Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly NGFWv) Pros and Cons

The central management features make it so easy to manage devices across platforms and locations. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The only downside, I feel, is that the vast menu of powerful capabilities makes it take much more time to become a competant admin of the product. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I do not have virus threats so I guess it is working as it should Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Not sure if I have an answer for this as I do not have much to compare it to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We can deploy the threat defense on any virtual server environment on any x86 device that is running VMware ESXi. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

We cannot use this on any other Virtual environments than the VMware Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

GUI is new and user-friendly. SSL VPN is straightforward with wizard and can satisfy many vpn needs of users seen that it is based on ANYCONNECT. Clsuter configuration is solid. prefilter rules concept is nice also. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

HIT counters are not compliant. FDM is very weak with limited configuration options. CLI console are complicated with many embedded consoles. Software is not stable; many upgrades are needed yet. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The threat intelligence of the tool , signatures are upto the mark and the tool configuration to identify the threats is unique. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

There are no negative comments for the tool as of now. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Its very easy to manage and configure, the best security updates from Cisco umbrella.

Cisco has the awesome customer support as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing to dislike about Cisco products, they are the best in data centers and now they are in cloud Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Behave just like our equivalent physical on-site appliances which made it easy to migrate services from our onsite datacentres to Azure cloud. Able to manage physical and virtual appliances from the same management center. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Haven't had any issues yet, so far these behave as expected based on our physical onsite appliances. Firepower Management Center in Azure doesn't support cross region HA configuration. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What best about the Cisco ASA line is that it is not just a router or a switch, it is an excellent firewall for your network, very efficient and more secure even than the well-known IP tables because it is a device fully developed for this purpose it becomes more efficient and secure than a server with several services and any firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing else but License is terribly expensive of cisco NGFW. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

it is quickly available in US market and the supoort of Cisco team is something I liked the most. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

this device doesn't give complete visibility. we need to have separate firepower module to understand Layer 7. both have different management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Next generation firewall provide so many things in same firewall like we can do web filter, provide advance threat and malware protection, allowing policy to be create on the basis if application & not only limited to IP AND PORT. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Nothing else it is very easy to config and maintain . Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.