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 simplicity of the configuration and the stability of the product are most valuable. The VPN concentrator is very useful."
"The wireless control is helpful."
"The solution is highly scalable because they have devices that can handle a large amount of traffic."
"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 most important feature, normally for small business customers, is link load balancing."
"The stability and scalability of this solution are satisfactory. Its SD-WAN, VPN, and URL filtering features are very useful."
"Layer-3 firewall and routing are the most valuable features."
"Whenever I need something, Fortinet improves and updates the software for me."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"The solution is very user-friendly and easy to deal with."
"The most valuable features of Cisco IOS Security are the plenty of functionality it provides, many people are IT certified the usage, and the user interface is good."
"Previously, anyone in the organization would see any data point in the wall. They could just go and connect their machine with that data point and could access the network. But now, even if someone came and tried that, they will not be given access."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"Completely integrates branch offices with perimeter security."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"The integrations for this solution are very good. I use a different product for virtual patching of vulnerabilities and Qualys integrates well with that product."
"They also have threat detection which maps threats. There is a feed that comes from Qualys when a new vulnerability is found. It tells us which machines are infected with that vulnerability."
"The features that are most valuable are the identification, scan features, and the identification of vulnerabilities."
"I like Qualys because it is a very complete product, more so than Tenable."
"Qualys VM has allowed us to know the vulnerabilities we need to prioritize based on the threat levels and the possible impact if there's an intrusion."
"The biggest benefit is from a security operations perspective, where we are able to drive our security posture upwards by remediating any discovered vulnerabilities."
"Intuitive and easy to use."
"Vulnerability management is the most valuable one and it’s a must in every organization."
"The solution can have more features in a single box that can be multi-applied to integrate everything."
"It would be a benefit if Fortinet would release a one-stop solution that is better integrated with other products and an automated emergency response system."
"From a reporting perspective, there's room for improvement. They're providing FortiAnalyzer through which one can get some enhancements, but the visibility and reporting still need slight improvement."
"The reports are very basic."
"Tunnel flapping was one of the major things I had seen wherein your internet link remains but your VPN tunnel is down. However, since I got a fix from the TAC team, I have not noticed it, but the customer complained a few times that they couldn't access the internet because of this problem."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"Some features of Fortinet FortiGate are actually fee enabled that are inconvenient for deploying in production. Other issues relate to isolation with Cisco products and your server."
"The solution could have licensing fees reduced in the future."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"The user interface needs to be improved."
"The pricing is the only con for this product."
"We cannot directly upgrade the system. The tool's deployment is also very difficult in legacy environments. The tool needs to have bigger ports as well."
"It takes too much time to deploy a policy to FMC. It takes around eight minutes. You can't afford any downtime when you're changing policies."
"I do not like that all of the data is stored on the cloud."
"If anything, I would like to see the user interface modernized a bit more."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
"It is a struggle to be able to pull our report and to be able to do onboarding using automated tools."
"Qualys VM's machine learning and artificial intelligence features could be improved."
"Some of the older features could be polished instead of focusing on releasing new features."
"It is more expensive vs. other products on the market."
"Qualys VMDR is basically susceptible to false positives, and false negatives."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Qualys VMDR is ranked 3rd in Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with 76 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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