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We performed a comparison between Cisco Secure Workload and SUSE NeuVector based on real PeerSpot user reviews.

Find out in this report how the two Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI.
To learn more, read our detailed Cisco Secure Workload vs. SUSE NeuVector Report (Updated: March 2024).
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Pros
"The product provides multiple-device integration.""Generally speaking, Cisco support is considered one of the best in the networking products and stack.""The most valuable feature is micro-segmentation, which is the most important with respect to visibility.""Scalability is its most valuable feature.""Instead of proving that all the access control lists are in place and all the EPGs are correct, we can just point the auditor to a dashboard and point out that there aren't any escaped conversations. It saves an enormous, enormous amount of time.""The product offers great visibility into the network so we can enforce security measures.""A complete and powerful micro-segmentation solution.""By using Tetration insight, we are able to get the latency on our level accounts and we can determine whatever the issue is with the application latency itself."

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"The UI has a lot of features.""The initial setup is quite good, it's straightforward.""The most valuable feature of SUSE NeuVector is its run-time security.""The tool's deployment is simple. Also, I am impressed with its risk capabilities.""The features of image scanning and anti-malware are really valuable.""The most valuable feature of SUSE NeuVector is the performance, deployment, and cost.""When it comes to the price, we got a really good deal from the vendor instantly."

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Cons
"I'd like to see better documentation for advanced features. The documentation is fairly basic. I would also like to see better integration with other applications.""The interface is really helpful for technical people, but it is not user-friendly.""Secure Workload is a little complicated to use, and the dashboard isn't intuitive, so it takes a while to learn how to use it.""There was a controversy when Cisco reduced the amount of data they kept, and the solution became quite cost-intensive, which made its adoption challenging….Although they have modified it now, I preferred the previous version, and I wish all the functionality were back under the same product.""The integration could be better, especially with different types of solutions.""It is highly scalable, but there is a limitation that it is only available on Cisco devices.""The emailed notifications are either hard to find or they are not available. Search capabilities can be improved.""It is not so easy to use and configure. It needs a bunch of further resources to work, which is mainly the biggest downside of it. The deployment is huge."

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"The tool should offer seamless integration of other security tools while in a hybrid environment.""SUSE NeuVector should provide more security protection rules and better container image scanning.""I would say that this solution should improve monitoring and reporting. I would also like to see more integrations so that we could essentially make it a part of a developing pipeline.""The documentation needs to improve a bit.""We are also working with IaaS VMS, but NeuVector doesn't support virtual machines.""SUSE NeuVector could improve by increasing its visibility into other elements of the DevSecOps pipeline. Additionally, scanning around infrastructure would be helpful.""The image-scanning features need improvement."

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Pricing and Cost Advice
  • "The pricing is a bit higher than we anticipated."
  • "The price is outrageous. If you have money to throw at the product, then do it."
  • "Pricing depends on the scope of the application and the features. Larger installations save more."
  • "It is not cheap and pricing may limit scalability."
  • "The price is based on how many computers you're going to install it on."
  • "The cost for the hardware is around 300k."
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  • "Licensing fees are paid yearly."
  • "The solution's pricing could be better. The cost of a subscription is calculated on the basis of work."
  • "The price of SUSE NeuVector is low. There is an additional cost for support."
  • "SUSE NeuVector is an open-source solution."
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    Top Answer:The product provides multiple-device integration.
    Top Answer:The product must be integrated with the cloud.
    Top Answer:The most valuable feature of SUSE NeuVector is its run-time security.
    Top Answer:SUSE NeuVector is an open-source solution. You have to pay for the support.
    Top Answer:SUSE NeuVector should provide more security protection rules and better container image scanning.
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    Cisco Tetration
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    Overview

    Cisco Secure Workload is a cloud and data security solution that offers a zero-trust policy of keeping an organization’s application workloads safe and secure throughout the entire on-premise and cloud data center ecosystems.

    Cisco Secure Workload will consistently provide protection by discovering workload process anomalies, stopping threats immediately, minimizing the risk threat surface, and aborting any lateral movement.

    Today’s ecosystems are very elastic, and in the application-focused dynamic of today’s aggressive marketplace, Cisco Secure Workload delivers a robust security solution that works effectively with today’s most popular applications. The solution uniquely surrounds each and every workload to ensure organizations are able to keep their data, network, and applications safe and secure at all times. Cisco Secure Workload ensures that enterprise organizations can maintain secure applications by consistently building firewalls around every workload level throughout the entire ecosystem. The solution can manage applications that are deployed on containers, virtual machines, or bare-metal servers.

    Cisco Secure workload is able to meet an organization's busy needs and offers flexible options such as Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and on-premises options. Using the Secure Workload SaaS options, users receive all the benefits of Cisco Secure Workload protection without the hassle of having to deploy and maintain the platform on premises. Users are responsible for acquiring the necessary software licensing and deploying software agents. Using SaaS, Secure Workload runs in the cloud and is operated and maintained by Cisco. This option offers the ability to scale easily and is a popular choice for SaaS-first and SaaS-only clients. Many organizations find they get the best TCO and achieve the best productivity and profitability using the SaaS options.

