Cisco IPS Sensor (Discontinued) vs. SonicWall Capture Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)

IPS sensors are more suited for companies that do not have visibility into their network with third-party analyzing tools. Scenarios would be to place IPS sensors at the perimeter firewalls mainly. IPS sensors are less appropriate for companies that have third-party analyzing tools that will mitigate vulnerabilities and malicious traffic and activities already.

Incentivized

Our customer base is SMB so I can not speak about a larger customer base or organization. I have customers with 3 end points behind the SW and customers with 200 end points behind the SW. The biggest confusion on selection is the WAN / LAN throughput. Once you understand the limitations and select the correct product I have been happy with the product on a wide range of customers. It is a bit pricey for a small operation but if they are handling sensitive data it is very cost effective.

• Identifies and blocks malicious traffic.
• Detects unwanted traffic and allows your company to be proactive, let alone reactive.
• Comprehensive Threat protection allows companies to adjust thresholds and policies at will.

Incentivized

• Filters and prevents phishing attacks
• Filters and prevents malicious attachments
• Provides quantitative reporting

• The web GUI is somewhat slow.
• Sometimes difficult to adjust policies.
• Fail open feature may not work properly all the time.

Incentivized

• Sorry, I am very satisfied with the product, nothing I need to change

Cisco TAC has been great at helping with configurations and issues that may arise

Incentivized

IPS sensors provides the necessary network visibility my company needs to satisfy its security appetite. By doing so, we have been able to stay compliant and up to date with today's network security requirements and procedures. We are able to be proactive with vulnerabilities and reactive to malicious traffic and intrusions in our day to day operations.

Incentivized

Support from SW is superior. End of discussion. Fortinet support was lacking in product knowledge and was noting but reading from a script. SW, if the T1 can not answer I get to T2 immediately. Never an issue to get a resolution in minutes, not hours or days. The staff knows their limits and escalates without question.

• Provided less need to purchase third party analyzing tools.
• Needed more dedicated staff to build/review/and maintain policies and such.
• Answers companies need for network security.

Incentivized

• I trust the product to protect my customer base.
• They do not differentiate themselves very well. It is a difficult sell cycle.