Cisco Custom Data Retention for Flows
Cisco Custom Data Retention for Flows provides extended storage for network traffic data, ensuring compliance and detailed analysis capabilities for your business operations.
- Extended Data Storage: Access historical network flow data for longer periods, crucial for compliance and forensic analysis.
- Enhanced Visibility: Maintain a detailed record of network activity to troubleshoot issues and understand traffic patterns.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements that mandate specific data retention durations for network activity.
- Operational Insight: Utilize historical data to optimize network performance and security posture over time.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco subscription license enables extended data retention for network flow information, allowing businesses to store and analyze historical traffic data beyond standard periods. It is designed to meet specific compliance mandates and provide deeper operational insights.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to ensure their network monitoring tools can retain the necessary data for audits, security investigations, and performance tuning. It integrates with existing Cisco network infrastructure to extend the capabilities of their flow collection and analysis.
- Extended Data Storage: Increases the duration for which network flow data is stored.
- Compliance Support: Helps meet regulatory and internal policy requirements for data retention.
- Forensic Analysis: Provides historical data necessary for in-depth security incident investigations.
- Performance Tuning: Enables analysis of long-term traffic trends to optimize network resources.
- Subscription Licensing: Offers a flexible, recurring model for accessing enhanced data retention features.
Ensure your business meets its data retention obligations and gains valuable network insights with this essential Cisco subscription.
What This Enables
Extended Compliance Data Storage
Enable teams to meet stringent regulatory requirements for network traffic data retention. Streamline audit processes by ensuring all necessary historical data is available for review.
on-premises networks, cloud-integrated environments, hybrid IT deployments, security operations centers
Advanced Security Incident Forensics
Automate the availability of historical flow data for in-depth security investigations. Support teams in reconstructing events and identifying the root cause of security breaches.
network security monitoring, threat detection and response, incident management workflows, security information and event management integration
Long-Term Network Performance Analysis
Streamline the analysis of network traffic trends over extended periods. Enable IT professionals to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize resource allocation based on historical usage patterns.
network performance monitoring, capacity planning, IT infrastructure optimization, proactive network management
Key Features
Customizable Data Retention Periods
Allows businesses to define and enforce specific durations for storing network flow data, aligning with unique compliance needs.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Provides a flexible and scalable way to access enhanced data retention features without large upfront capital expenditures.
Integration with Cisco Platforms
Works seamlessly with existing Cisco network infrastructure and management tools for a unified operational view.
Enhanced Network Visibility
Offers deeper insights into network activity over time, aiding in troubleshooting, security analysis, and performance optimization.
Compliance Assurance
Helps organizations meet regulatory mandates and internal policies that require specific data retention timelines.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions must adhere to strict regulations like SOX and PCI DSS, which mandate specific data retention periods for network activity to ensure auditability and fraud prevention.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations are subject to HIPAA, requiring them to maintain audit trails and logs of network access and data flow for patient privacy and security compliance.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often have extensive data retention policies for security, accountability, and legal discovery purposes, necessitating long-term storage of network operational data.
Retail & Hospitality
These sectors handle sensitive customer data and payment information, requiring compliance with standards like PCI DSS, which includes provisions for retaining transaction and network access logs.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Custom Data Retention for Flows?
It is a subscription license from Cisco that allows businesses to extend the period for which network flow data is stored. This is crucial for compliance, security investigations, and long-term performance analysis.
Who benefits from this license?
Businesses, particularly those in regulated industries or with strict data retention policies, benefit from this license. IT managers and security professionals can ensure they have the historical data needed for audits and incident response.
Does this license require specific hardware?
This is a software license that enhances the capabilities of your existing Cisco network infrastructure and flow collection tools. Specific hardware compatibility should be verified based on your current Cisco deployment.
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.