The best way to keep our competitors in check is to have a full understanding of their products and how to position against them. With that in mind, Cisco is pleased to introduce the new Cisco Security Competitive Reference Guide (CRG).

Designed for Cisco partners, this comprehensive sales resource compares competitor products with Cisco offerings, while reinforcing the Cisco value proposition around selling our security solutions.

Comparisons include:

• Firewall/IPsec VPN:  Check Point, Fortinet, Juniper Networks, Nokia, and SonicWALL  
• IDS/IPS: 3Com/TippingPoint, IBM ISS, Juniper Networks, McAfee, and Sourcefire  
• NAC: Bradford Networks, ConSentry Networks, Juniper Networks, McAfee, and Symantec  
• SSL VPN: Check Point, Citrix, F5, Juniper Networks, and SonicWALL  
• Email Messaging Security: Barracuda Networks, Google Apps Powered by Postini, Microsoft, Secure Computing, and Symantec  
• Web/URL Filtering: Barracuda Networks, Blue Coat Systems, Finjan, Websense, Inc., and Secure Computing