We performed a comparison between Cisco IOS Security and Waterfall Security based on real PeerSpot user reviews.
Find out what your peers are saying about Netgate, Fortinet, OPNsense and others in Firewalls."The most valuable features are simplicity, management, and that it's constantly evolving."
"Easy to implement, and it is also reliable."
"The solution is scalable."
"We purchased Fortinet because of the pricing, its functionality, because it met our requirements, and the total cost of ownership over five years was quite reasonable. In the market, Fortinet is rated quite well."
"We are using the FortiGate 100D series. VPN, firewall, anti-malware, OTM, and intrusion prevention are useful features."
"This solution made it very easy to manage our bandwidth."
"Virtual Domains (VDOMs) are a feature that we found valuable."
"The technical support is great."
"The technical support is good."
"Cisco IOS allows us to keep the same security features as our principal offices."
"One of the valuable features of the solution is its flexibility and it performs great."
"The hardware is pretty stable. It's also a very good product performance-wise. Initially, it wasn't mature like a firewall and there were other leaders, but now they have included almost all the features of next-generation security. Basically, it's a good product to work with."
"We use the product for firewalls."
"The security is very good."
"Cisco IOS Security increases the overall security of our network, performs authentication, and provides level 15 access and privileges."
"The VPN was valuable for us because more people are working from home. It has a lot of reporting and easy-to-use management tools."
"This is a professional solution which has been the most valuable aspect of its use."
"The cloud features can be improved."
"The debugging and troubleshooting has room for improvement."
"The sniffing packets or packet captures, can be simplified and improved because it's a little confusing."
"Security is a continuous process. In every product, there is a requirement for improvement. Its pricing should also be improved according to Indian market requirements. They must also improve on the reporting part. Its reporting can be more precise. If we can get a real-time report in a specific format, it will be helpful for customers to know about the current status of their security."
"When we cluster the two Fortinet FortiGate boxes together we have some issues."
"The solution needs to improve its integration with cybersecurity."
"Fortinet needs more memory to save the log files. We need it to save the logs on the hardware and not in the cloud. I know this feature is available in FortiCloud, but if we need this log locally, it is not available."
"They should make the rule sets more understandable for the end user. When you're trying to explain to somebody how a computer network is secured, sometimes it's difficult for an end user or customer to understand. If there was a way to make the terminology more accessible to the end user, the set up could be easier. They should translate the technical jargon to an easily relatable and understandable conversation for the end user, the customer, that would be brilliant. Particularly in an environment where the IT structure is audited regularly, there's always pressure from the auditor to up the standards and up the security and you get your USCERT's that come out and there's a warning about this and the customer will want to lock out so much and when you apply it they run into issue where they can't search the internet or print to their remote office. Of course they can't print to your remote office, they just locked it up. They should make the language more understandable for the customer. If there's a product out there that made the jargon understandable to John Q. Public, I would buy that."
"I would like to see much more embedded security that works and that isn't a bolt-on."
"If they could increase the performance a little better because the device sometimes gets slow."
"Sometimes I find it difficult to manage. Some configurations are difficult for new engineers, for example."
"With respect to user-friendliness, it is a command-line interface and those with such experience will get along just fine, whereas others may struggle."
"Cisco IOS Security's monitoring is rather rudimentary and could be improved."
"I would love it if it has a link-by-link feature, integration with Unified Threat Management (UTM), and load balancers. They haven't got any link-by-link feature right now, which can be a very attractive option. This link-by-link feature can also be made available for Cisco's UTM firewalls. The link-by-link feature is available in some of the other firewalls. Currently, integration with UTM is missing. Cisco IOS Security also doesn't have the load balancers and a few things that need to be done to get a good UTM firewall. Normally, other firewalls have UTM. As a next-generation firewall, it's good, but as a UTM, it has to do some work."
"The configuration should be easier in the solution."
"The solution is complex and can be more user-friendly."
"The interface of this solution could be more user friendly. The initial set up could also be made more simple."
Cisco IOS Security is ranked 22nd in Firewalls with 47 reviews while Waterfall Security is ranked 5th in Operational Technology (OT) Security with 1 review. Cisco IOS Security is rated 8.0, while Waterfall Security is rated 9.0. The top reviewer of Cisco IOS Security writes "User-friendly and excels in documentation, making it easier to resolve issues". On the other hand, the top reviewer of Waterfall Security writes "Cyber security solution used for data transmission that requires training to make use of all of its powerful features". Cisco IOS Security is most compared with Cisco Secure Firewall, Meraki MX, Fortinet FortiOS, Netgate pfSense and OPNsense, whereas Waterfall Security is most compared with OPSWAT MetaDefender OT Security and Nozomi Networks.
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