Cisco Cloud VPN Foundation 500Mbps Preferred License
The Cisco Cloud VPN Foundation license provides essential secure connectivity for your business network, enabling up to 500Mbps throughput for one year.
- Secure Remote Access: Provides encrypted tunnels for employees and branch offices to securely connect to the corporate network.
- Enhanced Performance: Supports up to 500Mbps of VPN throughput, ensuring efficient data transfer for business operations.
- Subscription-Based: A one-year subscription model offers predictable costs and access to the latest software features.
- Foundation Capabilities: Unlocks core VPN functionalities required for secure and reliable network access.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Cloud VPN Foundation license is a software subscription that unlocks essential secure connectivity features for your business network. It provides the foundational capabilities needed to establish and manage secure VPN tunnels, ensuring data privacy and integrity for remote users and branch offices.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies, this license integrates with Cisco's cloud-managed networking solutions. It is ideal for organizations that need to extend their secure network perimeter to support a distributed workforce or multiple physical locations without the overhead of traditional enterprise solutions.
- Secure Connectivity: Establishes encrypted VPN tunnels to protect sensitive data in transit.
- Performance Assurance: Delivers up to 500Mbps VPN throughput for reliable application performance.
- Cloud Management: Integrates with Cisco's cloud platform for simplified deployment and management.
- Subscription Value: Provides access to features and updates for the one-year term.
- Foundation Features: Unlocks core VPN functionalities for essential secure access.
This Cisco Cloud VPN Foundation license offers essential secure connectivity for growing businesses seeking enterprise-grade VPN capabilities without the complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Secure Remote Workforce Access
Enable teams to securely connect to the company network from any location. This ensures that sensitive business data remains protected while employees work remotely or travel.
distributed workforce, remote employees, hybrid work models, secure data access
Establish Secure Site-to-Site Connectivity
Streamline the connection between multiple business locations, such as branch offices or retail stores, to the main corporate network. This ensures consistent and secure data flow across all company sites.
multi-location businesses, branch office connectivity, secure inter-site communication, centralized resource access
Enhance Network Security Posture
Automate the deployment of encrypted tunnels to protect all network traffic from unauthorized access or interception. This helps maintain compliance with data privacy regulations.
data privacy compliance, network segmentation, threat mitigation, secure data transmission
Key Features
Cloud-Managed VPN
Simplifies deployment, configuration, and monitoring of VPN services through a centralized cloud platform.
500Mbps Throughput
Delivers sufficient bandwidth for secure remote access and site-to-site connectivity, supporting business application performance.
Preferred License Tier
Unlocks a set of core VPN functionalities essential for secure business operations and compliance.
1-Year Subscription Term
Provides predictable operational expenses and ensures access to updated software features and security patches for the duration of the term.
Secure Encrypted Tunnels
Protects sensitive business data in transit, ensuring confidentiality and integrity against cyber threats.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance to protect sensitive customer data and transactions, making secure VPN essential for remote access and inter-branch communication.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to strict regulations like HIPAA, necessitating secure methods for accessing patient records and communicating sensitive health information remotely.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information, requiring secure VPN solutions to protect data integrity and client privacy during remote work or inter-office collaboration.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups often operate multiple locations and need secure, reliable connectivity for point-of-sale systems, inventory management, and corporate oversight, especially with a distributed workforce.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Cloud VPN Foundation?
Cisco Cloud VPN Foundation is a software license that enables essential secure VPN connectivity for businesses. It provides encrypted tunnels for remote users and branch offices, managed through Cisco's cloud platform.
What does the 500Mbps capacity mean?
The 500Mbps refers to the maximum VPN throughput the license supports. This capacity is suitable for many SMB and mid-market organizations requiring reliable performance for secure remote access and site-to-site connections.
Is this a one-time purchase or a subscription?
This is a one-year subscription license. It provides access to the VPN features for the duration of the term, with predictable costs and access to software updates.
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.