Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Malware Protection
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Malware Protection provides advanced threat and malware detection for your virtualized network infrastructure, supporting up to 5 Gbps throughput.
- Advanced Threat Detection: Gain visibility into and control over sophisticated threats and malware targeting your virtual environment.
- Virtual Environment Security: Specifically designed to protect virtualized network deployments, ensuring consistent security policies.
- High Throughput Capacity: Supports up to 5 Gbps of traffic, suitable for demanding virtual workloads and network segments.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Ensures continuous access to the latest threat intelligence and software updates for ongoing protection.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Security subscription license unlocks advanced threat and malware detection capabilities for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FPR-V) appliances. It provides enhanced protection against a wide range of evolving cyber threats, including zero-day exploits and advanced malware, ensuring the integrity and availability of your virtualized network resources.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates seamlessly into existing virtualized data centers and cloud environments. It empowers teams to maintain a strong security posture without the overhead of dedicated hardware, offering enterprise-grade threat intelligence for their own operational networks.
- Enhanced Malware Prevention: Detects and blocks advanced malware, ransomware, and zero-day threats before they impact your business.
- Intrusion Prevention System (IPS): Identifies and mitigates network intrusions and exploits targeting vulnerabilities.
- URL Filtering: Controls access to malicious or inappropriate websites, reducing the risk of web-based attacks.
- Application Visibility and Control: Understand and manage the applications running on your network, even within virtual environments.
- Continuous Threat Intelligence: Benefits from ongoing updates to Cisco's Talos threat intelligence, ensuring protection against the latest threats.
Secure your virtual infrastructure with intelligent threat and malware protection, delivering enterprise-grade security without the enterprise price tag.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat and Malware Detection
Enable teams to detect and block sophisticated malware, ransomware, and zero-day threats targeting their virtualized network. Streamline the process of identifying and mitigating advanced persistent threats before they cause damage.
virtualized data centers, cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud environments, software-defined networking
Enhance Virtual Network Security Posture
Streamline the security management of virtual machines and virtual network segments with integrated threat intelligence. Automate the enforcement of security policies across distributed virtual environments.
virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), network function virtualization (NFV), private cloud deployments, multi-tenant virtual environments
Ensure Compliance with Security Standards
Automate the detection and reporting of security events to meet regulatory compliance requirements for data protection. Provide audit trails and visibility into threat activity within the virtual infrastructure.
regulated industries, compliance-driven IT operations, data privacy initiatives, security audit preparation
Key Features
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FPR-V)
Provides enterprise-grade security capabilities specifically tailored for virtualized network environments.
Threat and Malware Protection
Delivers advanced detection and prevention against a broad spectrum of cyber threats, including zero-day exploits and sophisticated malware.
5 Gbps Throughput
Supports high-volume traffic within virtual environments, ensuring security does not become a performance bottleneck.
Subscription Licensing
Ensures continuous access to the latest threat intelligence, software updates, and support for ongoing protection.
Centralized Management
Allows IT teams to manage security policies and monitor threats across their virtual infrastructure from a single interface.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making advanced threat detection critical for their virtualized systems.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must safeguard Protected Health Information (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, necessitating strong security measures to prevent breaches and ensure data integrity within their IT infrastructure.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client information, demanding advanced security to prevent data exfiltration and maintain client trust, often operating with virtualized environments.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Manufacturers increasingly rely on IT and OT convergence, requiring advanced threat protection for their virtualized industrial control systems and operational technology to prevent disruptions and cyber-physical attacks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Security EA 3.0?
Cisco Security EA 3.0 is a licensing program that provides access to various Cisco security solutions. This specific item is a subscription for advanced threat and malware protection for Cisco's virtual firewall appliance.
What does 'Virtual Threat & Malware' mean?
This refers to the license enabling advanced security features designed to detect and prevent malicious software and cyber threats specifically within virtualized network environments.
What is the 5 Gbps capacity?
The 5 Gbps indicates the maximum throughput the virtual appliance can handle for threat and malware inspection services under this license. This capacity is suitable for many SMB and mid-market virtual deployments.
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.