Cisco Firepower 8350 URL Filtering License
This Cisco Firepower 8350 URL Filtering license provides essential web security capabilities for your business network, ensuring compliance and protecting against online threats.
- Access to: Advanced URL filtering policies to block malicious or inappropriate websites.
- Coverage for: Granular control over user web access, enhancing productivity and security.
- Protection against: Evolving web-based threats and malware delivered through URLs.
- Entitlement to: Continued access to Cisco's security intelligence for up-to-date threat blocking.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software subscription license for Cisco Firepower 8350, enabling advanced URL filtering capabilities. It provides businesses with the tools to control and monitor web traffic, ensuring that users only access approved and safe online resources.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to enforce acceptable use policies, prevent access to malicious websites, and maintain a secure network perimeter. It integrates with the Firepower 8350 platform to deliver comprehensive web security.
- URL Filtering: Block access to categories of websites or specific URLs.
- Malware Protection: Prevent users from visiting sites known to host malware.
- Policy Enforcement: Define and enforce web access policies based on user or group.
- Reporting: Gain visibility into web traffic patterns and potential security incidents.
- Subscription Term: Provides ongoing access to features and threat intelligence updates.
This Cisco URL filtering license is ideal for businesses seeking to enhance web security and control without the complexity of enterprise-grade solutions.
What This Enables
Enable granular web access control
Enable teams to define and enforce specific policies for website access, blocking categories or individual URLs. This ensures users are protected from potentially harmful or inappropriate content while maintaining productivity.
network security policy enforcement, user access management, threat prevention, content filtering
Protect against web-based threats
Streamline the process of blocking access to known malicious websites and phishing attempts. This capability helps prevent malware infections and protects sensitive company data from being compromised through web browsing.
endpoint security, threat intelligence integration, network perimeter defense, malware prevention
Automate compliance with web usage policies
Automate the enforcement of acceptable use policies for internet access across the organization. This reduces the manual effort required to monitor and manage web traffic, ensuring consistent adherence to company guidelines.
policy management, regulatory compliance, security posture management, IT governance
Key Features
URL Filtering Database
Continuously updated database blocks access to millions of malicious and inappropriate websites, protecting users from threats.
Category-Based Filtering
Easily block entire categories of websites (e.g., gambling, adult content) to enforce policy and improve focus.
Custom URL Lists
Create specific lists of allowed or blocked URLs to tailor filtering to your organization's unique needs.
Subscription-Based Updates
Receive ongoing updates to the URL filtering database and software features, ensuring your security remains current.
Integration with Firepower Platform
Seamlessly integrates with the Cisco Firepower 8350 for unified security management and policy enforcement.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict controls over web access to prevent data breaches and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, which mandate protection against unauthorized access and data compromise.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect sensitive patient data (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, necessitating robust security measures to prevent access to compromised websites that could lead to malware infections or data exfiltration.
Education & Research
Educational institutions often need to filter web content to protect students from inappropriate material and ensure compliance with CIPA, while also managing bandwidth and preventing access to non-academic sites.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information and must maintain strict security protocols to prevent data leaks and comply with professional conduct rules regarding data protection.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Firepower 8350 URL Filtering?
It is a software license for the Cisco Firepower 8350 platform that enables advanced capabilities to control and filter web traffic. This helps block access to malicious websites and enforce internet usage policies.
What does the subscription term cover?
The subscription term provides ongoing access to the URL filtering features and includes regular updates to the threat intelligence database. This ensures your web security remains effective against evolving threats.
Who is this license intended for?
This license is designed for businesses, particularly SMB and mid-market companies, that use IT for their own operations. It is for IT Managers or IT Professionals responsible for network security and web access management.
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.