We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Trend Micro Deep Discovery based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."The Intrusion Firewall is a valuable feature."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"Cisco IOS Security is a mature product with extensive capabilities, serving as the base for the defense layer. It offers good network visibility, which helps in rapid response through the Rapid Threat Containment feature. Its deployment and configuration are straightforward."
"The VPN connection portal scan works flawlessly, which was a big plus for us."
"In Pakistan, we only use Cisco because they have good local support infrastructure. Huawei and Fortinet don't offer direct support in Pakistan."
"The most valuable feature is endpoint protection."
"The tool's stability and performance are good."
"The most valuable feature is that the user can customize images of virtual machines in the sandbox functionality. The other vendors only use images that were created by the vendor but not the customer, end-user or partner. This helps to detect advanced threats and attacks."
"Generally speaking, it just gives us a broad understanding of exactly what kind of threats occur. The submission point, analyzing point, and virtualization are within the environment that it supports. It helped us to improve our security levels and protect our internal network from any threats outside."
"Trend Micro Deep Discovery is a very specific product for threat intelligence with smart protection."
"The performance and stability are great."
"I like the sales operations testing. and support."
"The most valuable features are monitoring for advanced persistent threats, the system runs in a sandbox allowing for effective zero-day exploits management, and the Inspector has a built-in sandbox."
"There is no downtime or server vulnerability with this solution."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve its security features. There are competitors that have some additional security features, such as Fortinet FortiGate. Additionally, there should be better synchronization with Cisco IOS Security and other vendors, and improved AI features would be beneficial."
"In the security portfolio from Cisco, the issue is marketing. Cisco is still seen primarily as an enterprise network player rather than being acknowledged as a security vendor."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"I think they should bring back remote VPN for users."
"We need to pay for the license and it is expensive."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"Trend Micro can improve the pricing in general. There is nothing else they can add or improve in the solution."
"There are certain aspects of flexibility in the policies that should be added to Deep Discovery."
"I would like to see integration with third-party tools to improve the visibility of the dashboards."
"Trend Micro Deep Discovery's technical support could be improved, and it could be made more active."
"I would like to see them create a rule where It could integrate with the network and start mitigating with auto-detection."
"The solution could be more secure."
"The scalability is sometimes limited."
"The solution should support multiple platforms in Windows, Linux, and Mac. Customers can have different software types. The virtual environment should be able to install and analyze them. The tool also gives only a minimum level of extension support. It may not be able to extract files and give details about them. I would also like to see third-party product integration in the tool. The solution's current integration is only with Trend Micro products only."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 10th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 47 reviews while Trend Micro Deep Discovery is ranked 6th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 22 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Trend Micro Deep Discovery is rated 8.4. 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 Trend Micro Deep Discovery writes "Good threat detection capabilities and offers flexibility for hosting options". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiGate, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS and Netgate pfSense, whereas Trend Micro Deep Discovery is most compared with Darktrace, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System, Arista NDR, Vectra AI and Palo Alto Networks Advanced Threat Prevention. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Trend Micro Deep Discovery report.
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