We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Cisco Secure Network Analytics based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Firewalls solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."UTM/NGFW features and FortiCloud for logs and backups are awesome."
"The features that we have found most valuable are the SSL VPN and the User Portal."
"Fortigate's most valuable feature is that it doesn't need a push policy when writing rules."
"Its stability is the most valuable."
"The usage in general is pretty good."
"Unified Threat Management (UTM) features."
"Fortinet FortiGate is easy to use. Anyone can easily maintain it."
"Fortinet FortiGate is user-friendly and affordable."
"The solution is stable."
"The VPN was valuable for us because more people are working from home. It has a lot of reporting and easy-to-use management tools."
"I've found their network routing to be very good."
"Cisco IOS Security has many good features, but compared to other solutions, it has a more user-friendly interface with steps to apply and manage rules. Another good part of the solution is that it's more straightforward."
"The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"Cisco IOS Security is very robust and works very well."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"There is a positive impact on security, particularly the intrusion feature, which helps keep the solution concealed and secure."
"The artifacts available in the tool provide better information for analyzing network traffic. It enables a holistic view of network traffic and general packet analysis. It's easy to identify anomalies without the use of signatures. The way in which we implemented Stealthwatch Cloud has enabled my team to analyze traffic behind proxies."
"The most valuable features are encrypted threat analysis and the ability to run jobs on entire flows."
"The most valuable feature is anomaly detection, where it finds things that are not allowed internally."
"Being able to graph and show data to management has improved our organization. We can show the data to the higher-ups. It shows them that it's picking up on these anomalies and doing its job."
"I believe this solution has reduced our incident response time."
"From what I understand, you can encrypt and unencrypt traffic moving in transit. This is one of the features that we liked about it."
"The search options on Cisco Stealthwatch are the most valuable. You can get very granular with it, down to the kilobits or the seconds if you want. The product supports any time frame that you need, so that is nice."
"The most valuable feature is integration."
"The monitor and the visibility, in this proxy, is very weak."
"If they had better integration with security products, such as Cisco ISE or Rapid Threat Containment, then it would be an improvement."
"It is quite new for us, and we need to go more in-depth into the monitoring tools. It provides different features that we need to do what we want. So far, it is okay for us. In terms of improvement, in the future, they can provide a faster implementation of features. Some of the features are first available in other solutions. Fortinet sometimes takes a little bit longer than other solutions, such as Check Point, to implement new features."
"The process of configuring firewall rules appears excessively complex."
"The price of FortiGate should be reduced because there are some other leading products that are cheaper."
"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."
"Pricing for it is a bit high. It could be cheaper."
"The stability of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"Most of their features are meant for Cisco. You cannot integrate them with any other vendor."
"In the next release of this solution, we would like to see support for the 100BT and 7000 models."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"I wish it would be more like the next generation firewall technology. There should be more selection between the application and filtering."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"There could be a bit more functions on offer that could make it easier to use."
"We've had problems with element licensing costs so scalability is a concern."
"It would be better to let people know, up front, that is doesn't give you nice, clear information, as seen in the demos, without Cisco ISE installed."
"It hasn't really improved our direct detection rate but it has definitely reduced our incident response time as we wouldn't have been able to detect threats or immediate risks without this solution."
"The customizability of the UI should improve."
"Stealthwatch needs improvement when it comes to speed."
"Its granularity for RBAC roles-based access control needs improvement."
"We need to be able to filter out internal IPs as non-threats."
"Initially, I felt Cisco Secure Network Analytics lacked integration with Splunk."
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Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Cisco Secure Network Analytics is ranked 24th in Network Monitoring Software with 57 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Cisco Secure Network Analytics 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 Cisco Secure Network Analytics writes "Increased the visibility of what is happening in our network". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Cisco Secure Network Analytics is most compared with Darktrace, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics, ThousandEyes, Vectra AI and Arista NDR. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Cisco Secure Network Analytics report.
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