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"The content filtering is good."
"Cisco ASA works very nicely from an administration perspective. The management of the device is very nice. The ASDM (Adaptive Security Device Manager) is the software that we use and it is very easy to configure using the GUI."
"The deep packet inspection is useful, but the most useful feature is application awareness. You can filter on the app rather than on a static TCP port."
"They provide DDoS protection and multi-factor authentication. That is a good option as it enables work-from-home functionality."
"The whole firewall functionality, including firewall policies and IPS policies, is valuable. It has all kinds of functionalities. It has IPS, VPN, and other features. They are doing quite a lot of stuff with their devices."
"The most stable firewall I’ve ever worked with. Once you get the ASA set up properly, it can run for a whole year without any major issues, apart from the normal daily administration."
"The most important features are the intrusion prevention engine and the application visibility and control. The Snort feature in Firepower is also valuable."
"With the pandemic, people began working from home. That was a pretty big move, having all our users working from a home. More capacity needed to be added to our remote VPN. ASA did this very well."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is URL filtering."
"The most valuable feature is the VDOM, which allows the customer to have multiple firewalls in a single campus."
"Easy to use support and licensing portal as well as activation process."
"We can detect any attack of viruses or malware at the first point of contact."
"The most valuable feature of Fortinet FortiGate is load balancing. It can provide central management and VPNA. Additionally, it has enhanced our security environment."
"The initial setup is straightforward."
"It is a safe product."
"The base firewall features are quite valuable to us."
"The tool is stable."
"In some circumstances, the malware functionality is the most important feature, and in other cases, some other features."
"I like the SSL VPN connection. Cyberoam works well for controlling users and authenticating their connection to the internet."
"Content filtering, as this enables me to control that which employees can view at different time quotas."
"Its portal is user-friendly. I am able to manage the user data and access control through this device."
"For a small-medium enterprise this solution is easy to manage and operate."
"The reporting features are very good."
"The product is easy to maintain."
"We would like to see MS Word BPM as a feature."
"We are still running the original ASAs. The software that you are running for the ASDM software and Java application has never been a lot of fun to operate. It would have been nice to see that change update be redesigned with modern systems, which don't play nicely with Java sometimes. Cybersecurity doesn't seem to love how that operates. For us, a fresher application, taking advantage of the hardware, would have been a better approach."
"The initial setup could be simplified, as it can be complex for new users."
"The visibility for VPN is one big part. The policy administration could be improved in terms of customizations and flexibility for changing it to our needs."
"There is huge scope for improvement in URL filtering. The database that they have is not accurate. Their content awareness and categorization for URL filtering are not that great. We faced many challenges with their categorization and content awareness. They should improve these categorization issues."
"Cisco ASA should be easier to use. It is a bit tough to navigate and see what is going on."
"Managing various product integrations, such as Umbrella, is challenging."
"The ease of use needs improvement. It is complex to operate the solution. The user interface is not friendly."
"I use the FortiGate 60D model and realized the 300Mbps bandwidth limitation. Because it is a product that offers many services, I think it could have greater bandwidth capacity."
"At first glance, the interface for the device is very confusing."
"The updates Fortinet provides are sometimes unstable."
"The cloud features and integration could be improved."
"I think they need to improve more in order to be a competitor with the leaders of the field."
"Technical support for this solution can be improved."
"If I had any criticism that I would give FortiGate, it would be that they need to stop changing their logging format. Every time we do a firmware upgrade, it is a massive issue on the SIM. Parsers have to be rebuilt. Even the FortiGate guys came in and said that they don't play well in the sandbox."
"The command line is complicated, and the interface could be better."
"The reporting part could be more user-friendly for troubleshooting and identifying network issues. It should be more easy for a normal user to identify the problem in their network."
"On-box sandstorm should be available. As of now, it is from their cloud."
"It should have better VPN protection. Some of the VPN applications are not blocked by this firewall. Some VPNs are able to get through this firewall, which is why I am planning to replace this firewall with a good one in the near future."
"I would say there's room for improvement in terms of the GUI. Because it is better than some of the other standard firewalls. They have the drag and drop features."
"The product fails to provide proper reports, making it an area where improvements are required."
"While the security features are excellent, they could be improved."
"Hence, it needs to be easier to configure rules using the solution."
"I would like to see a better content management pack and also the website searching should be better."
