Cisco Cyber Vision Advantage License
The Cisco Cyber Vision Advantage License provides advanced visibility and threat detection for your operational technology (OT) environment, ensuring continuous security and compliance.
- Advanced Visibility: Gain deep insights into your industrial network traffic and connected assets.
- Threat Detection: Proactively identify and respond to cyber threats targeting your OT systems.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory requirements with detailed network monitoring and reporting.
- Operational Resilience: Minimize downtime and protect critical industrial processes from cyber incidents.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Cyber Vision Advantage License is a subscription-based software license that unlocks advanced capabilities for monitoring and securing industrial networks. It provides enhanced visibility into operational technology (OT) environments, enabling the detection of cyber threats and ensuring compliance with industry regulations.
This license is designed for IT and OT professionals in mid-market and enterprise organizations who manage industrial control systems (ICS) and operational technology infrastructure. It integrates with existing Cisco security platforms to offer a unified view of network security across IT and OT domains.
- Enhanced OT Visibility: Gain granular insight into industrial network traffic, device behavior, and communication patterns.
- Threat Intelligence: Access real-time threat intelligence feeds to identify and mitigate risks specific to OT environments.
- Asset Inventory: Automatically discover and inventory all connected OT assets, including their firmware versions and vulnerabilities.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce security policies to control network access and prevent unauthorized changes.
- Compliance Reporting: Generate detailed reports to demonstrate adherence to industry-specific security standards and regulations.
Empower your IT and OT teams with the visibility and control needed to secure your industrial operations and maintain business continuity.
What This Enables
Enhance OT Network Visibility
Enable teams to gain granular insight into all connected devices and traffic flows within their industrial control systems. Streamline the identification of unauthorized devices and communication patterns that could indicate a security risk.
On-premises industrial networks, Hybrid IT/OT environments, Networks with legacy ICS equipment, Environments requiring detailed traffic analysis
Proactive Threat Detection in OT
Automate the detection of cyber threats and anomalies specifically targeting operational technology. Protect critical infrastructure by identifying and responding to potential attacks before they impact operations.
Manufacturing facilities, Energy and utilities operations, Critical infrastructure networks, Environments with high uptime requirements
Streamline OT Compliance Reporting
Automate the generation of compliance reports required for industry regulations and internal security policies. Ensure continuous adherence to security standards by maintaining detailed network activity logs.
Regulated industrial sectors, Organizations with strict audit requirements, Environments needing to demonstrate security posture, Networks managing sensitive operational data
Key Features
Deep Packet Inspection for OT Protocols
Gain unparalleled visibility into the specific commands and data exchanged by industrial control systems, enabling precise threat detection and troubleshooting.
Real-time Threat Intelligence Integration
Stay ahead of emerging threats with up-to-date intelligence feeds tailored for OT environments, allowing for faster and more effective incident response.
Automated Asset Discovery and Profiling
Maintain a continuously updated inventory of all OT assets, including their firmware and vulnerabilities, simplifying risk assessment and management.
Behavioral Anomaly Detection
Identify deviations from normal operational patterns that may indicate a security breach or system malfunction, preventing potential disruptions.
Centralized Visibility and Control
Consolidate OT security monitoring and management within a single platform, reducing complexity and improving operational efficiency.
Industry Applications
Manufacturing & Industrial
Essential for securing production lines and critical machinery, ensuring operational continuity and preventing cyber-physical attacks that could halt operations or cause damage.
Energy & Utilities
Crucial for protecting power grids, water treatment facilities, and other critical infrastructure from cyber threats that could lead to widespread service disruption and public safety risks.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Vital for safeguarding medical devices and hospital networks, ensuring patient safety, data privacy, and uninterrupted delivery of care by preventing cyber incidents.
Transportation & Logistics
Important for securing systems managing traffic control, port operations, and supply chain logistics, preventing disruptions that could impact commerce and public movement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between Cisco Cyber Vision and the Advantage License?
Cisco Cyber Vision provides foundational visibility into OT networks. The Advantage License unlocks advanced features such as enhanced threat detection, deeper protocol analysis, and extended reporting capabilities for more comprehensive security and compliance.
Does this license require specific Cisco hardware?
The Cisco Cyber Vision software can be deployed on various platforms, including Cisco industrial network switches. The Advantage License enhances the software's capabilities regardless of the specific hardware it is deployed on, provided it supports Cyber Vision.
What is the billing model for this license?
This is a subscription-based license, billed annually. This model ensures you always have access to the latest features and threat intelligence updates from Cisco.
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.