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Cisco Sourcefire SNORT Primary Use Case

reviewer2772102 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer2772102
Cloud Architect at a consultancy with 1-10 employees

Endpoint protection is the main use case. The main aspect involves specifying different rules, and when network traffic hits these rules, it will try to block the traffic or at least log the traffic in general.

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Syed Shahnawaz Hussain - PeerSpot reviewer
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
Sr. Executive Design Engineering Team at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use the solution for IT security prevention systems. It comes with the Cisco next-generation firewall. We use Sourcefire as an IPS.

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Jack Poon - PeerSpot reviewer
Jack Poon
Treasury Specialist at a financial services firm with 501-1,000 employees

I cannot disclose the use cases of the solutions in my company because we operate in the financial industry.

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Sherwin De Claro - PeerSpot reviewer
Sherwin De Claro
Sr. Manager - Infosec at a hospitality company with 10,001+ employees

We use the solution to protect our virtual server funds.

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Netwrkengin67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Netwrkengin67
Network Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

We are using Cisco Sourcefire SNORT for security as an edge firewall.

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Carlos Reis - PeerSpot reviewer
Carlos Reis
Network Security Engineer at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees

Cisco Sourcefire SNORT is a powerful intrusion detection and prevention system that covers various network security threats. It simplifies the configuration process by offering pre-defined base configurations, including security and connectivity settings. These pre-configured settings serve as a starting point for users, allowing them to customize and fine-tune their security policies based on their needs. This feature streamlines the deployment process and ensures that users can quickly establish a robust security posture without building configurations from scratch. Additionally, the intuitive interface provides users with a clear understanding of the parameters they can adjust and the impact of their changes, facilitating efficient management of network security policies.

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Osereme Osobase - PeerSpot reviewer
Osereme Osobase
Director at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

We primarily use this solution as an intrusion prevention system for external firewalls. We use it for that firewall IPS/IDS and deploy the solution on-premises.

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reviewer1420032 - PeerSpot reviewer
reviewer1420032
Lead Program Manager at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees

The product is primarily used for an IDS, Intrusion Detection Software, element.

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GoumouFerdinand
Security Engineer at a computer software company with 51-200 employees

I work directly with clients, such as financial companies like banks, for example. Most of the time they want they're product to be on their premises, only in their local area.

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Art Astafiev - PeerSpot reviewer
Art Astafiev
Information Systems, Manager - Network at a government with 1,001-5,000 employees

We use Cisco Sourcefire SNORT for intrusion prevention cases.

Within our organization, there are roughly 1,000 people using this solution.

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it_user1259517 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user1259517
Network Engineer at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Our primary uses for this solution are URL filtering and malware filtering.

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AhmedElsayed1
Information Security Operations Expert at a comms service provider with 1,001-5,000 employees

The primary use of this solution is intrusion prevention, for both user-to-server traffic, and server-to-server traffic.

Most of our environment is Cisco including ISE, our access control, routers, switches, call center, and TelePresence.

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GebremichaelTeklemariam
Networking and Security Engineer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

Our primary use case of this solution is as a firewall, as an access control. We don't use it as access detection or as an intrusion prevention system, because we didn't configure it as a detector.

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NAWAF-TAWAKOL
Pre-Sales Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

We are a system integrator and this is one of the solutions that we provide to our customers.

This solution is for inspecting traffic. It works with the firewall, email, etc.

This is for an on-premises deployment.

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it_user1057971 - PeerSpot reviewer
it_user1057971
Senior Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The main features of the Cisco Sourcefire are that it's a next-generation firewall with new features. It has application security, advanced malware protection, URL filterings, encryption, and decryption.

It is also used for email filtration and web application cyber protection.

The deployment model we used was on-premises.

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Netwrkengin67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Netwrkengin67
Network Engineer at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees

We use this solution, in conjunction with the Cisco Firepower 4000 series, for security in our data center. We also use it with a Cisco Firepower 2000 series for our VPN and internet access firewall.

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Sola Ayoade
Chief technology officer at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

We primarily use the solution as security on either side of the VPN.

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NetworkE4b4a - PeerSpot reviewer
NetworkE4b4a
Network Engineer at a individual & family service with 10,001+ employees

Our primary use for the solution is security, mostly in intrusion prevention.

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Cisco Sourcefire SNORT
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