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| Product | Cisco Secure IPS by Cisco View product | Suricata by Suricata 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. | Evaluating Suricata? See how this Network Security tool handles active inline IPS mode and native protocol decoding, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare. |
| Product type | Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) | High-Performance Network Threat Detection & IPS/IDS Engine |
| Best for | Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, Defense | Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Defense, Education, Telecommunications, Finance |
| Pricing | ||
| Pricing model | Contact Vendor | Contact Vendor |
| Free trial | Free trial: no | Free trial: yes |
| Deployment | ||
| Deployment options | CloudOn-Premise | CloudOn-Premise |
| Deployment details | Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Physical appliance module; Virtual NGIPSv on ESXi/KVM; Public cloud virtual instances | Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual Sensor |
| Data residency | On-premises / Cloud region dependent | Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained) |
| Key features | ||
| What it offers |
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| Platform & access | ||
| API access | API access: yes | API access: no |
| Single sign-on (SSO) | SSO: yes | SSO: no |
| Role-based access (RBAC) | RBAC: yes | RBAC: yes |
| Multi-tenant | Multi-tenant: yes | Multi-tenant: no |
| Mobile app | Mobile app: no | Mobile app: no |
| Supported platforms | Hardware chassisVMware ESXiKVMAWSAzure | Enterprise NetworksGateway FirewallsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps |
| Compliance | Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, PCI DSS compliance support | GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.4NIST SP 800-94Common Criteria |
| Integrations & coverage | ||
| Integrations | Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterCisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco XDRSplunkQRadar | ElasticsearchSplunkLogstashZeekSnort rulesCisco TalosEmerging Threats |
| Industries | Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic SectorDefense | Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomDefenseEducationTelecommunications+1 more |
| Regions | Global | Global |
| Vendor | ||
| Company | Cisco | Suricata |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, USA | Global / Open Source |
| Company size | 80,000+ | 1-10 |
| Founded | 1984 | 2009 |
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.Suricata
Evaluating Suricata? See how this Network Security tool handles active inline IPS mode and native protocol decoding, where it fits best and which alternatives to compare.Product type
Cisco Secure IPS
Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS)Suricata
High-Performance Network Threat Detection & IPS/IDS EngineBest for
Cisco Secure IPS
Cross-industry, Enterprise, Financial Services, Healthcare, Public Sector, DefenseSuricata
Enterprise IT, Cybersecurity, Telecom, Defense, Education, Telecommunications, FinancePricing
Pricing model
Cisco Secure IPS
Contact VendorSuricata
Contact VendorFree trial
Cisco Secure IPS
Free trial: noSuricata
Free trial: yesDeployment
Deployment options
Cisco Secure IPS
CloudOn-Premise
Suricata
CloudOn-Premise
Deployment details
Cisco Secure IPS
Hardware appliance; Virtual appliance; Cloud; Physical appliance module; Virtual NGIPSv on ESXi/KVM; Public cloud virtual instancesSuricata
Open Source; Self-hosted Software; Self-hosted Software Engine; Hardened Appliance; Cloud Virtual SensorData residency
Cisco Secure IPS
On-premises / Cloud region dependentSuricata
Customer Infrastructure Dependent (Completely Self-Contained)Key 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
Suricata
- Multi-threaded high-throughput engine
- Native protocol decoding (HTTP/TLS/DNS/SMB)
- Automated file extraction
- Structured Eve JSON logging
- Active inline IPS mode
- Network intrusion prevention (IPS)
- Protocol traffic logging
- Malware network beacon detection
Platform & access
API access
Cisco Secure IPS
API access: yesSuricata
API access: noSingle sign-on (SSO)
Cisco Secure IPS
SSO: yesSuricata
SSO: noRole-based access (RBAC)
Cisco Secure IPS
RBAC: yesSuricata
RBAC: yesMulti-tenant
Cisco Secure IPS
Multi-tenant: yesSuricata
Multi-tenant: noMobile app
Cisco Secure IPS
Mobile app: noSuricata
Mobile app: noSupported platforms
Cisco Secure IPS
Hardware chassisVMware ESXiKVMAWSAzure
Suricata
Enterprise NetworksGateway FirewallsMulti-Cloud VPCsMonitoring Taps
Compliance
Cisco Secure IPS
Common Criteria, FIPS 140-2, PCI DSS compliance support
Suricata
GPLv2 LicensePCI-DSS Requirement 11.4NIST SP 800-94Common Criteria
Integrations & coverage
Integrations
Cisco Secure IPS
Cisco Secure Firewall Management CenterCisco Security Cloud ControlCisco ISECisco XDRSplunkQRadar
Suricata
ElasticsearchSplunkLogstashZeekSnort rulesCisco TalosEmerging Threats
Industries
Cisco Secure IPS
Cross-industryEnterpriseFinancial ServicesHealthcarePublic SectorDefense
Suricata
Enterprise ITCybersecurityTelecomDefenseEducationTelecommunications+1 more
Regions
Cisco Secure IPS
Global
Suricata
Global
Vendor
Company
Cisco Secure IPS
CiscoSuricata
SuricataHeadquarters
Cisco Secure IPS
San Jose, California, USASuricata
Global / Open SourceCompany size
Cisco Secure IPS
80,000+Suricata
1-10Founded
Cisco Secure IPS
1984Suricata
2009