Cisco Secure Email Reviews and Pricing

it_user6381

Manager of Infrastructure at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees

May 5, 2013

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Solid 1U appliance, but we had problems with the XML file rule not working

Pros and Cons

"We chose Cisco Iron Port as it delivers strong email security protection and our company needed it to protect the company's email systems from spam, email viruses, .exe files, unwanted email from unwanted sender etc."

"More than a few steps are required to apply rules and these are not essentially intuitive."

What is most valuable?

We chose Cisco Iron Port as it delivers strong email security protection and our company needed it to protect the company's email systems from spam, email viruses, .exe files, unwanted email from unwanted sender etc. For this, we choose Cisco Iron Port c160. Cisco Iron Port is a solid 1U appliance, no need for additional hardware, easy to plug into existing network. Email channel protection worked across the board without regard for which email client we used. When Cisco engineers became aware of the XML file rule not working as designed they immediately recorded this in their internal issues database and provided us with an issue ID. More significantly, they quickly supplied a workaround that allowed us to block XML files using a different type of rule.

What needs improvement?

More than a few steps are required to apply rules and these are not essentially intuitive. Even though we were able to get real-time event information from the email logs, it would be nice if the higher-level journalism tools could synchronize more quickly. Price might be an obstacle for smaller networks. Need to reduce the price so that small organizations can use this product.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user3882

IT Administrator at a tech services company with 501-1,000 employees

Jan 22, 2013

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Simple to add to our network and efficient to troubleshoot

Pros and Cons

"IronPort allows visibility into the problem and an easy way to pinpoint policy offenders."

"It takes time to harmonize information from the email log events with higher level reporting tools."

Valuable Features:

• Cost-effective since they do not require extra hardware • They are simple to plug into the available network • Protection of mail channel works well regardless of the email client used • Efficient to troubleshoot

Room for Improvement:

• Requires several actions to employ rules • It takes time to harmonize information from the email log events with higher level reporting tools

Other Advice:

Security risks presented by web-based malware, spyware and web traffic exposes organizations to compliance and productivity dangers introduced by improper usage of the web within the organization. IronPort allows visibility into the problem and an easy way to pinpoint policy offenders. It includes a user friendly interface and easy content incorporation, filtering and reporting infrastructure.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.

it_user386826Distribution Systems Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 1,001-5,000 employees

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Feb 11, 2016

I would not suggest Cisco Ironport to anyone, just installed a 40mb circuit and it's not going well pings to 108.171.131.161 are just sad. We are reviewing the configuration but overall it is just a waste of our time and money. I'm not impressed at all...

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it_user2871

Network Engineer at a university with 51-200 employees

Nov 28, 2012

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Cisco IronPort is a powerful device that adds more to traditional Cisco NAC appliances the capability to defend against application and operating system attacks

Pros and Cons

"Cisco IronPort mail security was very helpful by blocking threats, viruses, worms and Trojans from attacking the mail accounts and user PCs."

"Added cost and delay to the network traffic, but performance did remain stable."

Valuable Features:

Our company was facing a problem of user complaints with network performance despite the fact that we used Cisco ASA and Cisco IPS. When we scanned the mail server with antivirus we found a lot of threats that couldn't be treated, so we need to use IronPort. Cisco IronPort mail security was very helpful by blocking threats, viruses, worms and Trojans from attacking the mail accounts and user PCs.

Room for Improvement:

-Added cost and delay to the network traffic, but performance did remain stable. -Requires knowledge and operation time to manage an added security device to the network devices besides IPS and ASA.

Other Advice:

Cisco IronPort is Cisco's new network access controller (NAC). Cisco IronPort email and web security products are used online with the firewall Cisco ASA and Cisco IPS to filter attacks, threats, phishing and data loss.

Disclosure: My company does not have a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer.