Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Threat Protection License
This Cisco Firepower Virtual Threat Protection license provides 10 Gbps of threat defense for your virtualized network infrastructure, ensuring continuous security and compliance.
- Enhanced Security: Access advanced threat intelligence and intrusion prevention capabilities to safeguard your network.
- Virtualized Deployment: Specifically designed for virtual environments, offering flexible and scalable security.
- Performance Assurance: Guarantees 10 Gbps throughput for uninterrupted threat protection without compromising network speed.
- Compliance Enablement: Helps meet regulatory requirements by providing robust security controls and logging.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Threat Protection License is a subscription-based software license that unlocks advanced security features for virtualized network deployments. It provides 10 Gbps of threat protection capacity, enabling organizations to defend against a wide range of cyber threats including malware, exploits, and intrusions within their virtual infrastructure.
This license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies who manage virtualized server environments, cloud instances, or software-defined data centers. It integrates with Cisco's Firepower management platform to offer centralized policy control and visibility, ensuring consistent security posture across the virtual network.
- Advanced Threat Prevention: Integrates intrusion prevention, advanced malware protection, and URL filtering.
- Virtualization Optimized: Designed for deployment on virtual machines and cloud platforms.
- High Throughput: Supports up to 10 Gbps of traffic inspection and threat mitigation.
- Subscription-Based: Offers predictable costs and continuous access to security updates and features.
- Centralized Management: Integrates with Firepower Management Center for unified policy and threat visibility.
Equip your virtual network with enterprise-grade threat defense without the enterprise overhead, ensuring your business operations remain secure and compliant.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Detection in Virtual Networks
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated intrusion prevention and advanced malware protection within their virtualized infrastructure. Streamline the defense against evolving cyber threats targeting virtual machines and cloud workloads.
virtualized data centers, private cloud deployments, software-defined networking, virtual machine security
Automate Security Policy Enforcement
Automate the enforcement of granular security policies across virtual network segments, ensuring consistent protection. Streamline compliance efforts by maintaining an auditable trail of security events and policy adherence.
multi-tenant virtual environments, network segmentation, compliance-driven IT operations, virtual appliance management
Protect Against Zero-Day Exploits
Provide protection against zero-day exploits and unknown threats through advanced behavioral analysis and threat intelligence feeds. Ensure business continuity by minimizing the impact of novel cyber attacks on critical virtualized applications.
high-risk virtual workloads, sensitive data environments, proactive threat mitigation, continuous security monitoring
Key Features
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Detects and blocks known and unknown threats, preventing unauthorized access and data breaches.
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
Identifies and neutralizes malware, including ransomware and fileless threats, before they can execute.
URL Filtering
Blocks access to malicious websites, preventing users from inadvertently downloading malware or falling victim to phishing attacks.
Virtual Appliance Deployment
Offers flexibility and cost savings by running security directly on your existing virtualization platform.
10 Gbps Throughput
Ensures high-speed network traffic is inspected without becoming a bottleneck, maintaining application performance.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent security to protect sensitive financial data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, which FTDV's threat prevention capabilities help address.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must safeguard patient data (PHI) under HIPAA, necessitating robust security controls and threat mitigation that FTDV provides for their IT infrastructure.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and operational technology environments are increasingly targeted, requiring advanced threat protection to prevent disruptions and protect critical infrastructure.
Legal & Professional Services
Firms handle highly confidential client information and face significant reputational risk from breaches, making advanced threat protection essential for maintaining trust and compliance.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual?
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FTDV) is a virtual appliance that provides advanced threat protection capabilities for virtualized environments. It integrates multiple security functions into a single platform.
What does the 10 Gbps capacity mean?
The 10 Gbps capacity refers to the maximum throughput of network traffic that the virtual appliance can inspect and protect at full functionality. This ensures that your network performance is not significantly impacted by security measures.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a 1-year subscription license. It includes access to software updates, threat intelligence feeds, and support for the duration of the term.
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.