Cisco Application Visibility and Control Management Subscription
This Cisco subscription provides essential application visibility and change management capabilities for your firewalls, ensuring optimized network performance and security.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain deep insights into application traffic traversing your network.
- Policy Control: Implement granular policies based on application identification.
- Change Management: Streamline and track changes to firewall configurations effectively.
- Subscription Term: Benefit from continuous updates and support throughout the subscription period.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco subscription license unlocks advanced Application Visibility and Control (AVC) and Change Management features for your Cisco ASA or Firepower firewalls. It provides the necessary entitlements to monitor application usage, enforce application-based policies, and manage configuration changes with greater precision and auditability.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in small to mid-sized businesses utilize this subscription to gain control over their network traffic, improve application performance, and ensure compliance. It integrates directly with their existing Cisco firewall infrastructure, providing a unified platform for network security and management.
- Application Identification: Accurately identify and classify thousands of applications.
- Traffic Shaping: Prioritize critical applications and de-prioritize non-essential traffic.
- Security Policy Enforcement: Create and enforce security policies based on application type.
- Configuration Auditing: Track and manage all changes made to firewall configurations.
- Subscription Entitlement: Access to software updates, patches, and vendor support.
This Cisco subscription is the ideal solution for businesses seeking to enhance their firewall's capabilities without the overhead of enterprise-level hardware upgrades.
What This Enables
Enable granular application traffic control
Enable teams to identify and prioritize critical business applications while de-prioritizing recreational or bandwidth-intensive traffic. Streamline network performance by ensuring essential services receive adequate bandwidth.
On-premises network infrastructure, cloud-connected environments, hybrid IT deployments, managed network services
Improve network security policy enforcement
Automate the enforcement of security policies based on specific application types, reducing the risk of unauthorized application usage. Streamline the process of updating and applying security rules to protect sensitive data.
Network security appliance deployment, multi-site network architecture, centralized IT management, compliance-driven environments
Streamline firewall configuration management
Enable IT professionals to track, audit, and manage all changes made to firewall configurations, ensuring a clear history for compliance and troubleshooting. Automate change logging to reduce manual effort and potential errors.
Managed IT services, business continuity planning, regulatory compliance adherence, IT infrastructure modernization
Key Features
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
Gain detailed insights into application traffic and control its flow to optimize network performance and user experience.
Change Management
Maintain an auditable log of all firewall configuration changes, simplifying troubleshooting and ensuring compliance.
Subscription-based licensing
Benefit from continuous software updates, access to new features, and ongoing vendor support throughout the subscription term.
Per Firewall licensing
Directly apply the license to specific firewall devices, providing clear cost allocation and management.
Cisco platform integration
Seamlessly integrate with existing Cisco ASA and Firepower firewall deployments for enhanced functionality.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and auditable change logs to meet strict regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and SOX.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and maintain network integrity, making application control and change management critical for HIPAA compliance.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments rely on predictable network performance for operational technology (OT) systems, necessitating application prioritization and secure, managed changes to network infrastructure.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle confidential client information, requiring strong security measures and clear audit trails for network access and configuration changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Application Visibility and Control (AVC)?
AVC is a technology that provides deep visibility into network traffic, allowing administrators to identify and classify applications, monitor their usage, and control their behavior.
What does 'Change Management' refer to in this context?
In this context, Change Management refers to the ability to track, audit, and manage all modifications made to the firewall's configuration, ensuring accountability and simplifying troubleshooting.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is designed for supported Cisco ASA and Firepower firewall platforms. Specific compatibility should be verified based on your existing hardware model and software version.
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.