Cisco NGIPS Valuable Features

YoussefBoukari - PeerSpot reviewer
Solution Director - CTO at Huawei

The solution very effectively provides malware protection and signature-based anomaly detection. We don't need to use any separate tools. 

The end delay layer was recently improved so it is much faster for service functions, training, and workflows. 

Recent improvements to the OS and firewalling are good. 

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Matthew DeGrandis - PeerSpot reviewer
System Administrator at a financial services firm with 11-50 employees

NGIPS lets you map web requests to a specific user to determine who is downloading files and what they are accessing. You can use it to identify users downloading malware or track time wasters using Facebook or something like that. It gives you visibility into what your users are doing on the Internet. 

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AdamBrenner - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions Architect at NTT Global Networks Incorporated

The cost is the most valuable feature.

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it_user1367703 - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager IT Security at UnitedHealth Group

Ir's signature-based. We are also using the anomaly baseline formation, where it links the network, then anything that goes away from the norm is also flagged. Those are the two most valuable features. 

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GT
Networking and Security Engineer at IE Network Solutions PLC (Ethiopia)

The top features of Cisco NGIPS, which have been working very well, include stateful inspection and the access list-based security configuration. But from my perspective, the best part of Cisco NGIPS is the licensing process, which is very easy and straightforward. It's essentially copy-paste licensing.

The other aspect that I like is the technical support, who are highly capable. They were very good to us during the times that we used them and they tend to reply immediately to queries, even though you might not get the right engineer to help you right away. Tickets are usually assigned to junior staff at first but they do have escalation procedures, so if the support member can't solve the issue then they will immediately escalate it to higher management.

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Vinay-Singh - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager IT & Security at mCarbon Tech Innovations Pvt., Ltd.

The most valuable features of Cisco NGIPS are protection and reporting.

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AA
Student at a educational organization with 201-500 employees

The most valuable features are the intrusion detection ones. We channel the intrusion engine to create a policy of prevention. We only use this solution for intrusion prevention, not as a firewall.

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ChrisWanyoike - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Infrastructure Specialist at Central-Bank-Kenya

I like the way the tool pushes the packets from the node level. 

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JA
Senior Network Security Engineer at a wellness & fitness company with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature for our cloud-based deployment is the autoscaling.

For our on-premises deployment, clustering is the most valuable.

I think their fingerprints are good in terms of how they whitelist and blacklist. This is because of Talos, which is really awesome. We use that a lot.

The anomaly detection capabilities are awesome.

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Carlos Bracamonte - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Network Support Engineer at Amadeus

It's a good solution.

The solution is not that bad. Next-generation firewalls work from my experience, they work. 

The URL filtering feature and the new locations feature are both valuable additions to the solution.

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Diego Munoz - PeerSpot reviewer
Information Technology Manager at AGRI-CORP

The malware detection, threat defense, sandboxing, VPN, and mail security have all been valuable features of Cisco NGIPS.

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JM
IT Manager at a financial services firm with 51-200 employees

I have found the filter and the antivirus to be most valuable.

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AANKITGUPTAA - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Pi DATACENTERS

The FTD has a GUI interface, which is very easy to work around with all the configurations. It is a client-based software based on Java. Now we have the GUI web interface, and it's very interactive and easy to navigate.

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SP
Assistant Director (IT) at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees

We like the Cisco product, the concept, and the tech intelligence. We are much more comfortable with Cisco products. It's a reputable organization, and we trust the products.

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NA
Solutions Architect at a outsourcing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

Among all the different solutions I have worked with, such as Palo Alto many other firewalls. Cisco has the support, documentation, and design. The documentation is widely available and it can help you a lot with implementation. It makes the implementation much easier.

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BF
CIO at a legal firm with 11-50 employees

The thing about this solution that I like the most is that it's intuitive. The other features I like are the good support chain and ease of use.

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GlennCamilien - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

The IPS functionality is useful if you have offices all over the place. It's nice to have centralized management instead of going to a separate ASA or FirePOWER device. 

