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."The IPsec tunnels are very easily created, and quite interoperable with devices from other vendors."
"We use the filtering feature the most. It has filtering and inbuilt securities. We can create customized rules to define which users can access a particular type of site. We can create policies inside the firewall."
"FortiGate has a very strong unified threat management system."
"The most valuable feature is the FortiManager for centralized management."
"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The response is very quick and they can visually resolve our problems in a short period."
"The initial installation is very straightforward."
"Customers want to load balance more than eight lines or six internet lines. FortiGate is the only solution that can accomplish this."
"The technical support is good."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"The most valuable features are DNS service and shell self-service within a network."
"Cisco is head-and-shoulders above all of the competition when it comes to technical support."
"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."
"One of the main features is that the hardware is extremely reliable."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco IOS Security is posturing."
"The reporting functionality is great."
"Tech support is helpful."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"I find the solution's dashboard interesting...The response time is fine. You can pull up reports without dragging or consuming bandwidth."
"Intuitive and easy to use."
"The most valuable feature is the connection of threat intelligence information with identified vulnerabilities, which means you can prioritize vulnerabilities according to actual attacks."
"The most valuable features are vulnerability scanning, policy compliance scanning, and tablet for web application scanning."
"The reporting is fine."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"I would like to see better pricing in the next release, as well as a simplification of the installation."
"There can be more security in hybrid implementations. When a customer has a hybrid environment where some parts are in the cloud, we need a consistent security solution for such scenarios."
"It could use more templates for third-party site-to-site VPN setups other than FortiGate and Cisco."
"The license renewal process, annual renewal price, and the web application firewall features should be improved."
"The Wi-Fi controller needs a lot of improvement."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"They need to improve their technical support."
"Signatures and other critical definitions need to be updated more frequently."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"The configuration should be easier in the solution."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"Endpoint stability and fault resolution could be improved."
"This solution could be improved by extending the agent capabilities to different operating systems including Mac and Linux. We would also like the capability to easily check for vulnerability in assets in the IOTs."
"Qualys could be improved in its overall performance compared to other vulnerability management or scanning tools."
"Sometimes the scanning can get overwhelmed and start to drag when a lot of users are trying to scan at once."
"The reporting in this solution can be improved."
"Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched."
"We are moving away from Qualys to Defender ATP because I find that Defender ATP is much better at prioritizing the vulnerabilities that I should be looking at."
"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."
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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