Network Protection Tailored to Your Business

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances are easy-to-deploy solutions that integrate world-class firewall, Unified Communications (voice/video) security, SSL and IPsec VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), and content security services in a flexible, modular product family. Designed as a key component of the Cisco Self-Defending Network, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series provides intelligent threat defense and secure communications services that stop attacks before they impact business continuity. Designed to protect networks of all sizes, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series enables organizations to lower their overall deployment and operations costs while delivering comprehensive multilayer security.

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Protect Your Network With Market-Leading Security Services

Firewall

Secure your network and information from unauthorized access, while maximizing network resiliency and maintaining business continuity. Cisco ASA 5500 provides advanced application-aware firewall services with identity-based access control, denial of service (DoS) attack protection, and much more - all built upon market-proven Cisco PIX Security Appliance technology.

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Unified Communications Security

Protect your Unified Communications infrastructure, call control, endpoints, and applications from attack. The Cisco ASA 5500 Series delivers market-leading Unified Communications security services with the widest portfolio of application inspection and threat prevention services for voice/video - protecting against attacks such as protocol fuzzing, denial of service (DoS), rogue phone callers, and much more.

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SSL/IPsec VPN

Extend your network with secure, flexible, seamless remote access. Cisco ASA 5500 Series, Cisco's premier VPN solution, offers unmatched clientless portal capability and cross-platform full-tunnel client for up to 10,000 simultaneous SSL or true IPsec connections in one device - all protected by world-class firewall services and much more.

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Intrusion Prevention

Defend your critical network assets from attack with advanced, full-featured intrusion prevention (IPS) services. Cisco ASA 5500 Series incorporates powerful, high-performance zero-day protection against threats including application and operating system vulnerabilities, directed attacks, worms, and other forms of malware.

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Content Security

Improve employee productivity and eliminate unwanted content threats in your network. Cisco ASA 5500 Series delivers powerful content security services including URL filtering, anti-phishing, anti-spam, antivirus, anti-spyware, and content filtering - which can help lower operations costs, reduce liability, and improve employee productivity.

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