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Find out what your peers are saying about Zabbix, Datadog, Auvik and others in Network Monitoring Software."We can manage the entire system across the network and troubleshoot the pain points."
"Stealthwatch has greatly improved our network visibility, in terms of bandwidth, malware, and PCI violations."
"The beginning of any security investigation starts with net flow data."
"I believe this solution has reduced our incident response time."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has predefined alerts for different types of security issues that might happen in the network. Whether it's PCs or servers that are used for botnets or Bitcoin mining we receive the alerts automatically. This functionality is what we receive from the solution out of the box."
"The most valuable features of this solution are its reporting and mitigation capabilities."
"Being able to identify specific date closed across the network is invaluable."
"Cisco Stealthwatch has reduced the amount of time to detect an immediate threat."
"It does change the way we troubleshoot and it is relatively easy to use once you learn it. I would recommend it to someone considering it."
"The initial setup is very easy."
"The people we deal with is a local partner in Cambodia and we can get good support from them."
"I have found that Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is easy to use, highly secure, and the main VPN tunnel is created automatically which is a benefit."
"I have two offices, and I can route the internet of both offices using the same product. The connectivity is great."
"The most valuable feature is SD-WAN."
"It is a scalable product. I know a customer who has deployed more than 4,000 firewalls in a single deployment."
"I don't have anything bad to say about the product. I absolutely love it."
"They offer templates that provide detailed reports categorized by user, device, and internal network access."
"The Wi-Fi side needs improvement."
"The initial setup was complex."
"The version with the Dell server had iDRAC problems. Often, it reported iDRAC failure."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"I think the interface is a little lacking. The interface seems like it just needs to be modernized. It's been the same interface now, ever since I've seen it probably four years ago."
"The visualization could be improved, the GUI is not the best."
"They should include Citrix VDIs in the next release."
"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."
"The ability to be natively integrated into Port Aggregator would be beneficial because it would reduce just one more component that's needed in order to have that type of view."
"While they offer a comprehensive bundled solution, some users may prefer on-premise deployments for certain features, such as URL filtering."
"It's a complicated firewall. Until you come to know the firewall inducers, most people don't like the firewall because the components for the firewall are a little bit complex. User-friendliness is a little bit tough. It needs to be user-friendly when creating policies, and pushing policies. Committing takes more time compared to Palo Alto."
"The solution needs to build upon its network functionality. It needs to be a bit smarter."
"The ability to dynamically change policies could be improved."
"You do need knowledge of the solution in order to set the product up properly."
"When it comes to a complex deployment, the rules, firewall features, SD-WAN core features, and auto-scaling can cause the device to be not quite stable."
"Management could be better. They can improve the management. I think all our customers can't accept firewalls that have standalone management. So, they prefer Fortinet or Palo Alto. But overall, inspection and other features are working fine."
"They need to work on stability, it has not been the best in our experience."
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Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is ranked 25th in Firewalls with 40 reviews. Cisco Secure Network Analytics is rated 8.2, while Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is rated 7.6. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall writes "Provides decent protection for the LAN but complicated interface". Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR, whereas Forcepoint Next Generation Firewall is most compared with Fortinet FortiGate, Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention, Check Point NGFW, Cisco Secure Firewall and Sophos XG.
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