During an independent test of the Cisco Firepower 4110 v6.4.0.9, the product demonstrated good plain text performance, and competitive total cost of ownership, however security significantly underperformed when compared to previous tests. Cisco has disclosed several critical and high severity vulnerabilities in recent months, introducing the question of quality control, which was a factor in their overall rating. Customers expressed concern that security has been deprioritized within Cisco. Cisco blocked209 out of 264 evasions, 2,073 out of 2,331 exploits, and passed all the stability and reliability tests. The Plain Text Rated Throughput was very good with 2,657 Mbps

Product ratings give decision-makers clear, forward-looking insight into the effectiveness of products tested. This report employs a letter rating system, which provides a forecast about a product’s capacity to meet its obligations to consumers over time. Products are assigned letter ratings ranging from AAA-D, calculated on a scale from 0 to 800. The highest rating of ‘AAA’ indicates that the product’s capacity to meet its commitments to consumers is extremely strong while a product rated ‘D’ is actively being breached by known threats and is unable to protect consumers. Ratings inform consumers, enhancing transparency and enabling them to focus on considerations that are most critical to their organizations.