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.
Sr. Security and Enterprise Architect at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Dec 3, 2021
Cisco Technical Assistance Center works on a follow-the-sun concept and gives real 24x7 customer support, which is a great advantage when you have a service contract with them.
Chief Technology Officer at Future Point Technologies
Aug 11, 2020
The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise.
Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with.
Networks Lead Engineer at a mining and metals company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Jun 23, 2019
Previously, anyone in the organization would see any data point in the wall. They could just go and connect their machine with that data point and could access the network. But now, even if someone came and tried that, they will not be given access.
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.
Sr. Security and Enterprise Architect at a security firm with 11-50 employees
Dec 3, 2021
There are the usual bugs that are inherent to some software upgrades. Sometimes this provides some unexpected issues, however, it happens with all brands all the time.
Chief Technology Officer at Future Point Technologies
Aug 11, 2020
I would love it if it has a link-by-link feature, integration with Unified Threat Management (UTM), and load balancers.
They haven't got any link-by-link feature right now, which can be a very attractive option. This link-by-link feature can also be made available for Cisco's UTM firewalls. The link-by-link feature is available in some of the other firewalls.
Currently, integration with UTM is missing. Cisco IOS Security also doesn't have the load balancers and a few things that need to be done to get a good UTM firewall. Normally, other firewalls have UTM. As a next-generation firewall, it's good, but as a UTM, it has to do some work.
The configuration and reporting interfaces need a lot of improvement. It needs to be more accessible forsolide without a strong technical background. If you had a simplified dashboard, the lower-level techs could manage the solution and provide services. Cisco IOS Security requires someone who is highly trained to operate it.
Field Solutions Engineer at a computer software company with 1,001-5,000 employees
Sep 29, 2020
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.
Managing Director at a computer software company with 51-200 employees
Sep 21, 2020
The company needs to make its solution more affordable to make it more accessible to larger markets. Otherwise, it's seen as an enterprise-level solution that small or medium-sized organizations can't afford and therefore they won't even look at it.