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EP
Cyber Engineer at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees

Signature rules from the Snort community around the world.

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GO
Solution Architect at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

The most valuable feature of Cisco NGIPS is the centralized user interface. You have the ability to quickly push out configurations across your environment using the Cisco UI. It's a powerful capability of that solution.

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TT
Senior Network / ITOps Engineer at a leisure / travel company with 201-500 employees

I use the product mainly for follow-up. I would say the most important is the integration with our directory services, the user directory services. We can block or allow traffic based on the specific users or specific user groups.

There are other features such as the connection with the intelligence systems such as Talos on Cisco. You can do zero-day prevention and detection. It's quite useful.

The solution is stable and the performance is good. 

My understanding is that the initial setup is simple. 

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RK
Systems & Network Manager at Rocky View Schools

Its ease of use and its ability to block and allow ports in and out of our organization are the most valuable features.

It works very well. It gives us all the information that we need.

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SM
Tecnical manager at Watronix Information Technology Ltd

The solution updates at regular intervals. It has the most recent definition of the attacks, including zero-day attacks.

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JM
CASO at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We use the Security Intelligence feature. We also use the Cisco AMP for Networks, which is used with the ITL certificate. You can use third-party integrations with the Firepower, about security. You can use the STIX format. With the STIX, you can add emergency threats to rules. This includes malware detection which has a third-party Security Intelligence platform. Included are reporting for the last seven days, V shell, and phishing tank. Cybercrime tracker is to check if any company or domain has a bad reputation on the internet. And it can give that information to the Firepower. You can use Security Intelligence to protect the network. It has preprocessors about security. They have a preprocessor for the SCADA. Cisco has evolved a lot in that area over the last few years.

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AH
Network Infrastructure Program Manager at a non-profit with 1,001-5,000 employees

In the previous version, some features were not enabled. For example, you could not access the VPN. So that was one of the downsides of the product. In this latest version, after enabling these features in the previous version and using them, it's been good. Inspection, application, and inspection in the cloud, the detail in the cloud for an indication of compromise and the malicious activity re-hashing are all valuable features. It's more of the cloud and the malicious activities aspects that define this application.

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KK
Vendor Business Manager EMEA at Westcon-Comstor

The most valuable feature is that it is able to detect any form of infiltration. It does this in an automated fashion so that you don't have to do anything to it. Once it is properly configured, it will act on its own.

The visibility that it gives you is very good. You're able to know what has happened within your network.

The way it pushes policy rules is very good. It makes sure that your information is reliable, and that you have the right visibility and the right intelligence.

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HS
Networking & Security Consultant at LayerZoom

I believe the IPS is a valuable function, because they update the signatures all the time and it's very granular. This is a good, stable solution and it's always up to date with all the security features.

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TA
Chief Technology Officer at a tech services company

The most valuable feature of this solution is its modularity, so whenever you need to upgrade or add another service, you don't need to buy another box. You can activate these services on the same box, which saves a lot in terms of cost because you don't need additional hardware. Moreover, it makes manageability easier because you don't have to use several different devices.

Cisco operates on an open operating system platform so it gives you the flexibility to add other things. Cisco itself is using different manufacturers, or OEM vendors to integrate with their product. For example, Radware is providing a DDoS solution for the NGIPS box.

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Timur Assembayev - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Specialist at Wattum

The most valuable feature of Cisco NGIPS is its protection.

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Marcio-Santos - PeerSpot reviewer
Ceo & Creative Director at Redstout

Cisco NGIPS is working well overall with our current needs.

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ME
IT Administrator at a retailer with 51-200 employees

We have found the IPS detection to be a very valuable feature of this solution. It is easy to use to stop policy violations.

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WM
Infrastructure and Security Officer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I like how NGIPS has everything in one console.  

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KA
Commercial Manager at Natco Information technology

I've found the performance and stability to be the most valuable features of Cisco NGIPS. It is scalable as well.

