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"Security management tool that's easy to integrate and easy to work with. No issues found with its stability and scalability."
"The pricing is great and very reasonable."
"I am "headache free" that I don't have to categorize all the websites and that security has been pre categorized by the people, and that the services are getting updated. At least one part of my problem is over."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"Fortinet FortiGate is a stable solution."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"I think that the UTM features are the most value, as it truly protects my infrastructure."
"Cisco's technical support is the best and that's why everybody implements their products."
"The most valuable feature is the ability to block almost all of the ports."
"The integration of network and workload micro-segmentation helps a lot to provide unified segmentation policies across east-west and north-south traffic. One concrete example is with Cisco ACI for the data center. Not only are we doing what is called a service graph on the ACI to make sure that we can filter traffic east-west between two endpoints in the same network, but when we go north-south or east-west, we can then leverage what we have on the network with SGTs on Cisco ISE. Once you build your matrix, it is very easy to filter in and out on east-west or north-south traffic."
"The product offers good scalability."
"We find all of its features very useful. Its main features are policies and access lists. We use both of them, and we also use routing."
"It's very scalable. You can go to different models of the ASAs and they scale up to as big as you want to go."
"I haven't had any major problems so I haven't had to open a ticket with technical support."
"The stability of the product is good."
"The solution is very easy to download and configure. The initial setup was very easy. The technical support is very good."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"You do need some IT knowledge in order to effectively work with the solution."
"Technical support could be better. You don't always get the level of help you need right away."
"The support system could be improved."
"Improvement is needed in the Web Filter quotas to restrict users with allocated quotas."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by having more storage in the hardware for log data."
"There could be more integration between the logging and analytical platforms to make it more seamless and integrated."
"I think there could be more QoS features"
"The only con that I have really seen with it is the reporting structure. FirePOWER is good. It has been a great help because, before that, it was not good at all."
"We have to rely on Cisco ASDM to access the firewall interface. This needs improvement. Because we have a web-based interface, and it is a lot more user-friendly."
"Its user interface is good, but it could be better. Currently, you have to know what to do before you can manage a device. If you don't know what to do, you can mess things up. There are some devices that are easier, such as FortiGate. The user interface of FortiGate is more intuitive. It is very easy to log in and configure things."
"The Sandbox and the Web Censoring in this solution need to be improved."
"The cloud does not precisely mimic what is on-premises."
"Cisco should improve its user interface design. There is a deep learning curve to the product if you are a newcomer."
"The worst part of the entire solution, and this is kind of trivial at times, is that management of the solution is difficult. You manage FireSIGHT through an internet browser. I've had Cisco tell me to manage it through Firefox because that's how they develop it. The problem is, depending on the page you're on, they don't function in the same way. The pages can be very buggy, or you can't resize columns in this one, or you can't do certain things in that one. It causes a headache in managing it."
"The initial setup could be simplified, as it can be complex for new users."
"The solution needs more granular level reporting on system usage."
Cisco Secure Firewall is ranked 4th in Firewalls with 404 reviews while Hillstone CloudEdge is ranked 32nd in Firewalls with 1 review. Cisco Secure Firewall is rated 8.2, while Hillstone CloudEdge is rated 10.0. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Firewall writes "Highlights and helps us catch Zero-day vulnerabilities traveling across our network". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Hillstone CloudEdge writes "A stable solution that is easy to configure". Cisco Secure Firewall is most compared with Palo Alto Networks WildFire, Netgate pfSense, Meraki MX, Sophos XG and Palo Alto Networks NG Firewalls, whereas Hillstone CloudEdge is most compared with .
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