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Cisco Cloudlock

7.4 /10

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What is Cisco Cloudlock?

Cisco Cloudlock is a cloud-native cloud access security broker (CASB) that helps you move to the cloud safely. It protects your cloud users, data, and apps. Cloudlock's simple, open, and automated approach uses APIs to manage the risks in your cloud app ecosystem. With Cloudlock you can more easily combat data breaches while meeting compliance regulations.

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Awards & Recognition

Cisco Cloudlock won the following awards in the Cloud Access Security Broker category

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10 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2022

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2022

9 Top Rated Capabilities

9 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021

Product Impact
Contract Negotiation
Conflict Resolution

2021

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020

Cisco Cloudlock Ratings

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83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2
Since last award

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love Cisco Cloudlock?

4% Negative

0% Neutral

96% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Unique Features

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Cloud Discovery

User Behaviour Analytics

Data Loss Prevention

Web Content Filtering

Record Management

Zero Trust

Access Control

Inspect Data in Authorized App

Encryption/Tokenization

IAM Integration

Policy Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 85

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Cisco Cloudlock Reviews

Kevin A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Aug 2023

Protecting Users Everywhere

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Cloudlock from other similar products?

Cloudlock integrates well into the Cisco Secure architecture, giving IT Teams and organisations the full control over users data, as well as the apps and services that they consume from a Cloud focussed world. Cloudlock is a key component in gaining visibility into the unseen for organisations and is backed by a very good technical support team, should you ever need them.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With Cloudlock being a cloud native service, it is extremely easy to stand-up and have operational in a very short space of time, thereby increasing time to value.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Cisco product discounts can be very variable and can in some instances depend on purchase/deal size and time of year, which would then come down to good negotiating skills and timing.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

As well as Cloudlock being an excellent tool within the Cisco Security Portfolio, you should consider how best it would integrate with other offerings to give organisations a better defence in depth approach, don't think of it as a standalone service.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Carmen F.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jun 2022

Workload protection tool in cloud servers

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates Cisco Cloudlock from other similar products?

Cisco Cloudlock has great and most powerful features that enhance data safety for all stored files.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It has powerful and advanced security systems that detect any threat and anomality on all our applications. The firewalls detect any malware attacks sending an alarm to IT team for immediate action.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The cloud services provided by this platform have been highly beneficial.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Cloud computing services with Cisco Cloudlock have been productive and I fully recommend it to other enterprises.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Efficient Service

Michelle K.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

Validated Review

Verified Reviewer

Submitted Apr 2021

Review was done in order to achieve a game reward.

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates Cisco Cloudlock from other similar products?

Unique in product offerings and superior support systems in place.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The ability of the technology to transfer across various devices.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The initial set-up and installation were a bit challenging and required support.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

This product is a great tool for someone navigating the work from home environment.

Pros

Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Reliable
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2022 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Emotional Footprint Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2020 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Cisco Cloudlock Ratings

83 Likeliness to Recommend

100 Plan to Renew

84 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

2 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love Cisco Cloudlock?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Cloud Discovery Automated discovery of cloud usage across the environment and users.

User Behaviour Analytics System can monitor and analyze user behavior to detect insider threats.

Data Loss Prevention Detection of potential data breaches by monitoring, detecting and blocking the electronic transmission of sensitive data.

Web Content Filtering Restrictive filtering of web surfing to limit exposure to harmful and inappropriate sites.

Record Management Includes ability for Data stewards to monitor data quality, taking action to determine the root cause of flagged issues and recommending remediation actions.

Zero Trust Provides features that enable a zero trust architecture, including device authentication and user contextual risk based authentication.

Access Control Defines and grants access to data within the network based on roles and responsibilities.

Inspect Data in Authorized App System can be deployed in an API mode to scan data at rest in cloud services and enforce policies across this data.

Encryption/Tokenization Ensures enterprise control on encryption keys, barring access to corporate data without the knowledge of the enterprise.

IAM Integration The ability of the solution to integrate with third-party identity access management systems and to enable SSO with mobile applications on the device.

Policy Management Solution centralizes policies, standards, and procedures mapped to regulations or best-practices (PCI-DSS, ISO/IEC, HIPAA, etc.) with built-in templates.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Cisco Cloudlock Reviews

Kevin A.

Protecting Users Everywhere

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Carmen F.

Workload protection tool in cloud servers

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Michelle K.

Review was done in order to achieve a game reward.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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2
Since last award

Feature Ratings

Cloud Discovery

User Behaviour Analytics

Data Loss Prevention

Web Content Filtering

Record Management

Zero Trust

Access Control

Inspect Data in Authorized App

Encryption/Tokenization

IAM Integration

Policy Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Vendor Support

Breadth of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Implementation

Quality of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training