    When choosing on-premises options, organizations choose between hardware-based appliance models (large or small form factors). Platform selection is dependent on scalability goals, the desired fidelity level of flow telemetry, and the actual number of workloads. When a user chooses to configure Cisco Secure Workload for a conversation-only flow telemetry for all workloads, each platform has the capability to scale up vertically twice the default platform scale. Additionally, with Secure Workload, it is possible for the platform to be scaled horizontally in order to satisfy the demands of extra large widely distributed enterprise environments using federation capabilities.

    Cisco Secure Workload also provides a robust disaster recovery (DR) tool, which helps to make it a complete, comprehensive solution. The DR allows for continuous restore and backup capabilities that enable users to quickly remediate operations and data to a standby cluster in the event of a drastic failure or disaster.

    Reviews from Real Users

    The solution offers 100% telemetry coverage. The telemetry you collect is not sampled, it's not intermittent. It's complete. You see everything in it, including full visibility of all activities on your endpoints and in your network. Other valuable features include vast support for annotations, flexible user applications, machine learning, automatic classification, and hierarchical policies.” - CTO at a tech vendor

    SUSE NeuVector is a full lifecycle container security solution that helps your organization secure its container infrastructures, manage Kubernetes security risks, and block threats. The NeuVector continuous container security and compliance platform simplifies data protection from pipeline to production, enforces compliance, and provides complete visibility and automated controls for protection against known and unknown threats. In addition, NeuVector is the only Kubernetes-native container security solution that offers a comprehensive risk profile of known vulnerabilities and also delivers immediate protection from all vulnerabilities.

    SUSE NeuVector Features

    SUSE NueVector has many valuable key features. Some of the most useful ones include:

    • Container incident detection and prevention
    • Network security
    • Runtime security
    • Supply chain security
    • Container firewall
    • Host and platform security
    • Cloud-native automation and integration
    • Resource monitoring
    • Visualization and reporting
    • High availability
    • Security
    • Vulnerability management
    • Compliance and auditing
    • Alerting
    • Logging and Response

    SUSE NeuVector Benefits

    There are many benefits to implementing NeuVector. Some of the biggest advantages the solution offers include:

    • Deep packet inspection (DPI): NeuVector applies DPI to identify attacks, detect sensitive data, or verify application access to further reduce the attack surface. Only network layer analysis enables security to detect and verify the allowed protocols, helping security teams enforce business policy.
    • Real-time protection: NeuVector provides inspection, segmentation, and protection of all traffic into and out of a container. This includes container to container traffic, and ingress from external sources to containers, as well as egress from containers to external applications and the internet. The solution aims to protect your applications from internal application level attacks such as DDoS and DNS.
    • Capture packets for debugging and threat investigation: WIth NeuVector, you can view summary connection data and drill down into actual packet details for each container, as they scale up and down. When a threat is detected, NeuVector is able to automatically capture and display the packet info, making it easy for you to investigate.
    • Automated security policies: The NeuVector solution allows you to automate the creation of security policies to protect application workloads in production. The solution also enables you to automate and maintain run-time security policies using Kubernetes custom resource definitions (CRDs), and gives you the option to declare an application security policy at any stage in the pipeline.
    • Compliance: NeuVector offers detection capabilities and security policy enforcement that prevent PHI and PII exposure, exceed requirements, and simplify reporting for PCI-DSS, GDPR, HIPAA, and more. The solution helps you track critical vulnerabilities and compliance violations so you can quickly identify any that require immediate patching or followup alerts. It also makes it possible for you to manage vulnerability and compliance scan results, with no required integration to external workflow tools.

    Reviews from Real Users

    A Platform Solution Architect at a tech services company says, “The solution is feature-rich, easy to set up, and has good support.”

    Sample Customers
    ADP, University of North Carolina Charlotte (UNCC)
    Figo, Clear Review, Arvato Bertelsmann, Experian, Chime
    Top Industries
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    Comms Service Provider44%
    Media Company11%
    Energy/Utilities Company11%
    Computer Software Company11%
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    Computer Software Company29%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Government6%
    Insurance Company5%
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    Computer Software Company17%
    Financial Services Firm13%
    Manufacturing Company9%
    Government8%
    Company Size
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    Small Business33%
    Midsize Enterprise20%
    Large Enterprise47%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business17%
    Midsize Enterprise13%
    Large Enterprise70%
    REVIEWERS
    Small Business57%
    Midsize Enterprise14%
    Large Enterprise29%
    VISITORS READING REVIEWS
    Small Business24%
    Midsize Enterprise11%
    Large Enterprise65%
    Buyer's Guide
    Cisco Secure Workload vs. SUSE NeuVector
    March 2024
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    Cisco Secure Workload is ranked 20th in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) with 13 reviews while SUSE NeuVector is ranked 15th in Cloud Workload Protection Platforms (CWPP) with 7 reviews. Cisco Secure Workload is rated 8.4, while SUSE NeuVector is rated 7.8. The top reviewer of Cisco Secure Workload writes "A solution that provides good technical support but its high cost makes it challenging for users to adopt it". On the other hand, the top reviewer of SUSE NeuVector writes "Good value for money; great for policy management". Cisco Secure Workload is most compared with Illumio, Akamai Guardicore Segmentation, VMware NSX, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks and Cisco ACI, whereas SUSE NeuVector is most compared with Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security for Kubernetes, Aqua Cloud Security Platform, Sysdig Falco and Sysdig Secure. See our Cisco Secure Workload vs. SUSE NeuVector report.

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