Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual Threat, URL Filtering 5 Gbps Subscription
This Cisco Firepower Threat Defense virtual appliance subscription provides 5 Gbps throughput for advanced threat and URL filtering, safeguarding your business network.
- Threat Protection: Coverage for advanced malware, exploits, and zero-day threats.
- URL Filtering: Entitlement to block access to malicious or inappropriate websites.
- Performance Capacity: 5 Gbps throughput to handle significant network traffic.
- Virtual Deployment: Flexibility to deploy on your chosen virtual infrastructure.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a subscription license for Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) virtual appliance, offering 5 Gbps of throughput for integrated threat and URL filtering capabilities. It provides essential security functions to protect your network perimeter and internal resources from a wide range of cyber threats.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license enables deployment on virtualized environments. It integrates into existing network infrastructure to deliver consistent security policies and threat intelligence across the organization's digital assets.
- Advanced Threat Prevention: Detects and blocks known and unknown malware, ransomware, and advanced persistent threats.
- URL Filtering: Controls access to websites based on category, reputation, and user-defined policies.
- Intrusion Prevention System IPS: Inspects traffic for malicious activity and exploits.
- Application Visibility and Control: Identifies and controls the use of thousands of applications.
- Virtual Appliance Flexibility: Deployable on common hypervisors, offering agility and cost-efficiency.
This Cisco subscription provides essential security capabilities for businesses seeking enterprise-grade threat defense without the overhead of physical appliances.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Prevention
Enable teams to detect and block a wide range of advanced threats, including malware, ransomware, and zero-day exploits. Streamline security operations by consolidating threat intelligence and enforcement into a single virtual platform.
virtualized environments, perimeter security, internal segmentation, cloud-native deployments
Control Web Access and Content
Streamline web security policies by enforcing granular URL filtering rules to block access to inappropriate or malicious websites. Automate the protection of users from phishing attempts and malware delivered via web browsing.
employee productivity, content policy enforcement, risk mitigation, endpoint protection
Enhance Network Segmentation Security
Enable teams to implement micro-segmentation strategies within their virtualized data centers or cloud environments. Automate the enforcement of granular access control policies between different network segments to limit lateral movement of threats.
data center virtualization, private cloud security, hybrid cloud deployments, compliance adherence
Key Features
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual
Provides enterprise-grade threat prevention and URL filtering capabilities in a flexible virtual appliance form factor.
5 Gbps Throughput
Ensures sufficient capacity to protect high-traffic virtual networks without performance degradation.
URL Filtering
Protects users and the network from malicious websites, phishing attempts, and inappropriate content.
Subscription Licensing
Offers predictable costs and access to ongoing software updates and threat intelligence.
Virtual Deployment
Allows deployment on common hypervisors, reducing hardware costs and increasing agility.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent security to protect sensitive financial data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX, making advanced threat and URL filtering essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must safeguard patient data (PHI) under HIPAA, necessitating robust security solutions to prevent breaches and ensure data integrity.
Retail & Hospitality
These businesses handle significant customer transaction data and often face compliance requirements like PCI DSS, requiring strong defenses against web-based threats and data theft.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage large networks with diverse user bases, requiring effective threat prevention and content filtering to protect students and research data from online risks.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual?
Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FTDv) is a software version of Cisco's next-generation firewall and threat prevention solution. It runs on virtualized platforms, offering the same security capabilities as its physical counterpart.
What does the 5 Gbps throughput mean?
The 5 Gbps throughput indicates the maximum rate at which the virtual appliance can process network traffic while performing its security functions, such as threat inspection and URL filtering.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a subscription license, meaning you pay a recurring fee for the right to use the software and receive updates and support for a defined 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.