Cisco Application Visibility and Change Management Subscription
This Cisco subscription provides essential application visibility and change management capabilities for your firewall, ensuring enhanced network control and operational efficiency.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain deep insights into application traffic traversing your firewall.
- Streamlined Change Management: Simplify and secure network configuration updates.
- Subscription Term: Continuous access to features and updates for the duration of your subscription.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain regulatory adherence through controlled and auditable network changes.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco platform software subscription unlocks advanced application visibility and change management features for your Cisco firewall. It enables granular control over network traffic, allowing you to identify, monitor, and manage applications effectively, while also providing tools to streamline and secure configuration changes.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates directly with your existing Cisco firewall infrastructure. It supports businesses that rely on their network for critical operations and require robust security and management capabilities without the overhead of enterprise-level solutions.
- Application Identification: Precisely detect and classify thousands of applications.
- Traffic Shaping: Prioritize critical applications and control bandwidth usage.
- Configuration Auditing: Track all changes made to firewall policies and settings.
- Policy Enforcement: Ensure consistent application of security policies across your network.
- Subscription Benefits: Access to the latest software updates and feature enhancements.
Equip your business with enterprise-grade network intelligence and control, tailored for SMB and mid-market operational needs.
What This Enables
Enable granular application traffic monitoring
Enable teams to identify and classify specific applications running on their network, allowing for better bandwidth allocation and security policy enforcement. This ensures critical business applications receive priority and unauthorized applications are managed effectively.
on-premises network infrastructure, multi-site deployments, hybrid cloud environments, business continuity planning
Streamline firewall configuration management
Streamline the process of making and auditing changes to firewall policies, reducing the risk of human error and misconfigurations. This ensures network stability and compliance with internal security standards.
network security operations, IT policy enforcement, regulatory compliance audits, change control processes
Automate application-aware security policies
Automate the enforcement of security policies based on application type, not just port or protocol, improving threat detection and prevention. This allows for more dynamic and effective security posture management.
network segmentation, threat intelligence integration, security operations center (SOC) workflows, incident response planning
Key Features
Application Visibility Engine
Gain deep insights into application traffic patterns to optimize network performance and identify potential security risks.
Change Management Auditing
Maintain a detailed log of all firewall configuration changes, ensuring accountability and simplifying compliance audits.
Subscription-based updates
Receive continuous access to the latest software features and security updates, keeping your firewall protection current.
Policy Control
Enforce granular policies based on application identity, enhancing security and user experience.
Per-firewall licensing
Provides clear and manageable licensing tied directly to your deployed firewall devices.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent change control and application visibility to meet regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and SOX, ensuring secure and auditable network operations.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, necessitating robust application visibility and secure, documented changes to their network infrastructure.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information, demanding strict security protocols and auditable change management to maintain client trust and data integrity.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses rely on network availability for point-of-sale systems and customer-facing services, requiring clear application visibility to prioritize traffic and manage changes that could impact operations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Application Visibility and Change Management?
It is a subscription service from Cisco that enhances your firewall's ability to identify applications and manage configuration changes. This helps businesses maintain better control over their network traffic and security policies.
What type of Cisco firewalls does this apply to?
This subscription is designed to work with specific Cisco firewall platforms. Compatibility should be verified against your current hardware model and Cisco's product documentation.
How does a subscription model benefit my business?
A subscription model ensures you always have access to the latest software features, security updates, and support for the duration of your term. This provides predictable costs and continuous protection without large upfront investments.
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.