Cisco Secure IPS vs. OSSEC
| Product | Rating | Most Used By | Product Summary | Starting Price |
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 Cisco Secure IPS | Score10 out of 10 | N/A | Cisco Secure IPS (formerly Firepower Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System, or NGIPS) is an intrusion detection response system that produces security data and enhances the analysis by InsightOps. The technology replaces the former Sourcefire 3D IPS. Cisco acquired Sourcefire in 2013. | N/A |
 OSSEC | N/A | N/A | OSSEC is a server intrusion detection for every platform. OSSEC is fully open source and free, and can be tailored to meet a business's security needs through its configuration options, adding custom alert rules and writing scripts to take action when alerts occur. The OSSEC+ edition, also free, provides additional capabilities to the basic OSSEC version such as the Machine Learning System for those that simply register. | N/A |
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| Editions & Modules | No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | ||||||||||||||
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| Entry-level Setup Fee | No setup fee | No setup fee | ||||||||||||||
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 9.1 | - |
| Likelihood to Renew | 9.0 | - |
| Usability | 10.0 | - |
| Support Rating | 9.0 | - |