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 product is great. It's very easy to use, which is a compliment we get all the time in terms of feedback."
"The user interface is relatively easy. The devices are easy to deploy and figure out when you have experience with other security appliances."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"It is easy to manage, and it doesn't need much knowledge from the team. It is a stable device, and there are many features that are included out of the box."
"The VPN is the most valuable feature."
"Initial setup is easy to configure."
"The solution is very easy to understand. It's not overly complex."
"It is a safe product."
"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."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"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."
"You can scale it when you need to."
"The most valuable feature is the scalability. The nice thing with the bigger vendors is that they're very good at scale."
"The technical is excellent."
"Great web application security for scanning."
"Qualys VM's most valuable feature is automatic detection."
"The most valuable feature of the solution is the external channel."
"I find Qualys VM very robust, and it's very useful for vulnerability management and patch management. The value that it brings to my environment is economies of scale. There is no limitation on adding any endpoints. You go by the rule, and it's added once another endpoint is added to our environment. It's automatically installed, and it's less work from our end. It frees up my license automatically if I don't need an endpoint or if my machine is decommissioned. I like the dashboard displays because I don't see any duplication. The most important part is vulnerability management and prioritization. Unlike Symantec, it shows the kind of vulnerability I would want to patch first. It provides a holistic view of the kind of vulnerabilities and the ones I should remediate first. I don't have to do a scan; it just brings up those critical kinds of vulnerabilities like zero-day vulnerabilities and tells me to prioritize them. You have to prioritize these vulnerabilities first and go on with the rest. The dashboard shows me the ones that have been fixed, so I don't have to complete an aging report. The user experience and the graphical interface are good. As it's user-friendly and understandable on an executive level, it brings real value. We also use this solution because it's robust and flexibile."
"Performs automated, regular scans in the network."
"The process of defining and discovering scans is organized efficiently."
"This is one of the best products I have worked with so far. I like the power of Qualys, and it's a better solution because you can scan a compact file, a BIT file, or batch files. The product already knows what's happening inside, and you don't need to expand the package. Tenable will do the same thing, but you need to have a package issuance claim. With Qualys, we can immediately understand the file, even a compact file. If there's some kind of discovery or incident, you will know what happened in the environment."
"It's really beneficial for scanning and interacting with the agent."
"This product needs to have an analysis feature, rather than having the analysis done through the integration of a different product."
"Price, of course, can always be more competitive or better."
"The solution could be more secure and stable."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"I would like some automated custom reporting."
"They should offer special pricing to premium partners and customers."
"The renewal price and the availability could be improved."
"Monitoring and reporting could be better."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"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 would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"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."
"I think setup could be one area for improvement, because sometimes we don't have people inside so we have to move to the place."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"The customer support is very bad."
"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."
"The reporting and the GUI need improvements."
"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."
"Endpoint stability and fault resolution could be improved."
"Qualys Container Security can improve the interface. It could be easier to navigate and be enriched."
"Qualys should improve their customer experience. They need to improve the tech support experience and the turnaround time."
"The reporting and dashboards could improve in Qualys VM. However, they have improved since the previous versions."
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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