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Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly NGFWv) vs. Ossec

A side-by-side comparison based on G2 review data.

MetricCisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly NGFWv)

by Cisco

Ossec

by Ossec

Overall rating4.24.6
Review count9310
Ease of use8.48.6
Ease of setup7.78.4
Quality of support9.28.6
Meets requirements9.09.2
NPS39.77272790
Small Business14.0%50.0%
Mid-Market44.1%30.0%
Enterprise41.9%20.0%
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Total LLM citations1,452107

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly NGFWv)

Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly FTDv/NGFWv) is a comprehensive security solution designed to protect virtualized environments across private and public clouds. It integrates Cisco's proven network firewall capabilities with advanced threat defense features, including Snort Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), URL filtering, and malware defense. This virtualized firewall ensures consistent security policies and deep visibility into network traffic, enabling organizations to detect and mitigate threats before they impact operations.

Pros

  • Network Security
  • Firewall Efficiency
  • Easy Management
  • Ease of Use

Ossec

Ossec is an open source host-based intrusion detection system that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection and process monitoring.

Pros