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Cisco Secure Firewall

Composite Score

7.8 /10

CX Score

8.1 /10

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What is Cisco Secure Firewall?

The Cisco UTMs are all-in-one solution that offer flexible Internet redundancy, comprehensive security, and very easy-to-use configuration flows. Secure Firewall helps you plan, prioritize, close gaps, and recover from disaster—stronger. Unify security across your high-performing data centers, providing superior visibility and efficiency.

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Awards & Recognition

Cisco Secure Firewall won the following awards in the Unified Threat Management category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

1 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2025

2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

Cisco Secure Firewall Ratings

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84 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cisco Secure Firewall?

0% Negative

14% Neutral

86% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Enables Productivity
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 80

Firewall

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Virtual Private Network

Network Access Control

Anti Malware and Threat Protection

Endpoint Protection

Web Content Filtering

Anti Spam

Deep Packet Inspection

Application Layer Control

Sandboxing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 77

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization

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Cisco Secure Firewall Reviews

Peter K.

Role: Operations
Industry: Government
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Nov 2023

very good product and worth the price.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

very wide offering of service and very wide coverage.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Cisco Umbralla.

What do you dislike most about this product?

not much.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

do a proper search and you will find Cisco is the best value.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Security Protects
Reliable
Enables Productivity

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Less Effective Service
Under Delivered

Sai R.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: Initial Implementation

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Nov 2023

Great product one can implement in their firm

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

Efficiency and reliability

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Firewall and routers

What do you dislike most about this product?

The misconfiguration

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great one to implement in your firm

Pros

Enables Productivity
Saves Time
Respectful
Client Friendly Policies

Bharath D.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2025

Transformer

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Cisco Secure Firewall from other similar products?

we are easily able to integrate with other devices like switches AP's and NAC

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Able to manage the console easily without any challenges and we are able to get the related KB article with respect to any integration

What do you dislike most about this product?

complications in user based policy and policy pushing slowness

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Ease of manage

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Fair
Transparent

Cons

Less Caring
Vendor Friendly Policies

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Cisco Secure Firewall Ratings

84 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

78 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+84 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cisco Secure Firewall?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Firewall Firewall functions, such as the blocking or redirecting of data traffic, by port or protocol.​

Intrusion Detection Prevention Through event monitoring, the detection, countermeasure and prevention of possible security incidents or threats.

Virtual Private Network The hosting of VPN secure tunnels, as well as expand the capabilities of the UTM service to those connected to the corporate network via VPN.

Network Access Control Endpoint integration to ensure each connecting device has appropriate security.

Anti Malware and Threat Protection Built-in perimeter anti-virus and anti-spyware protection can include behavioral analysis, e.g. Zero-Day attack protection.

Endpoint Protection Endpoint Protection a single agent, including AV, web & device control. It prevents malware & data loss with no complicated network or directory prerequisites

Web Content Filtering The ability to screen, block or limit access to certain websites which might contravene corporate policy or pose a security threat to the organization.

Anti Spam Spam email filtering and blocking, the ability to release blocked e-mails and the whitelisting/blacklisting of senders.

Deep Packet Inspection The inspection of data transmitted over a network to log, reroute or block to scrutinize the content of data streams, encrypted or within a secure tunnel.

Application Layer Control Ability to control application functions, including lockdown of features as required. This is at the application (layer-7), rather than the network (layer-3).

Sandboxing Sandboxing is a software management strategy that isolates applications from critical system resources and other programs and tests its contents

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

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Cisco Secure Firewall Reviews

Peter K.

very good product and worth the price.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Sai R.

Great product one can implement in their firm

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bharath D.

Transformer

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

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Feature Ratings

Firewall

Intrusion Detection Prevention

Virtual Private Network

Network Access Control

Anti Malware and Threat Protection

Endpoint Protection

Web Content Filtering

Anti Spam

Deep Packet Inspection

Application Layer Control

Sandboxing

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Breadth of Features

Quality of Features

Vendor Support

Usability and Intuitiveness

Availability and Quality of Training

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Ease of Customization