Cisco DefensePro X400 Standard Application Protection Subscription
This Cisco subscription provides standard application protection for your DefensePro X400 platform, ensuring continuous security and operational integrity for your business applications.
- Access to: Latest application security updates and threat intelligence to defend against emerging threats.
- Coverage for: Critical business applications, preventing disruptions and maintaining service availability.
- Protection against: Application-layer attacks, zero-day exploits, and sophisticated threats targeting your infrastructure.
- Entitlement to: Essential software updates and patches, ensuring your DefensePro X400 remains effective and compliant.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Standard Application Protection Subscription for DefensePro X400 is a software licensing agreement that provides essential security updates and threat intelligence for your application security platform. This subscription ensures that your DefensePro X400 is equipped with the latest protections against application-layer attacks, zero-day exploits, and other sophisticated threats.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who rely on their DefensePro X400 to safeguard critical business applications. It integrates directly into existing network security infrastructure, providing a vital layer of defense without requiring extensive additional hardware or complex management.
- Enhanced Application Security: Delivers timely updates to protect against evolving application-layer threats.
- Continuous Threat Intelligence: Provides access to Cisco's latest threat research for proactive defense.
- Operational Continuity: Minimizes downtime by preventing application compromises and service disruptions.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements by maintaining up-to-date security postures.
- Cost-Effective Protection: Offers essential security features through a predictable subscription model.
This Cisco subscription is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking reliable, up-to-date application security without the overhead of enterprise-level management.
What This Enables
Maintain Up-to-Date Application Defenses
Enable teams to continuously protect business applications from the latest application-layer threats. Streamline security operations by ensuring the DefensePro X400 platform has current threat intelligence and vulnerability patches.
cloud-hosted applications, on-premises servers, hybrid cloud environments, business-critical services
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Automate the process of maintaining compliance with industry regulations that mandate robust application security. Support continuous operation by preventing security incidents that could lead to compliance violations and fines.
PCI DSS environments, HIPAA-compliant operations, SOX-affected systems, data privacy regulations
Prevent Application Downtime
Protect against application-layer attacks that can cause service disruptions and revenue loss. Ensure business continuity by proactively defending against zero-day exploits and sophisticated attack vectors targeting web applications.
eCommerce platforms, customer-facing portals, internal business applications, critical infrastructure control systems
Key Features
Standard Application Protection Updates
Receive regular software updates and security patches to defend against known and emerging application-layer threats, ensuring your DefensePro X400 remains effective.
Access to Threat Intelligence
Gain insights from Cisco's global threat research to proactively identify and mitigate risks targeting your business applications.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Benefit from a predictable billing model that ensures continuous protection and access to the latest security features without large upfront capital expenditures.
DefensePro X400 Platform Compatibility
This license is specifically designed to enhance the security posture of your existing Cisco DefensePro X400 appliance, ensuring seamless integration.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust application security to protect sensitive customer data and maintain compliance with stringent regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making continuous threat protection essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must safeguard patient data (PHI) under HIPAA, necessitating advanced application security to prevent breaches and ensure the availability of critical medical systems.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses handle significant volumes of customer payment information, requiring strong application security to comply with PCI DSS and protect against e-commerce fraud.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies must protect sensitive citizen data and critical infrastructure from cyber threats, adhering to mandates for secure IT operations and data integrity.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the term of this subscription?
Subscription terms are typically annual or multi-year, providing continuous protection. Specific term details are confirmed at the time of purchase.
What types of attacks does this subscription protect against?
This subscription provides protection against application-layer attacks, including but not limited to, SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), denial-of-service (DoS) attacks targeting applications, and zero-day exploits.
Does this subscription include hardware support?
This is a software subscription focused on application protection and threat intelligence updates for the DefensePro X400 platform. It does not typically include hardware replacement or on-site support, which may be covered by separate service contracts.
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.