We performed a comparison between AWS Firewall Manager and Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewall Security Management solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."Once this solution is set up, we hardly have to touch it."
"AWS Firewall Manager isn't a separate solution when you create the virtual private cloud (VPC), so you can control the traffic through that security group."
"The most valuable feature is the centrally managed rule. I also like the central orchestration."
"The interface is intuitive and it is easy for the users."
"It has centralized cloud firewall management rules. It provides compliance in tracking and reporting."
"Also, the strength of the community is invaluable."
"The solution is quite scalable."
"The platform has significantly enhanced our organization's operations by providing secure communication channels between different office locations."
"Scalability is not an issue as long as you are able to buy additional licenses. Ten percent of our customers use Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center, and we have large accounts with 50% of their end users behind this firewall."
"It's a fine solution in terms of scalability."
"Cisco's support and services are far superior to any other security product in Pakistan."
"The solution is easy to use."
"One of the most valuable features of Cisco Secure Firewalls is their seamless integration with other Cisco products."
"The most valuable aspects are the antivirus and URL filtering."
"I would like to see AWS add some UTM features to the firewall. It would also be great if AWS Firewall had native IPS/IDS. They have the separate IPS/IDS, GuardDuty."
"They could consider organizing and enhancing documentation in a more structured and chronological manner"
"Enabling and configuring the logging is not that straightforward."
"It needs to be more employee-friendly, and the security management could be more efficient."
"This solution is suitable for a small-scale enterprise and may not scale up to a very high volume of traffic or a large number of servers."
"The system should be more customizable."
"The interface is an area that could be improved."
"Some duplicated values and security standards are not working in some high-application protocols with Cisco's next-generation firewalls."
"The performance of the Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center could be improved."
"Cisco firewalls use old ESR or a Linux system, and there are problems with encryption. When we switch on encryption, the throughput goes down."
"Improving the product by incorporating SD-WAN functionality would be highly beneficial, especially for remote offices with limited server and Internet availability."
"Due to the lack of enough tutorials available online, I face problems with Cisco."
"The solution should improve the user interface."
"It's not very user-friendly and can be somewhat disorganized."
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AWS Firewall Manager is ranked 8th in Firewall Security Management with 6 reviews while Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is ranked 7th in Firewall Security Management with 19 reviews. AWS Firewall Manager is rated 7.8, while Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of AWS Firewall Manager writes "Streamlining security and enhanced file transfer control". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center writes "A stable and reasonably priced product that protects organizations from malware". AWS Firewall Manager is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Panorama, Fortinet FortiGate Cloud, Azure Firewall Manager, Tufin Orchestration Suite and FireMon Security Manager, whereas Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center is most compared with Palo Alto Networks Panorama, FireMon Security Manager and Cisco Defense Orchestrator. See our AWS Firewall Manager vs. Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center report.
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