Cisco DefensePro VA 5000 to 10000 Upgrade
Enhance your network security posture with the Cisco DefensePro VA 5000 to 10000 Upgrade, ensuring continued protection for your critical business operations.
- Capacity Expansion: Gain the ability to protect up to 10,000 Mbps of traffic, scaling your defenses with your business growth.
- Feature Access: Maintain entitlement to the latest security intelligence updates and advanced threat mitigation capabilities.
- Operational Continuity: Prevent service disruptions and maintain compliance by ensuring your security platform remains licensed and supported.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory and industry requirements for robust network security and threat detection.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco DefensePro VA 5000 to 10000 Upgrade is a subscription-based platform license that increases the traffic processing capacity of your existing DefensePro VA appliance. It enables your security infrastructure to handle a higher volume of network traffic, ensuring uninterrupted threat detection and mitigation services.
This upgrade is designed for mid-market to enterprise organizations that have experienced significant network traffic growth and require enhanced security capacity. It fits into environments where the DefensePro VA is a core component of the network security stack, protecting against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and other network-based threats.
- Increased Throughput: Supports up to 10,000 Mbps of traffic processing.
- Subscription-Based: Provides ongoing access to software updates and threat intelligence.
- Scalability: Allows your security infrastructure to grow with your business demands.
- Threat Mitigation: Continues to deliver advanced DDoS protection and network anomaly detection.
- License Compliance: Ensures your deployment remains compliant and fully supported by Cisco.
This license upgrade is essential for growing businesses needing to scale their network security capacity without overhauling their entire infrastructure.
What This Enables
Increase Security Capacity
Enable teams to scale their network security infrastructure to handle increased traffic volumes. Streamline the process of upgrading existing DefensePro VA appliances to meet growing demand.
High-traffic environments, growing businesses, network infrastructure scaling
Maintain Threat Protection
Automate the renewal of critical security features and threat intelligence feeds. Ensure continuous protection against evolving DDoS attacks and network anomalies.
Security-conscious organizations, compliance-driven operations, business continuity planning
Ensure Licensing Compliance
Streamline license management by upgrading to a higher capacity tier. Prevent potential service interruptions or compliance gaps due to outdated licensing.
IT asset management, regulated industries, proactive IT operations
Key Features
Capacity Upgrade (5000 to 10000 Mbps)
Allows your security infrastructure to handle significantly more network traffic, preventing performance degradation during peak loads.
Subscription Licensing
Provides continuous access to the latest software updates, security intelligence, and threat mitigation techniques from Cisco.
DefensePro VA Platform
Leverages Cisco's advanced technology for real-time detection and mitigation of sophisticated DDoS attacks and network anomalies.
License Compliance
Ensures your security deployment remains fully licensed and supported by the vendor, avoiding potential service disruptions or audit issues.
Scalability
Enables your security posture to grow in line with your business needs, protecting your investment.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require continuous, high-availability network security to protect sensitive data and maintain transaction integrity against sophisticated cyber threats.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must ensure uninterrupted access to patient data and critical systems, making robust DDoS protection essential for compliance and patient care.
Retail & Hospitality
These industries rely heavily on online transactions and customer-facing services, which are vulnerable to disruptions from DDoS attacks that can impact revenue and customer trust.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies must maintain secure and available services for citizens, protecting critical infrastructure and sensitive information from state-sponsored and criminal cyber threats.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the term of this license?
This is a subscription-based license. The specific term duration will be detailed at the time of purchase and in your contract.
Does this upgrade require new hardware?
This is a software license upgrade for an existing Cisco DefensePro VA appliance. It increases the capacity of your current hardware, not a replacement.
What happens if my traffic exceeds the current license capacity?
Exceeding your licensed traffic capacity can lead to degraded performance, dropped packets, and potential service disruptions. This upgrade prevents that scenario.
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.