We performed a comparison between Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) and Cisco Secure Network Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Cisco Security Portfolio solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Since migrating towards doing wired ports over ISE with 802.1X and MAB authentication, our organization's security risk has been better. We have been able to establish better layouts, so devices can move and we don't have to worry about where they need to go."
"[One of the most valuable features] is just the ease of use. It's pretty simple to set up certs that we can add to our clients to make sure that they connect properly, [as is] whitelisting Mac addresses."
"The best features are the scalability and the license structure."
"The user experience of the solution is great. It's a very transparent system."
"We have seen ROI. It has done its job. It has protected us when we needed it to."
"The core point is that Cisco ISE is the same globally compared to FortiAuthenticator. Whether I deploy in China, the US, South Africa, or wherever, I'm can get all the capabilities. It allows me to directly integrate with 365, and from a communications point of view, that is a good capability."
"Cisco ISE's integration with other external identity servers like Duende is very simple and easy."
"Cisco offers automation, visibility, and control as well as third party integration capabilities."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"Cisco Stealthwatch provides the solutions analytics and threat detection capabilities that I am looking for. It has also improved the network visibility of our organization."
"The most valuable feature is its alerts and dashboard."
"The feature most valuable for us is to gain visibility of what is actually floating through, so we can stop it based on whether it's good or bad traffic."
"The ability to send data flow from other places and have them all in one place is very valuable for us."
"Provides easily identifiable anomalies that you can't see with signature detections."
"The most valuable feature about this solution is that it gives me insight of my network."
"If Cisco could grant more control, the features could be more focused on network and security administration, reducing the need for integration with other components."
"Cisco ISE has numerous features that are impractical, and I won't utilize them since they require payment."
"A lot of people tell you the hardware requirements for ISE are pretty substantial. If you're running a virtual environment, you're going to be dedicating quite a bit of resources to an ISE VM. That is something that could be worked on."
"Compatibility and integration with other vendors is what needs to be improved in Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine)."
"The installation is not straightforward, it took us approximately one month."
"Cisco ISE's real-time data analytics for database logging could be improved."
"The intuitiveness of the user interface could be improved."
"It would be helpful for us to know what needs to be deployed, configured, and what changes we need to make to our devices when we don't receive the specific login which is an indication of a lack of connection or incorrect configuration."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"We haven't seen ROI."
"It's not great as a standalone solution."
"We would like the solution to make more advances in the way that Extreme Networks has been doing."
"The ability to be natively integrated into Port Aggregator would be beneficial because it would reduce just one more component that's needed in order to have that type of view."
"Reliance on Java. Get away from that."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"There's a lot of traffic on our network that we don't see sometimes."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Cisco Security Portfolio with 138 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 3rd in Cisco Security Portfolio with 58 reviews. Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is rated 8.2, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) writes "Gives us that extra ability to assist the end user and make sure that we are making them happy". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is most compared with Aruba ClearPass, Fortinet FortiNAC, Forescout Platform, CyberArk Privileged Access Manager and Fortinet FortiAuthenticator, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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