Cisco Application Protection Subscription for DefensePro X80
This Cisco subscription provides essential application protection for your DefensePro X80 platform, ensuring continuous security and operational integrity.
- Continuous Protection: Access to the latest threat intelligence and signature updates to defend against emerging application-layer attacks.
- Feature Enablement: Unlocks advanced security capabilities within the DefensePro X80 platform for comprehensive threat mitigation.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements by maintaining up-to-date security postures against known vulnerabilities.
- Operational Continuity: Ensures your critical applications remain available and protected from denial-of-service and other application attacks.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Application Protection Subscription for DefensePro X80 is a software license that provides ongoing security updates and advanced threat intelligence for the DefensePro X80 platform. This subscription is crucial for maintaining effective protection against application-layer attacks, ensuring the integrity and availability of your business-critical applications.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who manage their own network infrastructure. It integrates directly with the DefensePro X80 appliance, enhancing its ability to detect and block sophisticated threats targeting web applications and network services.
- Advanced Threat Detection: Real-time updates for signatures and behavioral analysis to identify and block zero-day and known application threats.
- Application-Layer Security: Specific focus on protecting against attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and denial-of-service targeting applications.
- Policy Management: Enables granular control over application traffic and security policies to align with business needs.
- Performance Optimization: Ensures security measures do not impede application performance, maintaining a positive user experience.
- Regular Updates: Continuous delivery of security patches and feature enhancements to keep pace with the evolving threat landscape.
This Cisco subscription is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to maintain robust application security and operational resilience without enterprise-level complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Application Threat Mitigation
Enable teams to proactively defend against application-layer attacks, including zero-day threats and denial-of-service attempts. Streamline the process of identifying and blocking malicious traffic targeting web applications and services.
Organizations with public-facing web applications, Businesses hosting internal business-critical applications, Teams managing network security appliances
Maintain Regulatory Compliance
Support compliance with industry regulations and data protection standards by ensuring your application security is up-to-date. Protect sensitive data from breaches that could result from unpatched vulnerabilities or outdated security signatures.
Businesses operating in regulated industries, Organizations handling customer data, Companies requiring audit trails for security controls
Ensure Business Continuity
Automate the delivery of critical security updates to prevent application downtime and service disruptions. Protect against attacks that aim to compromise the availability of essential business services.
Companies with high availability requirements, Businesses reliant on e-commerce or online services, Operations centers managing critical infrastructure
Key Features
Continuous Threat Intelligence Updates
Stay protected against the latest application-layer threats with real-time signature and vulnerability updates.
Advanced Application Attack Mitigation
Defend against sophisticated attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and DDoS targeting your applications.
Platform Feature Enablement
Unlock the full security potential of your Cisco DefensePro X80 appliance with advanced capabilities.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Ensure ongoing protection and access to the latest features through a predictable billing model.
Compliance Support
Help meet regulatory requirements by maintaining an up-to-date and effective security posture.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust protection against application-layer attacks to safeguard sensitive customer data and maintain transactional integrity, often mandated by regulations like PCI DSS.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect patient health information (PHI) from breaches, making advanced application security essential to comply with HIPAA and other data privacy laws.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses handle significant volumes of customer payment data, necessitating strong application security to prevent fraud and comply with PCI DSS standards.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies must secure critical infrastructure and citizen data against cyber threats, often facing stringent security mandates and compliance requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the term of this subscription?
Subscription terms are typically annual or multi-year, providing continuous protection. Specific term details are provided at the time of purchase.
What hardware does this subscription apply to?
This subscription is specifically for the Cisco DefensePro X80 platform, enhancing its application security capabilities.
How does this subscription help with compliance?
By ensuring your DefensePro X80 has the latest threat intelligence and security features, it helps you maintain an up-to-date security posture, which is often a requirement for regulatory compliance.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Low — self-service
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.