Cisco Web Security Appliance Scalability

IgnitiusMolepo - PeerSpot reviewer
Senior IP Network Defense at MTN

The Cisco Web Security Appliance is indeed stable. While there have been occasional instances of instability, particularly during the August period, overall, its stability is commendable. The solution itself is robust and reliable.

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Rainier S. - PeerSpot reviewer
Head of Integration Engineering / Enterprise Technology & Innovation at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

We had 50,000 people using this solution in our organization.

Cisco Web Security Appliance is a scalable solution.

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DA
Business Architect at Letris

There are some issues with scalability when adding new devices that are related to clustering and load balance in the Active Directory. 

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BhanuSingh - PeerSpot reviewer
Deputy Manager Infra & Security at a manufacturing company with 1,001-5,000 employees

With the in-house solution, scalability depends on the fixed hardware you purchase. You would have to choose a particular-sized hardware based on the department. You must choose the right hardware box whether you want 2,000, 5,000, or 10,000 users. If you use the solution in a virtual environment, you can scale up by increasing the virtual box size. There is no limitation on the product's scalability.

I rate the in-house version a seven out of ten. When you move the same solution to a cloud, it scales properly because it's based on Umbrella. I rate the cloud solution's scalability a nine out of ten.

Thousands of users use the solution in my organization.

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Atdhe Zyhranaj - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Security Consultant at NSCON Network Services & Consulting GmbH

I'm not really sure about the scalability. If I could compare, cloud solutions like Umbrella and Zscaler are far better than WSA. Maybe the virtual machine of WSA is more scalable than the physical appliance as the physical appliance is bound to the specification that it has. Whereas you can scale the virtual machine as much as you can and allows you your underlying hypervisor. 

We have about 1,500 people using the solution.

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Muhammad Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Unit Head System Administration & Automation at MCB Islamic Bank Ltd

We haven't had any issues with scalability.

In my first company, there were 2,000 people on the solution. In my latest organization, we have 15,000 people on it. 

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AnilKumar29 - PeerSpot reviewer
DGM - Pre-Sales at Niveshan Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.

The solution is scalable which is important in our situation because we have a five-year plan to increase users. 

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Zaid Khan - PeerSpot reviewer
L2 - Network Engineer at Sitel Group (previously Sykes)

Around 60 to 70 users are using Cisco Web Security Appliance in our organization.

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Stanislav Priscak - PeerSpot reviewer
IT specialist at Východoslovenský ústav srdcových a cievnych chorôb, a.s.

Scalability-wise, I rate the solution a seven out of ten.

Around 300 people in my company use the solution.

I use the solution every day in my company.

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

The product is scalable. We have 1500 to 2000 users. 

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Md Manirul Islam - PeerSpot reviewer
Assistant general manager at Beximcocomputers

The scalability of Cisco Web Security Appliance is high.

I rate the scalability of Cisco Web Security Appliance a ten out of ten.

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Surendar Ganesan - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Lead at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees

As Cisco Web Security Appliance is an appliance, it doesn't scale. You need to size it based on your requirements, so if you're a small-scale customer, you'll size based on that. A large-scale customer gets a larger appliance and would need to size in advance, so you cannot scale that. Instead, you'll have to add boxes to add more load, so you can add to the cluster.

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Usman Rasool - PeerSpot reviewer
VP - Head Enterprise Technology Infrastructure at MCB Islamic Bank Ltd.

It is a scalable appliance that can integrate with my endpoint security appliances, as well as my core networking appliances. 

We acquired 200 additional licenses this year and we plan to continue increasing our usage.

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PK
UI Developer at ANB SYSTEMS PRIVATE LIMITED

I would rate the tool's scalability a seven out of ten. 

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Vusa Ndlovu - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Solution Architect at Nexio South Africa

It is scalable. The clients that we have sold a few of those boxes to, did find integrating with AV software a bit expensive. However, it is possible to expand it.

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KM
Production of pharmaceutical products at khaled.miles@labosalem.com

I rate Cisco Web Appliance eight out of 10 for scalability. 

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DA
Business Architect at Letris

It's very scalable. If you buy one bundle with 100 users, you can install unlimited appliances to scale horizontally. You can have ten appliances that can log share communications. It's very scalable. 

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JO
Network Support Engineer at Nigeria LNG Limited

The solution offers good scalability. If a company need sot expand it, it can do so. It's not a problem.

We have about 50,000 users on the solution currently.

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MM
Network Administrator at GAEB

The solution is scalable and we have around 1200 users for the product. 

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RS
Sr. Network Security Engineer at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

If you want to go to the next level, you will have to change the hardware. The general requirement is that when you reach the hardware limitations, you have to change it.

Depending on the customer, there are anywhere from 100 to 500 uses.

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it_user1272714 - PeerSpot reviewer
Integrating engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

It's a scalable product.

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