Cisco AppWall for Alteon 5K/4K Platforms
Secure your business applications with Cisco AppWall for Alteon 5K/4K platforms, providing advanced web application firewall capabilities to protect against threats.
- Enhanced Security: Access advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) features to defend against OWASP Top 10 threats and zero-day attacks.
- Platform Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Cisco Alteon 5K and 4K platforms, extending their security posture.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory compliance requirements by providing robust application security controls.
- Subscription Value: Benefit from continuous updates, threat intelligence, and ongoing feature enhancements through a subscription model.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco AppWall for Alteon 5K/4K Platforms is a software license that unlocks advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities on your existing Cisco Alteon Application Delivery Controllers. This subscription provides essential security features to protect your web applications from a wide range of threats, including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and zero-day exploits, ensuring the integrity and availability of your critical business services.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who are responsible for securing their organization's web-facing applications and data. It fits into environments where Cisco Alteon platforms are already deployed for application delivery, extending their functionality to include comprehensive application security without requiring separate hardware.
- Advanced Threat Protection: Defends against common web attacks like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and bot mitigation.
- Centralized Management: Provides a unified console for managing security policies across your application delivery infrastructure.
- Real-time Visibility: Offers insights into application traffic and security events for proactive threat detection.
- Compliance Support: Aids in meeting industry regulations and compliance standards by enforcing security policies.
- Scalable Security: Scales with your Alteon platform to protect growing application workloads.
Empower your IT team with enterprise-grade application security tailored for your business needs, ensuring your web applications remain protected and available.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Web Application Firewall Protection
Enable teams to deploy robust Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities directly on their Cisco Alteon platforms. This enhances protection against OWASP Top 10 threats and zero-day exploits, safeguarding sensitive business data.
Organizations deploying web applications, Businesses managing critical online services, Teams requiring advanced threat mitigation, Environments with existing Alteon infrastructure
Streamline Application Security Management
Streamline the management of application security policies through a centralized interface integrated with your Alteon ADC. This simplifies policy enforcement and reduces the operational burden on IT staff.
Businesses seeking unified security controls, IT departments managing multiple web applications, Organizations aiming for operational efficiency, Companies with limited security personnel
Automate Compliance and Reporting
Automate adherence to regulatory compliance standards by implementing granular security controls and generating detailed reports on application traffic and security events. This simplifies audit processes and reduces compliance risk.
Organizations in regulated industries, Businesses facing data privacy mandates, Teams needing auditable security logs, Companies preparing for compliance audits
Key Features
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Protects against common web attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting, preventing data breaches and service interruptions.
Bot Mitigation
Identifies and blocks malicious bots, ensuring legitimate user access and preventing credential stuffing or scraping attacks.
Centralized Policy Management
Allows IT teams to manage security policies across multiple applications from a single console, improving efficiency and consistency.
Real-time Threat Intelligence
Keeps your applications protected against emerging threats through continuous updates to threat signatures and detection methods.
Integration with Alteon Platforms
Leverages existing Cisco Alteon hardware for application delivery, providing a cost-effective way to add advanced security without new infrastructure.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and GDPR, which AppWall helps address.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, making advanced application security essential to prevent breaches.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses handle large volumes of customer payment data and personal information, necessitating strong security measures to prevent fraud and maintain customer trust.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies are targets for sophisticated cyberattacks and must protect citizen data and critical infrastructure, requiring comprehensive security solutions to meet compliance and security mandates.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco AppWall for Alteon?
Cisco AppWall for Alteon is a software license that enables advanced Web Application Firewall (WAF) capabilities on Cisco Alteon Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs). It protects your web applications from common threats and vulnerabilities.
What type of license is this?
This is a subscription-based software license. It provides access to the AppWall features and ongoing updates for the duration of the subscription term.
What hardware platforms does this license apply to?
This specific license, L-RD-AWA-5K4K=, is designed for the Cisco Alteon 5K and 4K platforms.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
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.