Cisco Firepower 2100 Security Context Licenses
Enhance your Cisco Firepower 2100's security posture by adding 5 security context licenses, enabling expanded threat analysis and policy enforcement.
- Expanded Capacity: Gain the ability to manage and enforce security policies for up to 5 additional security contexts on your Firepower 2100 platform.
- Enhanced Segmentation: Isolate and protect different network segments or business units with dedicated security contexts, improving granular control.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet regulatory and internal policy requirements by maintaining distinct security environments for sensitive data or operations.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamline security management by logically separating traffic and policies, reducing complexity and potential misconfigurations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This offering provides 5 additional security context licenses for the Cisco Firepower 2100 platform. These licenses unlock the capability to create and manage separate, isolated security environments within a single physical appliance, allowing for granular policy enforcement and traffic segmentation.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations, these licenses are essential for businesses that need to segment their networks for compliance, performance, or operational reasons. They fit into environments requiring advanced threat defense and policy management across diverse user groups or applications.
- Increased Contextual Awareness: Supports up to 5 additional security contexts for advanced threat detection and policy application.
- Policy Granularity: Enables distinct security policies for different network segments, applications, or user groups.
- Resource Isolation: Provides logical separation of traffic and security controls, preventing interference between contexts.
- Scalable Security: Allows businesses to grow their security segmentation needs without requiring additional hardware.
- Subscription-Based: Licensed on a subscription term, ensuring access to the latest features and ongoing support.
Empower your IT team with the flexibility to segment and secure your network effectively, ensuring compliance and operational integrity.
What This Enables
Enable Network Segmentation for Compliance
Enable teams to create isolated security zones for sensitive data or regulatory requirements. Streamline the enforcement of distinct security policies across these segmented environments.
multi-tenant environments, regulatory compliance needs, data segregation requirements, network virtualization
Isolate Different Business Units
Streamline the management of security policies for distinct business units or departments within a single organization. Automate the application of tailored security controls based on unit-specific needs.
divisional operations, departmental security needs, centralized IT management, decentralized policy application
Enhance Threat Detection Granularity
Enable teams to apply specific threat detection profiles and policies to different network segments. Automate the analysis of threats tailored to the unique traffic patterns of each context.
advanced threat protection, segmented network monitoring, security operations centers, incident response planning
Key Features
Security Contexts
Allows for the creation of up to 5 distinct, isolated security environments on a single Firepower 2100 appliance, enhancing policy management and segmentation.
Subscription Licensing
Provides access to the feature set for a defined term, ensuring ongoing support and the ability to utilize the latest security capabilities.
Policy Enforcement
Enables granular application of security policies, access controls, and threat prevention measures tailored to each security context.
Network Segmentation
Facilitates the logical separation of network traffic, improving security posture and aiding in compliance with data isolation requirements.
Cisco Firepower 2100 Platform
Extends the advanced security capabilities of the Firepower 2100 platform to support more complex and segmented network deployments.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict data segregation and granular policy enforcement to meet stringent regulatory compliance standards like PCI DSS and SOX, which security contexts facilitate.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) under regulations like HIPAA, necessitating isolated network segments with tailored security policies for different departments and systems.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies often operate with diverse security requirements and data classifications, demanding network segmentation to isolate classified information and ensure compliance with mandates like FISMA.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality groups need to segment their networks to protect customer payment data (PCI DSS) and isolate point-of-sale systems from other operational networks, enhancing overall security.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a security context?
A security context is an isolated virtual instance within a physical firewall appliance. It allows for the application of unique security policies, configurations, and management for a specific segment of the network or a particular business unit.
What is the term of this license?
This is a subscription license, meaning it is valid for a specific term. The exact duration will be detailed at the time of purchase and in the associated contract.
Can I add more security contexts later?
Yes, additional security context licenses can be purchased to further expand the segmentation capabilities of your Cisco Firepower 2100 platform as your needs evolve.
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.