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."There are a lot of integrations available with multiple vendors. This has made the solution easier to work with."
"In terms of scalability, you need to factor in your licenses. With a virtual platform, the scalability is more than sufficient. We have over one thousand users."
"The most valuable feature is AnyConnect Posture because it scans all the programs on the workstation and checks if the antivirus is up to date, as well as the cryptographic keys on our SSD."
"SGTs are valuable because they make it easy to enforce policies, instead of pushing them across all the other platforms."
"It works as a good RADIUS server. It has lots of features. It works with all the proprietary Cisco AB pairs and features."
"The initial setup was easy. It took around one month. We did the installation part within half an hour to two hours but we found a couple of issues so we raised a case and once everything was resolved it was a month in total."
"The most valuable feature is the integration with StealthWatch and DNA as one fabric."
"It's keeping our company safe from rogue devices connecting to our network. From a security standpoint, there's peace of mind knowing that every device that connects is a good one."
"There are already many functionalities, so I don't think there is anything to improve."
"If you are using Darktrace or NAC solutions you can integrate Stealthwatch."
"The beginning of any security investigation starts with net flow data."
"Most of the engineers I've worked with have been really good. Very knowledgeable and easy to work with."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"Cisco Secure Network Analytics has increased the visibility of what is happening in our network, and I think that's the most important reason to use it. We can see what is really happening instead of just looking at numbers from routers or switches."
"The most valuable feature of Cisco Secure Network Analytics is the Threat Intelligence integration."
"The fact that it can identify down to an IP address of a system that is causing problems, or potentially causing problems, is very valuable."
"I don't see as many customers as I should adopting the onboarding feature. I think Cisco should make that process a lot easier and less intrusive on the end users' devices."
"I would rate this solution a 7.5 out of ten. To make it a ten they should have more people on tech support. They need to invest more in the product. It's a good product. They should just work on tech support. More support for the customer. It's not that easy to get somebody to understand this product. I have had some issues with tech before for the solution. One of them brought the solution down due to some of his activity. They need to hugely invest in their tech support."
"Documentation is probably the worst part of the software."
"When I work with customers to do my knowledge transfer, they're really overwhelmed with the navigation of the product and the number of things you can do with it. From a user interface standpoint, Cisco could focus on making certain tasks a bit more guided and easier for customers to walk through. That is, a user-friendly interface and streamlined workflows would be great."
"Troubleshooting and multi-ISE can be challenging with the solution."
"The UI and UX could be more seamless and easier to use."
"The price could be better. I would like to see more integration with third-party solutions in the next release. This is because many of my clients don't have Cisco."
"They should improve the documentation. There tends to be a lot of old text, or the new things aren't always up to what's been released on the code, and sometimes the documentation is inconsistent."
"The reporting of day-to-day metrics still has room for improvement."
"Many of these tools require extensive on-premises hardware to run."
"I would like to see more expansion in artificial intelligence and machine learning features."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"I would like the search page available with Cisco Stealthwatch to be more intuitive. The previous release was better than the current one for the UI."
"One update that I would like to see is an agent-based client. Currently, Stealthwatch is network-based. A local agent could help manage endpoints."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"Some of our customers find this solution to be a little bit tough because they don't understand how to configure and use it."
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Cisco ISE (Identity Services Engine) is ranked 1st in Cisco Security Portfolio with 135 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 3rd in Cisco Security Portfolio with 57 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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