Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Base License, 3 Gbps
This Cisco Firepower Threat Defense virtual appliance license provides 3 Gbps of security throughput, enabling advanced threat protection for your business network.
- Enhanced Security: Access to advanced threat prevention features to safeguard your network.
- Virtual Deployment: License for Cisco's virtualized Firepower Threat Defense platform.
- Capacity: Supports up to 3 Gbps of traffic throughput for robust protection.
- Compliance: Helps meet regulatory requirements with consistent security controls.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software subscription license for Cisco's Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) virtual appliance. It unlocks core security capabilities and provides a capacity of 3 Gbps for traffic inspection and threat prevention, ensuring your virtualized network infrastructure is protected against modern cyber threats.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates into virtualized environments, such as VMware or KVM, providing enterprise-grade security without the need for dedicated physical hardware. It is essential for maintaining a secure perimeter and protecting sensitive business data.
- Threat Prevention: Enables advanced intrusion prevention, malware defense, and URL filtering.
- Virtual Appliance Support: Specifically licensed for deployment on Cisco's virtual security gateway.
- Performance Capacity: Rated for 3 Gbps throughput, suitable for many mid-sized business network demands.
- Subscription Term: Provided as a recurring subscription, ensuring continuous access to security updates and features.
- Centralized Management: Integrates with Cisco's management platforms for streamlined policy enforcement.
This Cisco FTD virtual license offers essential security capabilities and performance for mid-market businesses seeking to protect their virtualized network infrastructure.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Prevention
Enable teams to deploy next-generation firewall capabilities, including intrusion prevention and advanced malware protection, within their virtualized network infrastructure. Streamline the enforcement of security policies across virtual traffic flows to reduce the attack surface.
virtualized data centers, cloud-native applications, software-defined networking, hybrid cloud environments, network segmentation
Meet Compliance Requirements
Streamline the process of meeting industry-specific compliance mandates by implementing consistent and robust security controls. Automate the logging and reporting of security events to satisfy audit requirements and demonstrate due diligence.
regulated industries, data privacy mandates, security audit preparation, internal policy enforcement, risk management frameworks
Secure Virtual Network Traffic
Enable teams to inspect and secure traffic flowing between virtual machines and across virtual network segments. Automate the detection and blocking of threats that attempt to move laterally within the virtualized environment.
virtual machine deployments, containerized workloads, microservices architecture, east-west traffic inspection, network virtualization
Key Features
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual
Provides next-generation firewall capabilities, including intrusion prevention, application visibility, and advanced malware protection, for virtualized environments.
3 Gbps Throughput Capacity
Ensures sufficient performance for inspecting and securing network traffic in many mid-market business environments.
Subscription Licensing
Offers continuous access to security updates, threat intelligence, and feature enhancements, ensuring your defenses remain current.
Virtual Appliance Deployment
Allows for flexible deployment on common hypervisors, reducing hardware costs and simplifying management.
Centralized Management Integration
Enables unified policy management and visibility across your security infrastructure when integrated with Cisco management platforms.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security controls and threat prevention to protect sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to HIPAA regulations, necessitating robust security measures to safeguard electronic protected health information (ePHI) and prevent breaches.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client information, demanding advanced security to prevent data exfiltration and maintain client trust.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses process significant volumes of customer payment data, requiring strong security to comply with PCI DSS and protect against point-of-sale threats.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Security EA 3.0?
Cisco Security EA 3.0 refers to a specific version of Cisco's Enterprise Agreement licensing program for security products. This license is part of that program, providing access to Cisco's Firepower Threat Defense virtual capabilities.
What does 'FPR TD VIRTUAL BASE LIC' mean?
This indicates a base license for Cisco's Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) virtual appliance. It unlocks the fundamental security features and capacity for a virtualized deployment of the FTD platform.
How is this license billed?
This license is billed on a subscription basis, meaning you pay a recurring fee for its use, typically annually or multi-year, which includes ongoing access to software updates and threat intelligence.
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.