Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Threat HA and URL Filtering Subscription
Enhance your network security posture with Cisco Firepower Virtual Threat Defense, providing high availability and URL filtering capabilities for continuous threat protection.
- Access to: Advanced threat intelligence and URL filtering to block malicious websites and enforce content policies.
- Coverage for: High availability configurations ensuring uninterrupted security services and network uptime.
- Protection against: Evolving cyber threats and unauthorized access to sensitive business data.
- Entitlement to: Latest software updates and security patches for sustained defense against emerging risks.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual subscription unlocks advanced security features for virtualized environments, including high availability (HA) and URL filtering. It ensures your virtual security appliances remain operational and protected against web-based threats.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates into existing virtual infrastructure, providing essential security controls without the overhead of physical appliances.
- High Availability: Ensures continuous security operation through redundant virtual appliance deployment.
- URL Filtering: Controls access to websites, blocking malicious content and enforcing acceptable use policies.
- Threat Defense: Provides deep packet inspection and advanced threat detection capabilities.
- Virtual Deployment: Optimized for virtualized environments, reducing hardware costs and simplifying management.
- Subscription Licensing: Offers flexible, scalable access to security features with predictable billing.
This Cisco subscription is the ideal solution for businesses seeking robust, scalable virtual security without enterprise-level complexity or cost.
What This Enables
Enable Continuous Security Uptime
Enable teams to maintain uninterrupted network security with high availability configurations. This ensures that critical threat defense services remain operational even during hardware or software failures.
virtualized network infrastructure, business continuity planning, critical application hosting, IT operations management
Streamline Web Content Enforcement
Streamline the enforcement of web content policies across the organization. This capability allows IT professionals to block access to malicious or inappropriate websites, enhancing user productivity and security.
employee internet usage policies, endpoint security integration, network access control, security awareness training
Automate Threat Detection and Prevention
Automate the detection and prevention of advanced threats targeting web traffic. This subscription provides up-to-date threat intelligence to identify and block malware, phishing attempts, and other malicious activities.
proactive threat hunting, security information and event management (SIEM) integration, incident response planning, network perimeter security
Key Features
High Availability (HA)
Ensures continuous security operation and network uptime by providing redundant virtual appliance failover.
URL Filtering
Controls web access, blocks malicious sites, and enforces content policies to protect users and data.
Virtual Threat Defense
Delivers advanced threat prevention capabilities optimized for virtualized environments.
Subscription Licensing
Provides flexible, scalable access to security features with predictable billing and continuous updates.
Centralized Management
Simplifies security policy management and monitoring across virtual security appliances.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security and compliance to protect sensitive customer data and meet stringent regulatory requirements like PCI DSS and GLBA.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA regulations, necessitating strong data protection and secure network access to patient health information (PHI).
Retail & Hospitality
These businesses handle customer payment information and require secure networks to prevent data breaches and maintain PCI DSS compliance.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services companies manage highly confidential client data and need advanced security to prevent unauthorized access and maintain client trust.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual?
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv) is a virtual appliance that provides advanced threat prevention capabilities for virtualized environments. This subscription specifically enables High Availability and URL Filtering features.
What does 'HA' mean in this context?
HA stands for High Availability. In this context, it means the license supports configuring two or more FTDv instances to work together, ensuring that if one fails, the other takes over immediately to maintain security services without interruption.
How does URL Filtering protect my business?
URL Filtering allows you to control which websites your users can access. It blocks access to known malicious websites, preventing malware infections and phishing attacks, and helps enforce your organization's acceptable use policies.
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.