We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Waterfall Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features are SD-WAN, application control, IPS control, and FortiSandbox."
"The solution is easy to configure and maintain remotely."
"The most valuable feature of FortiGate is FortiView which provides proactive monitoring."
"The payment function for applications is good."
"The most valuable feature is the SSL VPN, as it allows us to connect and it separates this product from other firewalls."
"The signature database and zero-day detection are Fortinet FortiGate's most valuable features."
"The most valuable features are that it is very simple to configure and to manage."
"It is easy to use and performs very well."
"We use Cisco IOS Security mostly for routers to route off the firewall. It's a next-generation device."
"The most valuable features of Cisco IOS Security are the plenty of functionality it provides, many people are IT certified the usage, and the user interface is good."
"The security is very good."
"The product's stability is good."
"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."
"The capabilities for scalability with this product are huge"
"What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"The solution effectively integrates with Umbrella."
"This is a professional solution which has been the most valuable aspect of its use."
"They should improve high CPU and memory usage that occurs."
"The security of Fortinet FortiGate could improve."
"We would like to see a better training platform implemented."
"Fortinet needs to overhaul its documentation."
"Fortinet FortiGate can improve the integration with Active Directory. Additionally, I would like to have a Cloud Controller, such as they do in the Cisco Meraki solution."
"Fortinet FortiGate could improve by adding FortiAnalyzer to its solution, we should not have to use another solution. FortiAnalyzer can provide more detailed information."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"The main aspect of FortiGate that could be improved is load balancing. Our management team does not want to buy another appliance for only load balancing."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"It would be ideal if the solution had more capacity."
"It takes too much time to deploy a policy to FMC. It takes around eight minutes. You can't afford any downtime when you're changing policies."
"Cisco IOS Security could improve by having more compatibility with other Cisco solutions."
"The routers, don't have like long-term tendency features, or higher availability features available for the IOS. It could also use a better user interface."
"Cisco IOS Security should improve its functionalities."
"The interface of this solution could be more user friendly. The initial set up could also be made more simple."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 23rd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Waterfall Security is ranked 5th in Operational Technology (OT) Security with 1 review. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Waterfall Security is rated 9.0. 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 Waterfall Security writes "Cyber security solution used for data transmission that requires training to make use of all of its powerful features". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Fortinet FortiOS, Meraki MX, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Waterfall Security is most compared with Nozomi Networks and OPSWAT MetaDefender OT Security.
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