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AZ
Networking Security Consultant at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

This product can be integrated with other solutions from the Cisco portfolio including Cisco ISE and SecureX. The integration with the Cisco portfolio is very helpful. Cisco ISE will give full control in any network and it can be used to isolate any infected or misbehaving users automatically.

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Youssef Lakhlaifi - PeerSpot reviewer
System Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees

This is a great firewall.

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PO
Senior Manager, Network Infrastructure at a financial services firm with 5,001-10,000 employees

From a cybersecurity past perspective, it has aligned the features in accordance with our strategic needs. 

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RM
Senior Network Security Consultant at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

NGIPS' best feature is the separate IPSec tunnels, which makes the user's data more secure if they want to access it privately.

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MA
Senior Network Engineer at Dejpaad

The most valuable feature would be the IPS is very important in Cisco Firepower because I can configure deep configuration in IPS and tuning.

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ST
Technical Manager at a consultancy with 11-50 employees

The traffic filter of this solution is very valuable to us, and to our clients.

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MA
Distribution officer at Wilshirelabs

We are looking for cybersecurity threats, like Pinterest and this solution has a good IPS feature as well as it's VirtualBox which helps us to time and for the QD, our daily routine tasks or issues. The solution provides a clear picture of what a user is doing at a specified time.

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SC
DGM IT Infra & Facility at a tech services company with 1-10 employees

The features that I find most valuable are the DDoS protection, IPS/IDS, and Firepower for web application filtering. These three things are pretty good and each is valuable as per the different needs of my business operations.

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MA
Associate Consultant at a computer software company with 201-500 employees

The most valuable feature would be the intrusion prevention for us for security reasons.

The setup is pretty straightforward.

The solution gives us a lot of visibility into our security.

The product is quite stable.

There are pretty good capabilities for scaling.

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AS
Network Administrator at MP Tech

The solution is very powerful coupled with Firepower. It's great for filtering.

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VG
Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The most valuable features of Cisco NGIPS are the VPN, IPS, access policy management, EIM, and the ASA model as part of Firepower.

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ZK
Lead Network Security Engineer at TECHNOCORE LTD

In the virtual deployment, you have a couple of choices depending on your needs and how much bandwidth you have that needs to be inspected. It is quite flexible because it can be deployed on the cloud as well. All the kinks which were in the previous versions were fixed.

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IR
Network Security Consultant at Societe Generale Global Solution Centre

The most valuable feature is the IPS engine. It has been in the security branch for decades and is now integrated into the Cisco portfolio. The difference is that it has been scaled a thousandfold. It provides a base language for intruder inspection for all of the security engineers. Now, they have the same language everywhere in the corporate and the open-source firewalls and IPS.

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KO
Network engineer at a manufacturing company with 201-500 employees

The most valuable feature is its IPS ability. You are able to balance security and connectivity. 

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YT
Information Security Manager at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

The tracking intelligence feature is very good. This solution provides us with the opportunity to detect threats in real-time. 

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AB
Senior Consultant at Wevioo

I've found the web filter and JPS the most valuable features.

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EK
IT Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

I find the IPS feature the most valuable.

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TS
Security Team Lead at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I like Firepower's automation, and the security intelligence is a powerful feature. 

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MM
Manager - Automation, Electrical, IT and Networking at a mining and metals company with 1-10 employees

The most valuable feature is security.

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PH
Security at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees
  • It has good intelligence.
  • It does a great job at stopping threats.
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FH
Cyber Security Engineer at a tech company

The solution is easy to use.

We have found the product to be quite stable. 

The installation process is not difficult.

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it_user833742 - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Operations Officer at Kiran International

The most valuable feature of this solution is the support.

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AS
System Administrator at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

The interface and documentation are fine. 

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Buyer's Guide
Cisco NGIPS
April 2024
Learn what your peers think about Cisco NGIPS. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: April 2024.
768,740 professionals have used our research since 2012.