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Cisco Sourcefire 3D [EOL] vs NetFort LANGuardian comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Cisco Sourcefire 3D [EOL]
Average Rating
8.6
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
NetFort LANGuardian
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
2
Ranking in other categories
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Featured Reviews

it_user262977 - PeerSpot reviewer
I.T. Manager at a legal firm with 51-200 employees
The dashboard offers stats and alerts. Updates frequently fail and need to be installed manually using CLI.
The dashboard offers quick stats and alerts This product offers an easy way to manage Cisco firewall's advanced features such as IDS and Rules. The portal takes very little time for IT pros to become familiar with it. It is a breeze to manage the firewalls. There is no support yet for…
it_user172854 - PeerSpot reviewer
Research Special Projects Lead at a university with 501-1,000 employees
Cost effective but when we originally purchased LANGuardian, some features needed further development.
The ability to detect and decipher torrent traffic for the purpose of identifying what some refer to as "copyright violators" Our CIO asked us to track down the source of undesired uploads, which trigger e-mails received by outside bodies regarding what they refer to as "copyright violations",…

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"The accuracy of the signatures and the data gathered within the events, along with the Firesight and vulnerability data, greatly reduce the amount of time it takes to isolate a problem and contain it."
"This product offers an easy way to manage Cisco firewall's advanced features such as IDS and Rules, and it is a breeze to manage the firewalls."
"If you are looking for a solid solution that can be easily deployed then I'd recommend considering Netfort solutions."
"Our CIO asked us to track down the source of undesired uploads, which trigger e-mails received by outside bodies regarding what they refer to as "copyright violations", and Languardian was the most efficient and effective tool for the job."
 

Cons

"Updates frequently fail and need to be installed manually using CLI."
"It takes a long time to load results. I think it would be great if they fix the slowness issue in the next release."
"Sure, at the time we bought the product, the GUI and graphs/reports/pie charts etc ... were not fully developed."
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Comms Service Provider
14%
Financial Services Firm
11%
Construction Company
11%
Outsourcing Company
9%
 

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Also Known As

Sourcefire 3D
LANGuardian
 

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Sample Customers

New South Wales Rural Fire Service
City of Armadale, NCG Group, King Faisal Hospital
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