We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Qualys VMDR based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."A strong point of FortiGate is the graphical interface is complete and easy to use."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"The FortiGate controls the user's activities and maximizes my bandwidth use overall."
"Provides good firewall security and has great VPN features."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The user interface (UI) is very, very good."
"We use a southern institution that's audited for IT security and the reporting that automatically comes off the unit makes it much easier to meet compliance standards and makes it easier as far as the amount of time that has to be spent to compile that information. If you get your reporting set up correctly when you initially set it up, you just select the one you want and hit print. The auditing trail on it is the best feature."
"The solution is stable."
"It covers everything we need it to without looking to secondary solutions."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability. The nice thing with the bigger vendors is that they're very good at scale."
"The solution is stable."
"The solution is easy to use."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"I'm able to transfer data over internet network security. With the GRE I'm able to transfer data within one bunch to another bunch in a public way, like the internet. The communication is encrypted and is private. It gives me added privacy."
"Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them."
"The most valuable features of Cisco IOS Security are the plenty of functionality it provides, many people are IT certified the usage, and the user interface is good."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to run different capabilities with the same agent. With only one agent, we can have EDR, vulnerability management, compliance and some basic SaaS security capabilities."
"There are fewer false positives when using this solution."
"The biggest benefit is from a security operations perspective, where we are able to drive our security posture upwards by remediating any discovered vulnerabilities."
"Technical support is fantastic."
"The Vulnerability Management and Patch Management features are the most valuable features of this solution."
"What I like about Qualys VM is the dashboard presentation. It's very good."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability scanning, policy compliance scanning, and tablet for web application scanning."
"It should be more stable. There should be full integration within Fortinet products themselves as well as with other third-party products. Especially when you're not dealing with SIEM and the correlation of the security box, we want Fortinet to be able to share that information with as many other products as it can."
"They need faster serviceability and more security features."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"Performance and technical support are the main issues with this solution."
"The non-error conserve mode has room for improvement."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"As far as wanting more scalability or things in the network diagram, it's going to cost you."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"An area for improvement in Cisco IOS Security is the performance because it's not as stable sometimes. There's also some latency in the solution, which could be improved. Cisco IOS Security integrates with other solutions, but you'll encounter many errors after integration, so this is another area for improvement. I'd like to see enhanced performance and a simplified setup in the next version of Cisco IOS Security."
"The routers, don't have like long-term tendency features, or higher availability features available for the IOS. It could also use a better user interface."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"There needs to be better documentation."
"Qualys could improve the inbuilt dashboards."
"Qualys VM's vulnerability scan could be improved, especially the number of CVE numbers it can manage at a time."
"Qualys currently does not have any features for scanning SCADA, IoT, and Industrial Control Systems."
"The price could be better. Asset view is still a legacy feature. I'm not able to extract the information about the asset with complete details. It would be better if they fixed that in the next release. I know Qualys is already working on it, so I'm hopeful it will be available in the next five or six months. That would be something that's changed where I seek improvement."
"Reports were lacking somewhat on the customization side."
"Qualys VM's scanner doesn't pick up every vulnerability, so we have to use multiple scanners to cover that gap."
"I would like to see this solution more developed and competitive in the Cloud space."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 76 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Qualys VMDR is rated 8.2. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Qualys VMDR writes "Good visibility but expensive and needs better support". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Qualys VMDR is most compared with Tenable Nessus, Tenable Security Center, Rapid7 InsightVM, Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management and Tenable Vulnerability Management.
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