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    Cisco Secure Firewall

    Score8.4 out of 10
    N/ACisco Secure Firewall delivers comprehensive threat protection for modern, distributed networks. Built to support hybrid workforces and multicloud environments, it enables Zero Trust access, application visibility, and secure remote connectivity. With integration across the Cisco Secure portfolio, including SecureX and Talos threat intelligence, the firewall powers organizations to detect and stop more sophisticated threats. Centralized management simplifies policy enforcement, orchestration,…N/A

    Tempered Airwall

    Score10 out of 10
    N/ATempered Networks is network security technology from the company of the same name in Seattle, Washington.N/A
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    Cisco Secure FirewallTempered Airwall
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    Free Trial
    YesNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoNo
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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    Features
    Cisco Secure FirewallTempered Airwall
    Firewall
    Comparison of Firewall features of Cisco Secure Firewall and Tempered Airwall
    Feature
    Cisco Secure Firewall
    7.9
    79 Ratings
    9% below category average
    Tempered Airwall
    -
    Ratings
    Identification Technologies8.168 Ratings00 Ratings
    Visualization Tools7.072 Ratings00 Ratings
    Content Inspection8.371 Ratings00 Ratings
    Policy-based Controls8.876 Ratings00 Ratings
    Active Directory and LDAP8.865 Ratings00 Ratings
    Firewall Management Console8.274 Ratings00 Ratings
    Reporting and Logging7.275 Ratings00 Ratings
    VPN7.765 Ratings00 Ratings
    High Availability8.571 Ratings00 Ratings
    Stateful Inspection7.870 Ratings00 Ratings
    Proxy Server6.741 Ratings00 Ratings
    Best Alternatives
    Cisco Secure FirewallTempered Airwall
    Small Businesses
    SonicWall NSA Series
    Score8.5 out of 10
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    Medium-sized Companies
    Barracuda CloudGen Firewall
    Score9.4 out of 10
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Score8.7 out of 10
    Enterprises
    Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software
    Score9 out of 10
    Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
    Score8.7 out of 10
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    User Ratings
    Cisco Secure FirewallTempered Airwall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.1
    (84 ratings)
    10.0
    (1 ratings)
    Likelihood to Renew
    7.2
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Usability
    9.0
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Availability
    9.1
    (2 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Performance
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Support Rating
    7.6
    (35 ratings)
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    Implementation Rating
    8.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    Product Scalability
    5.0
    (1 ratings)
    -
    (0 ratings)
    User Testimonials
    Cisco Secure FirewallTempered Airwall
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Cisco
    The software offers advanced firewall solutions from Web threats management to behavioural analytics and comprehensive application security. Cisco Secure firewall software is incredibly easy to deploy and implement. Customer support services providers are concise and very responsive. Integration and customization of the software are exceptional. The product boasts impressive capabilities, enabling it to stop threats and manage all security flaws in real time.
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    Tempered
    It's very well suited for geographically dispersed organizations, where deploying and managing remote firewalls and other network security functions aren't practical. Once deployed, and the deployment isn't difficult after planning and understanding the data flows of the IoT devices, the system is easily managed and flexible. You're able to allow front line operations people to add devices into a role without sacrificing the integrity of the security model.
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    Pros
    Cisco
    • It's good at segregating networks and ensuring that you only give the access that you need to give. Especially with medical devices, you want to only give the access that they need and keep them in their own separate areas so that they can't just communicate with the rest of the network. It's also good at the border for keeping attackers out of the network.
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    Tempered
    • Low capital and support cost structures.
    • Ease of deployment.
    • Ability to work over the existing network.
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    Cons
    Cisco
    • I wish that the deployment of the updates to the sensors from the FMC was faster.
    • Cisco ASA firewall did a great job of authentication and authorization on the local firewall. FTD does not authorize users well in terms that an AAA must be setup to provide the granular tools that the ASA did.
    • Cisco's method of licensing the firewall can be improved. The FMC and the FTD are licensed through the Cisco software manager and there are instances where the devices are licensed but the firewall still displays and error due to licensing.
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    Tempered
    • Integration with third-party security controls.
    • Automating the on-boarding of devices.
    • Reporting needs to be more detailed.
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    Likelihood to Renew
    Cisco
    It works really well. We can do most anything we want or need to with it, and you don’t have to have a doctorate or multiple certs to necessarily figure it out. The thing that would probably have to happen to make us switch would be if we just got priced out - Cisco’s more powerful and higher bandwidth models cost a pretty penny.
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    Tempered
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    Usability
    Cisco
    The platform is powerful and feature-rich, especially when paired with tools like Firepower Management Center (FMC) and SecureX. The policy structure is logical, and the visibility into traffic flows, threat activity, and rule hits is quite strong once you're familiar with the interface
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    Reliability and Availability
    Cisco
    As for the availability, in general we did not experience any issues with it, neither in situations where there's only one physical device implemented nor when there's and High Availability pair. Failover works like a charm, no complaints here, it works as it should and so far it has been highly reliable.
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    Performance
    Cisco
    no slowing down, vpn is working fast
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    Support Rating
    Cisco
    Firewall support is professional just like any other technology Cisco sells. From answering simple questions to bringing out outages affecting a large population of our workforce, Cisco support is always courteous, professional, and communicates with our team to keep our request on their radar. Some of the brightest people I've met are from Cisco support both in IQ and EQ which shows the talent Cisco is able to onboard to their team.
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    Tempered
    It's pretty darned good for a new company. We had to hash through a couple of instances that no one had ever run into, but once we got to the right person on the engineering team, they were able to work through the solution pretty quickly. The nice thing is, unlike Cisco, once you fix something, you don't find three new things that have to be changed.
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    In-Person Training
    Cisco
    very good
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    Online Training
    Cisco
    was a good training but questions was answered not so good. Training was "Fundamentals of Cisco Firewall Threat Defense and Intrusion Prevention (SFWIPF)".
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    Implementation Rating
    Cisco
    Our initial implementation was aided by Cisco's professional services and was excellent. The engineer was very knowledgeable and helped us work through issues while building out our new internet security edge Part of this involved tools to migrate the firewall configuration from old to new.
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    Alternatives Considered
    Cisco
    Cisco Secure Firewall works better with the Cisco ecosystem when we can utilize it and feels beefy enough when we utilize it in the data center. The Fortinet we have found are great, small cost boxes for remote offices with a better UI then Cisco Secure Firewalls. The feature set included with the firewalls feels similar from a security point of view.
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    Tempered
    The cost and complexity vs. ISE is as different as Uber and Lift are from trying to take a taxi in Duluth, Minnesota. The complexity of Cisco's IoT security is a joke. It was going to take us over a year just to deploy all the Cisco equipment, and that was if we could have gotten it all working together. We got the entire project deployed in just under 3 months, and that includes working out all the bugs and logistics. Honestly, I don't think all the Cisco parts would have ever been running like Cisco promised it would. It's just way too complicated.
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    Contract Terms and Pricing Model
    Cisco
    was not involved
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    Tempered
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    Scalability
    Cisco
    you can choose up to 50 devices i think thats enough for our organization
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    Professional Services
    Cisco
    was not involved
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    Return on Investment
    Cisco
    • Positive impact. Cisco is a big player in IT environment. It is future stuff, everything, what you learn today, maybe something can be tomorrow. And yes, it's quite important to learn the new stuff every day. And yes, that's it. Yes, I'm happy with Cisco.
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    Tempered
    • Capital cost to deploy was 1/4 the cost of doing Cisco.
    • People and time frame to do the entire deployment was 1/12th the time/people to complete the installation.
    • On-going management is being done without adding staff.
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