network. Using this software is giving us a clear scope and visibility for any breach.

Pros and Cons

Prevents Intrusions
All in one admin usage
Enhanced security features

Implementation or switching from existing firewall took longer time than expected. To be simple - initial setup is complex
Sometime applying new policies to the firewall is taking more time than expected
Customer support has to be improved

Return on Investment

We are saving our time by using this firewall
Turnaround time to fix any issues has been improved
Analysis is very easy
Live Intrusions or threats we can manage

Alternatives Considered

Azure Firewall and CATCheckpoint

The best thing compared with other products is ease of use. With graphical representation of events, it summarizes all the management activities in a few items. We can easily monitor the traffic and it's flow. One main reason we are using this firewall is reliability and it's has high return on investment. Cisco firewall also provides Snort, which helps with intrusion detection.

Key Insights

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

Yes

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

Yes

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

I wasn't involved with the selection/purchase process

Did implementation of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center again?

Yes

Other Software Used

UiPath Automation Platform, Automation Anywhere, Oracle Analytics Cloud, Oracle Java SE

Likelihood to Recommend

Most of our clients are from financial industries (not wishing to mention client name). We secure their application while in development or testing or any phase of SDLC life cycle. We need to monitor the network for risk, application traffic, intrusion events, and whether or not the traffic has any business relevance. We have a centralized event and policy manager to track all the events happening in the host that are in scope.

Best FMC for enhanced security

Overall Satisfaction with Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center