Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Threat Protection License
This Cisco platform software license provides virtual threat protection capabilities for your network infrastructure, ensuring continuous security monitoring and defense.
- Access to: Advanced threat detection and prevention features for virtualized environments.
- Coverage for: Securing virtual network traffic against evolving cyber threats and malware.
- Protection against: Exploits and malicious activities targeting virtualized workloads and applications.
- Entitlement to: Up-to-date threat intelligence feeds for proactive defense mechanisms.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Security EA 3.0 license enables virtual threat protection for your network, specifically for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) virtual appliances. It unlocks advanced security capabilities designed to detect and block a wide range of cyber threats within your virtualized infrastructure.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to bolster their security posture. It integrates into existing virtual network deployments, providing essential protection for business-critical applications and data residing in virtual environments.
- Enhanced Threat Detection: Identifies and neutralizes advanced malware, exploits, and other sophisticated threats.
- Virtual Network Security: Specifically designed to protect traffic and resources within virtualized environments.
- Continuous Updates: Benefits from ongoing threat intelligence updates to stay ahead of emerging risks.
- Compliance Support: Helps meet regulatory and industry compliance requirements for data protection.
- Performance Optimization: Delivers security without significantly impacting the performance of virtualized applications.
This Cisco virtual threat protection license is ideal for businesses seeking enterprise-grade security without the complexity, ensuring their virtual infrastructure remains protected.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Prevention in Virtual Networks
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated threat detection and prevention capabilities within their virtualized infrastructure. Streamline the process of identifying and blocking malware, exploits, and other malicious activities targeting virtual workloads.
virtualized server environments, private cloud deployments, network function virtualization, software-defined networking
Automate Security Policy Enforcement for Virtual Traffic
Automate the enforcement of security policies across all virtual network traffic, ensuring consistent protection. Streamline the management of security rules and exceptions for dynamic virtual environments.
cloud-native applications, containerized workloads, virtual desktop infrastructure, hybrid cloud environments
Enhance Compliance Posture for Virtualized Data
Enable teams to meet stringent regulatory and compliance requirements for data residing in virtual environments. Automate the logging and reporting of security events to support audits and demonstrate due diligence.
data-intensive operations, regulated industries, sensitive data storage, compliance-driven IT strategies
Key Features
Virtual Threat Defense
Protects virtual network traffic and workloads from malware, exploits, and other advanced threats.
100 Mbps Capacity
Provides dedicated threat protection throughput suitable for many SMB and mid-market virtual deployments.
Subscription Licensing
Ensures access to the latest threat intelligence and software updates for continuous security.
Cisco Firepower Integration
Leverages the power and reliability of Cisco's established security platform for virtual environments.
Platform Software License
Unlocks specific security capabilities on the Cisco FTD virtual appliance, enhancing its protective functions.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust security to protect sensitive financial data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making advanced threat protection for virtual environments essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Protecting patient health information (PHI) is paramount, necessitating strong security measures for virtualized systems to comply with HIPAA and other data privacy laws.
Retail & Hospitality
These industries handle significant customer data and payment card information, requiring continuous threat protection for their virtualized point-of-sale systems and customer databases to prevent breaches and maintain PCI DSS compliance.
Education & Research
Educational institutions and research facilities often manage large networks with diverse user access and sensitive research data, requiring effective threat defense for their virtualized learning platforms and data repositories.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Security EA 3.0?
Cisco Security EA 3.0 refers to a licensing and entitlement program from Cisco that bundles various security services and software. This specific item is a license for virtual threat protection within that framework.
What does 'Virtual Threat Protection' mean?
Virtual Threat Protection refers to security capabilities designed to detect and block cyber threats specifically within virtualized network environments, such as those running on VMware or other hypervisors.
Is this a hardware or software license?
This is a software license. It enables specific security features on a Cisco Firepower Threat Defense virtual appliance, which is a software-based security solution.
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.