Cisco Firepower Threat Defense URL Filtering Subscription
Secure your organization's web traffic with a 1-year Cisco Firepower Threat Defense URL Filtering subscription, providing advanced protection against malicious websites.
- URL Filtering: Access to real-time URL categorization and threat intelligence to block access to malicious and inappropriate websites.
- Threat Defense: Enhanced security posture by preventing users from accessing phishing sites, malware distribution points, and other web-based threats.
- Subscription Term: One-year entitlement to Cisco's updated URL filtering databases and security intelligence feeds.
- Platform Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Cisco Firepower 2130 appliances to extend security policies across your network.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a one-year subscription license for Cisco's Firepower Threat Defense URL Filtering service, designed to enhance the security capabilities of your Cisco Firepower 2130 appliance. It provides advanced web security by controlling access to websites based on their category and threat level, helping to prevent malware infections and protect users from malicious content.
This subscription is ideal for businesses of all sizes that utilize Cisco Firepower security appliances and need to enforce web usage policies, comply with security regulations, and protect their internal network from web-borne threats. It fits into existing security infrastructure, extending the protective capabilities of the Firepower platform.
- Advanced Web Security: Block access to millions of websites across more than 80 categories, including adult content, social networking, and high-risk sites.
- Malware Protection: Prevent users from visiting known malicious URLs, reducing the risk of malware infections and ransomware attacks.
- Policy Enforcement: Define granular web access policies based on user identity, time of day, and website category.
- Threat Intelligence: Benefit from Cisco's continuous updates to URL categorization and threat intelligence feeds.
- Compliance Support: Assist in meeting regulatory compliance requirements by controlling access to specific types of web content.
Empower your IT team with essential web security controls and threat intelligence to safeguard your business network from evolving web threats.
What This Enables
Enable granular web access control
Enable teams to define and enforce policies that restrict access to specific website categories, ensuring users only visit approved and safe online resources. This helps maintain productivity and prevent exposure to inappropriate content.
network security policy enforcement, user activity monitoring, content filtering implementation, security policy management
Block access to malicious websites
Streamline the process of preventing users from accessing known phishing, malware, and command-and-control sites, thereby reducing the attack surface and the risk of endpoint compromise. This proactive measure safeguards sensitive business data.
threat prevention, endpoint security, risk mitigation, cybersecurity operations
Automate threat intelligence updates
Automate the integration of Cisco's continuously updated threat intelligence feeds directly into your security appliance. This ensures your web filtering rules remain current against emerging web threats without manual intervention.
security operations automation, threat intelligence integration, proactive security, network defense
Key Features
URL Categorization Database
Provides real-time classification of millions of websites across 80+ categories to enable effective policy creation and enforcement.
Threat Intelligence Integration
Leverages Cisco's global threat intelligence to identify and block access to malicious URLs, protecting against emerging threats.
Policy Granularity
Allows IT administrators to create detailed access policies based on user, group, time, and website category for precise control.
Subscription-based updates
Ensures continuous access to the latest URL categories and threat intelligence, maintaining optimal security effectiveness over the subscription term.
Firepower 2130 Appliance Compatibility
Directly enhances the security capabilities of the Cisco Firepower 2130 platform, providing a unified security management experience.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require strict controls over web access to prevent employees from visiting high-risk sites that could compromise sensitive customer data or lead to financial fraud.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with regulations like HIPAA, necessitating robust security measures to protect patient data and prevent access to sites that could introduce malware into their networks.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies handle highly confidential client information and need to ensure their networks are protected from web-based threats that could lead to data breaches or compliance violations.
Education & Research
Educational institutions often need to filter web content to protect students and staff from inappropriate material and to prevent malware infections on shared network resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco URL Filtering?
Cisco URL Filtering is a security service that categorizes websites and allows administrators to control user access based on these categories. It helps prevent users from visiting malicious or inappropriate sites.
What does a 1-year subscription mean?
A 1-year subscription provides you with the entitlement to use the Cisco URL Filtering service and receive all associated updates to the URL categorization database and threat intelligence for a period of 12 months.
Does this subscription include the Firepower appliance?
No, this is a software subscription license for the URL Filtering service. It requires a compatible Cisco Firepower appliance, such as the FPR2130, to be already in place.
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.