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| Product | Cisco Secure IPS by Cisco View product | FortiGate by Fortinet View product |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| What it is | Cisco Secure IPS delivers snort 3 inspection engine for network intrusion prevention. Explore its Network Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors. | FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors. |
| Product type | Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) | Next-generation firewall and secure networking platform |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, Defense | Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providers |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: no | Free trial: no |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | CloudOn-Premise | Cloud |
| Deployment details | Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Physical appliance module; Virtual NGIPSv on ESXi/KVM; Public cloud virtual instances | Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service |
| Data residency | On-premises / Cloud region dependent | Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/region |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: yes |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: yes |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: yes |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Hardware chassisVMware ESXiKVMAWSAzure | Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more |
| Compliance | Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, PCI DSS compliance support | Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterCisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco XDRSplunkQRadar | FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more |
| Industries | Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic SectorDefense | EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more |
| Regions | Global | GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | Fortinet |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Sunnyvale, California, USA |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 10,000+ |
| Founded | 1984 | 2000 |
Overview
What it is
Cisco Secure IPS
Cisco Secure IPS delivers snort 3 inspection engine for network intrusion prevention. Explore its Network Security capabilities, deployment choices and top competitors.FortiGate
FortiGate helps teams with network firewalling. Explore features like firewall, IPS and application control, cloud deployment and the closest Firewall competitors.Product type
Cisco Secure IPS
Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS)FortiGate
Next-generation firewall and secure networking platformBest for
Cisco Secure IPS
Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, DefenseFortiGate
Enterprise, SMB, Financial services, Healthcare, Government, Education, Manufacturing, Retail, Technology, Service providersPricing
Pricing model
Cisco Secure IPS
Contact VendorFortiGate
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco Secure IPS
Free trial: noFortiGate
Free trial: noDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco Secure IPS
CloudOn-Premise
FortiGate
Cloud
Deployment details
Cisco Secure IPS
Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Physical appliance module; Virtual NGIPSv on ESXi/KVM; Public cloud virtual instancesFortiGate
Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-Service; Physical appliance, virtual machine, cloud marketplace and FortiGate-as-a-ServiceData residency
Cisco Secure IPS
On-premises / Cloud region dependentFortiGate
Depends on deployment, service region, cloud architecture and customer configuration; verify the applicable Fortinet service/regionKey features
What it offers
Cisco Secure IPS
- Snort 3 inspection engine
- Real-time exploit blocking
- Talos dynamic rule updates
- Automated virtual patching
- Protocol anomaly detection
- SSL/TLS decryption inspection
- Contextual risk scoring
- Network intrusion prevention
FortiGate
- Firewall
- IPS
- Application control
- Antivirus
- SSL inspection
- VPN
- SD-WAN
- Web filtering
Platform & access
API access
Cisco Secure IPS
API access: yesFortiGate
API access: yesSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco Secure IPS
SSO: yesFortiGate
SSO: yesRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco Secure IPS
RBAC: yesFortiGate
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco Secure IPS
Multi-tenant: yesFortiGate
Multi-tenant: yesMobile app
Cisco Secure IPS
Mobile app: noFortiGate
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco Secure IPS
Hardware chassisVMware ESXiKVMAWSAzure
FortiGate
Hardware applianceVMware ESXiMicrosoft Hyper-VKVMNutanix AHVAWSMicrosoft AzureGoogle Cloud+2 more
Compliance
Cisco Secure IPS
Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, PCI DSS compliance support
FortiGate
Supports security controls used in common regulated environmentsexact certifications depend on product, model, release and deployment
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco Secure IPS
Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterCisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco XDRSplunkQRadar
FortiGate
FortiManagerFortiAnalyzerFortiClientFortiAuthenticatorFortiNACFortiSandboxFortiGuardFortiSwitch+1 more
Industries
Cisco Secure IPS
Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic SectorDefense
FortiGate
EnterpriseSMBFinancial servicesHealthcareGovernmentEducation+4 more
Regions
Cisco Secure IPS
Global
FortiGate
GlobalAvailability varies by product, deployment and service region
Vendor
Company
Cisco Secure IPS
CiscoFortiGate
FortinetHeadquarters
Cisco Secure IPS
San Jose, California, USAFortiGate
Sunnyvale, California, USACompany size
Cisco Secure IPS
80,000+FortiGate
10,000+Founded
Cisco Secure IPS
1984FortiGate
2000