We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Fortra's Tripwire Enterprise based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out in this report how the two Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) solutions compare in terms of features, pricing, service and support, easy of deployment, and ROI."What I have used the most and received the most benefit from is the IPsec technology."
"The product has valuable features for business intelligence."
"One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great."
"Cisco products are very secure and integrate easily with other devices."
"The product's stability is good."
"The solution is stable."
"It covers everything we need it to without looking to secondary solutions."
"The security is very good."
"The product supports different platforms."
"The most valuable feature is the integrity."
"We use Tripwire Enterprise as a tool to test the vulnerability of a network. That is the most valuable feature of the product for us."
"What's most valuable in Tripwire Enterprise is the ability to execute custom COCR rules that lets me fine-tune how I monitor Linux and Windows agents."
"The most valuable feature is integrity management. I had some discussions with service providers, and they also agreed."
"Its reporting features are great. It gives you an in-depth report. Its customization is also great, and it is working fine."
"File monitoring is the most valuable feature of the solution."
"Even if you change a single word in Notepad, it will let you know whether it was added, removed, or modified."
"While Cisco IOS Security is stable and scalable, I would like to see it improved to be even better."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"It would be ideal if the solution had more capacity."
"We have a very bad experience on the support. They take too much time requesting logs, and they are not coming directly online to resolve the issues."
"Cisco is a scalable product, but it is expensive compared to other vendors."
"There's a technology called SD-WAN that we would like to see. We are unable to handle multiple connections or to automatically load balance. I would like to have a feature that enables us to automatically prepare for load balancing."
"The initial setup is complicated."
"Cisco is an expensive firewall, so the pricing can be improved."
"A lot of network devices need a custom integration."
"Cloud monitoring could be better. It would also be better if the company followed a pay-as-you-use model."
"The deployment with certain systems can be difficult and it needs to be simplified."
"An area for improvement in Tripwire Enterprise is stability, as my company had stability issues with the last few versions of the solution. Tripwire Enterprise has been a bit buggy."
"The Windows online integration license needs to be improved."
"The main way that it can be improved is through better reporting."
"The initial setup is complex."
"It needs more local support from the OEM side. It would be great if this can be improved."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 12th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 46 reviews while Fortra's Tripwire Enterprise is ranked 17th in Intrusion Detection and Prevention Software (IDPS) with 8 reviews. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Fortra's Tripwire Enterprise is rated 8.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "A mature product with good integration capabilities, however, it needs to be more affordable". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Fortra's Tripwire Enterprise writes "It has excellent scalability and allows you to execute custom COCR rules, letting you fine-tune agent monitoring". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiGate, Fortinet FortiOS and Netgate pfSense, whereas Fortra's Tripwire Enterprise is most compared with Trend Micro Deep Discovery, Darktrace, Cisco Sourcefire SNORT, Trend Micro TippingPoint Threat Protection System and Change Tracker Gen7 R2. See our Cisco IOS Security vs. Fortra's Tripwire Enterprise report.
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