Cisco Bot Manager 20B Subscription
The Cisco Bot Manager 20B subscription provides advanced threat intelligence and automated response to protect your business network from bot-driven attacks over a 3-year term.
- Automated Threat Mitigation: Coverage for rapid detection and blocking of malicious bot traffic, preventing service disruptions and data breaches.
- Enhanced Network Visibility: Protection against sophisticated botnets and zero-day threats that bypass traditional security measures.
- Compliance Assurance: Entitlement to up-to-date threat intelligence feeds, helping meet regulatory requirements for network security.
- Continuous Operation: Access to ongoing software updates and support, ensuring your defenses remain effective against evolving threats.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Bot Manager 20B is a platform software subscription designed to identify and mitigate bot-driven threats across your network. This license provides access to advanced bot detection engines, real-time threat intelligence, and automated response capabilities, ensuring your critical business applications and data remain secure.
This solution is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who need to defend their internal networks and user-facing services from automated attacks. It integrates into existing network infrastructure to provide a critical layer of defense against a constantly evolving threat landscape.
- Advanced Bot Detection: Utilizes sophisticated algorithms and machine learning to identify and classify bot traffic.
- Real-time Threat Intelligence: Integrates with Cisco's global threat network for up-to-the-minute bot signatures and attack patterns.
- Automated Response: Enables automatic blocking or rate-limiting of malicious bot traffic to protect resources.
- Policy-Based Control: Allows granular configuration of bot management policies based on business needs and risk tolerance.
- 3-Year Subscription Term: Provides continuous protection and access to updates for a defined period, simplifying budget management.
Secure your business operations with a proactive defense against bot threats, delivered through a scalable and manageable subscription.
What This Enables
Automated Bot Traffic Mitigation
Enable teams to automatically detect and block malicious bot traffic that can overwhelm web applications and services. Streamline the process of identifying and neutralizing threats before they impact user experience or data integrity.
web application hosting, e-commerce platforms, customer portals, API gateways
Credential Stuffing and Account Takeover Prevention
Automate the defense against large-scale credential stuffing attacks aimed at stealing user credentials. Protect customer accounts and sensitive data by identifying and blocking brute-force login attempts.
online banking services, SaaS platforms, user account management, membership sites
DDoS and Application Layer Attack Defense
Support organizations in defending against application-layer Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks orchestrated by bots. Maintain service availability and prevent revenue loss during critical business periods.
transactional websites, critical infrastructure control systems, public-facing services, high-traffic applications
Key Features
Bot Detection and Classification
Accurately identifies and categorizes various types of bots, from legitimate crawlers to malicious actors, enabling targeted responses.
Real-time Threat Intelligence Integration
Leverages Cisco's global threat network to stay ahead of emerging bot threats and attack vectors.
Automated Response Actions
Allows for immediate blocking, rate-limiting, or challenging of suspicious bot traffic, minimizing impact on legitimate users.
Customizable Policy Management
Enables fine-grained control over bot management rules to align with specific business needs and risk profiles.
3-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable costs and continuous access to software updates and threat intelligence for an extended period.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust protection against automated fraud, credential stuffing, and application-layer attacks to safeguard sensitive customer data and maintain transaction integrity.
Retail & Hospitality
E-commerce and hospitality businesses rely on secure and available online platforms to prevent inventory hoarding, ticket scalping, and denial-of-service attacks that disrupt sales and customer experience.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient data and critical systems from automated threats to comply with regulations like HIPAA and ensure uninterrupted patient care.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies need to secure citizen-facing portals and internal systems against automated attacks to maintain public trust and ensure the availability of essential services.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Bot Manager 20B?
Cisco Bot Manager 20B is a software platform license that provides advanced capabilities for detecting, analyzing, and mitigating bot-driven threats across your network. It helps protect your business from automated attacks.
What types of threats does it protect against?
It protects against a wide range of bot-driven threats, including credential stuffing, web scraping, application-layer DDoS attacks, spam, and other automated malicious activities that can compromise your network and data.
What is the term of this subscription?
This specific offering is a 3-year subscription, providing continuous protection and access to updates for that duration.
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.