Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Appliance Threat Protection License, 1 Gbps
Secure your virtual network infrastructure with Cisco Firepower virtual threat protection, offering 1 Gbps of advanced threat defense capabilities to safeguard your business operations.
- Advanced Threat Prevention: Access to intrusion prevention, advanced malware protection, and URL filtering to block known and emerging threats.
- Virtual Appliance Security: Coverage for virtualized environments, ensuring consistent security policies across your distributed infrastructure.
- Performance Assurance: Entitlement to 1 Gbps throughput, providing robust protection without compromising network speed for critical business applications.
- Compliance Enablement: Protection against sophisticated cyberattacks that could lead to data breaches and regulatory non-compliance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) Virtual Appliance license provides 1 Gbps of advanced threat protection for your virtualized network environment. It unlocks critical security features designed to detect and block a wide range of cyber threats, including malware, intrusions, and malicious websites, ensuring the integrity and availability of your business data.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license is designed for deployment on virtualized infrastructure such as VMware or KVM. It integrates seamlessly into existing virtual environments, extending enterprise-grade security to distributed or cloud-based resources without requiring dedicated physical hardware.
- Integrated Threat Intelligence: Benefit from Cisco's Talos security intelligence for up-to-date protection against the latest threats.
- Granular Policy Control: Implement detailed security policies to control application usage and user access across your network.
- Visibility and Reporting: Gain insights into network traffic and security events to better understand and manage your security posture.
- Scalable Security: The 1 Gbps capacity allows for effective threat protection as your virtual network traffic grows.
- Simplified Management: Centralized management capabilities help streamline security operations and reduce administrative overhead.
This Cisco Firepower virtual license offers SMB and mid-market teams essential threat protection for their virtualized environments, delivering enterprise-grade security without the complexity.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Detection and Prevention
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated intrusion prevention and advanced malware protection capabilities within their virtualized network. Streamline the process of identifying and blocking known and emerging cyber threats before they impact business operations.
virtualized data centers, cloud-based workloads, hybrid cloud environments, network segmentation
Enhance Security for Virtual Appliances
Streamline the security management of virtual appliances by applying consistent threat protection policies across all virtual instances. Automate the enforcement of security controls to maintain a strong defense posture against evolving threats.
virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), server virtualization platforms, software-defined networking (SDN), virtualized security gateways
Ensure Network Performance with Security
Automate the delivery of high-performance threat protection with a 1 Gbps throughput capacity, ensuring that security measures do not impede critical business application performance. Enable teams to monitor and manage network traffic effectively while maintaining security integrity.
high-traffic virtual networks, performance-sensitive applications, business-critical virtual services, network infrastructure consolidation
Key Features
1 Gbps Throughput
Provides substantial threat protection capacity for virtual networks without compromising performance for critical business applications.
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Detects and blocks network intrusions and exploits in real-time, preventing unauthorized access and potential data breaches.
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
Identifies and blocks known and unknown malware, including ransomware and zero-day threats, safeguarding business data and systems.
URL Filtering
Blocks access to malicious websites and inappropriate content, reducing the risk of phishing attacks and malware infections.
Virtual Appliance Deployment
Integrates seamlessly into virtualized environments, offering flexible and scalable security without dedicated physical hardware.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making advanced threat protection essential for their virtualized infrastructure.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) under HIPAA regulations, necessitating robust security solutions to prevent data breaches in their IT environments.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information, requiring strong security measures to prevent data leaks and maintain client trust and compliance with data privacy laws.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers increasingly rely on connected systems and virtual environments for operations, requiring advanced threat protection to secure industrial control systems (ICS) and prevent disruptions.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual?
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FTD-V) is a software version of Cisco's leading security appliance designed to run on virtualized platforms. It provides advanced threat protection capabilities for virtualized environments.
What does the 1 Gbps license enable?
The 1 Gbps license enables the virtual appliance to process network traffic at a rate of up to 1 Gigabit per second while applying advanced security features like intrusion prevention and malware detection.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription-based license, meaning it is valid for a defined term and requires renewal to continue receiving threat updates and support.
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.