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."I like that you are able to manage FortiGate from the FortiManager to create a more centralized environment."
"Some of the key features of the solution is that it has good reporting, you can receive many details from the connection, for example, clients and website information."
"It's very easy to configure."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"FortiGate firewalls are user-friendly, and I like the security profiling features."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The next-gen features, the unified threat management capabilities are something that just about everybody is interested in at this point."
"The tool is a nice product and easy to handle. The software's user interface is also good. You can easily implement remote access in the solution."
"The stability of this solution is excellent."
"The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise. Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."
"Cisco products are very secure and integrate easily with other devices."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."
"It's a good product. After the scan our internet works well. It scans our security posture."
"This solution gives us insight into our environment and improves our security. It helps us to maintain a good patching system whereby we know that XYZ is vulnerable within the system."
"The most valuable feature is automation."
"It is a stable solution."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"The prioritization feature is great. I think it has all of the advanced features that we need."
"Qualys VM's best features are vulnerability management and customizable scoring."
"The search tool needs improvement. It's very difficult to search for policies right now."
"In some cases, its initial setup could be hard for customers."
"The cloud management and automation capability could be improved."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"One area for improvement is the performance on bandwidth demands for smaller devices, as well as better web filtering."
"I would like Fortinet to add more automation to FortiGate."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"This product could be improved with Active directory integration and better handling in IPsec and GRE Tunnels."
"The product's technical support services need improvement."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"The solution is not user friendly and it is hard to manage the GUI interface."
"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."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"The tool needs to improve the adding assets and report generation features. I would like to see the policy scan of offline appliances in the product's future releases."
"The customer support is very bad."
"The reporting and the GUI need improvements."
"Improve the user interface."
"Could use additional security for the app."
"It would be nice to have an all-in-one solution that was automated and could handle the scanning and reports as well as the patching and updating."
"When you want to cover yourself for scalability, you will be charged for the number you place on the scan itself."
"The reporting needs improvement. It should generate much more stuff like field reports."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 77 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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