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."Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"Security solution with a straightforward and quick setup. It's a stable and scalable product."
"You can purchase switches and you don't need to do anything with them. You just put in the firewall and the switches get all the policies and rules that you already have in the firewall. With Fortinet, you just connect the FortiSwitch to the Fortinet and that's it."
"The most valuable features of Fortinet FortiGate are the APIs. They are the most widely known."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The reporting and monitoring are very good."
"The IPS is good. It protect my network from attackers."
"Web filtering and two-factor authentication are great features."
"The solution is stable."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"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."
"One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great."
"It's very configurable to adjust impact to systems."
"It is a stable solution."
"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 solution shows us classic categories, including high, medium, and low risks. It also shows critical items, and that gives us the advantage of prioritizing things."
"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."
"I find the solution's dashboard interesting...The response time is fine. You can pull up reports without dragging or consuming bandwidth."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."
"We had some issues in the beginning while setting it up, but after doing the firmware update, it is working fine."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"It can be a little bit more user-friendly in terms of policy definition and implementation. It seems a little bit complicated, and it could be simplified."
"We were not able to build a full-mesh VPN; however, I am not sure if this was the fault of Fortinet FortiGate."
"Currently, FortiGate is providing SSL VPN. But they're missing some features that are available in Palo Alto's SSL VPN."
"Bandwidth usage in reporting could be improved for Fortinet FortiGate."
"It needs more available central management."
"The initial setup is complex."
"The graphical user interface or the GUI could be better. Beginners can use some devices with the GUI, but some security devices are configured using CLI. It would also be better if it had its own Intrusion Protection Service and Intrusion Detection Service on the server."
"We faced significant challenges related to licensing issues, particularly when licenses expire."
"Cisco very slowly introduces and implements the products, unlike other brands."
"I would like upgrading iOS to be a bit easier."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"Qualys does have an on-prem solution, but it is very expensive."
"It is a struggle to be able to pull our report and to be able to do onboarding using automated tools."
"Sometimes the scanning can get overwhelmed and start to drag when a lot of users are trying to scan at once."
"Make some minimal dashboard improvements."
"The ability to manage user accounts and give rights to the operator to know about abnormalities of applications is something that needs improvement."
"Qualys VM should improve its methodology."
"It's not very user-friendly at times and requires in-depth understanding. So, a layman or someone new to Qualys won't be able to easily understand it. You need education to use the solution."
"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."
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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