An integrated end to end solution that helps administrators enforce consistent access policies, rapidly troubleshoot security events and summarize reports. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

All the connected devices must be sink with same date and time otherwise there will be mismatch in reports Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Pardeep K.

Project Trainer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/24/2022

"Cisco Security Manager"

5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

Added value to log management, collect all logs from any Cisco device Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

Reporting is not much good, fine tuning required Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Roshan J.

Technical Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

12/17/2021

"Best Allrounder Security Software."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

The product lets customers share Slack collaboration tools with external partners or organizations. It can quickly detect suspicious movements, analyze network traffic, and respond quickly when threats are identified. IT teams can simply create and enforce extensive application policies for all managed devices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

The cost is very high. Sometimes, delivered & undeliverable emails are not showing in the mail tracker. Dashboard and map need upgrading. There are some issues with network devices attempting to connect. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Security Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Cisco provides email security detection and blocking threats such as malware, spam, and phishing. Cisco Security Manager (CSM) helps troubleshoot security events. Used throughout the entire organization. CSM makes centralized message tracking simple and easy. Message graphs and summaries of incoming emails we can view and export through Cisco Email Security. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Computer & Network Security

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

12/13/2021

"Cisco Security Manager is a good device management tool."

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

I like the way it helps error-free deployments. We can reuse the security rules and objects. We can monitor security threats easily, and it provides a user-friendly environment. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

Sometimes it is not good at handling Out-of-Band Changes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Reyan P.

Senior Consultant

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

4/29/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"It was a good experience in my educational environment"

4/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

To be able to manage all security features from my firewalls and IPS/IDS devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

It was limited only to security. The performance was limited and dashboard wasn't very friendly Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Security Manager:

CSM is a great solution if your focus and your skills are strongly based on Security. You can integrate it with CSA to extend the security reach to endpoint devices and make posture evaluation and even AV scans Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Security Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

Problems mostly to detect initial threats and malfunctions on my security devices Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

John K.

Senior Network Operations Center Technician

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

6/17/2020

"CSM operability"

3/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

CSM is great for managing ACLs and Object-groups Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

it seems to take forever to implement updates to large configurations. I'm talking over an hour slow. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Faraz M.

ICT Consultant/Project Manager

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/31/2020

"Project Manager CSM"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

CSM provides a separate network security management environment suite with much flexibility and integration into the existing network Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

Some third party and other vendors equipment were not fully supported in CSM suite Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Security Manager:

Using AD services and combo will add flexibility if the solution is deployed on different physical locations Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Security Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

With CSM we address and manage the network security level activities and issues through a single tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ramkumar N.

Associate Consultant

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/31/2020

"CSM is the best in managing a heap of devices"

5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

The ability to manage devices in a single GUI is time saving. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

In larger organization, the number of devices managed goes up a significant number. Which slows down the performance of the tool. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Caroline S.

Software Engineer

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

3/12/2019

"Extremely useful and efficient software to manage security"

5/5

What do you like best about Cisco Security Manager?

Excellent platform that allows to carry out the administration of business security in one place, that is why I like this software, since with just entering our platform with our username and password from anywhere we can monitor, prevent and ensure security connections based on our Cisco account and all thanks to the fact that it gives us the right tools to manage a centralized administration, being this very easy to understand thanks to its simple interface. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Cisco Security Manager?

When entering the platform tends to throw faults delaying the entry to it and often does not allow entry for more than 24 hours. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Cisco Security Manager:

If you want to be able to track your devices or equipment to know if they are working properly or if they are truly being protected this is the best solution because you can manage the security of all of them in one place. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Cisco Security Manager solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is a tool that has allowed us to view in detail any strange event, as well as to manage in a much simpler way the security of all the equipment or devices that we keep protected with Cisco. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.