
Cisco Firepower Virtual Threat Protection License, 3 Gbps, 5-Year
This 5-year Cisco Firepower Virtual Threat Protection license provides essential security capabilities for your virtualized network infrastructure, ensuring ongoing protection against evolving cyber threats.
- Continuous Threat Protection: Access to up-to-date threat intelligence and security updates to defend against the latest malware and intrusions.
- Virtualized Security: Deploy robust security controls directly within your virtualized environment, optimizing performance and resource utilization.
- Extended License Term: Secure your network with a 5-year subscription, ensuring uninterrupted security coverage and predictable budgeting.
- Compliance Assurance: Maintain regulatory compliance and protect sensitive data with advanced threat prevention features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco Firepower TD Virtual Threat Protection License provides a 5-year subscription for advanced threat defense capabilities within your virtualized network environment. This license unlocks the full potential of Cisco's Firepower Threat Defense virtual appliance, offering 3 Gbps of throughput for comprehensive security services including intrusion prevention, advanced malware protection, and URL filtering.
This solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations who are running their infrastructure on virtual platforms. It integrates directly into your existing virtual environment, providing a critical layer of security without the need for dedicated physical appliances, thereby simplifying management and reducing overhead.
- Advanced Threat Defense: Protect against known and unknown threats with integrated intrusion prevention and advanced malware detection.
- Virtualized Deployment: Seamlessly deploy security within your VMware, KVM, or Hyper-V environments.
- High Throughput: Supports up to 3 Gbps of traffic inspection, suitable for demanding network environments.
- Subscription-Based: A 5-year term provides predictable costs and ensures access to the latest security updates.
- Centralized Management: Integrate with Cisco Firepower Management Center for unified policy control and visibility.
This Cisco Firepower virtual license offers mid-market organizations enterprise-grade threat protection tailored for virtualized environments, simplifying security management and ensuring continuous defense.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Prevention in Virtual Environments
Enable teams to deploy next-generation firewall capabilities, including intrusion prevention and advanced malware protection, directly within their virtualized infrastructure. Streamline security policy enforcement across virtual machines and ensure consistent protection for all network traffic.
virtualized data centers, cloud-native applications, hybrid cloud deployments, software-defined networking
Automate Security Updates and Intelligence
Automate the process of receiving and applying critical security updates and threat intelligence feeds to your virtual security appliances. Streamline compliance efforts by ensuring your defenses are always current against emerging threats.
cloud-managed infrastructure, virtual desktop infrastructure, containerized environments, network function virtualization
Enhance Network Visibility and Control
Enable IT professionals to gain granular visibility into network traffic traversing virtual interfaces, identifying and controlling applications, users, and threats. Support the enforcement of granular security policies tailored to specific virtual workloads.
multi-tenant virtual environments, virtual private clouds, network segmentation strategies, virtualized server rooms
Key Features
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Detects and blocks known exploits and malicious traffic in real-time, preventing network compromise.
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
Identifies and blocks sophisticated malware, including zero-day threats, before they impact your systems.
URL Filtering
Controls access to malicious or inappropriate websites, reducing the risk of phishing and malware infections.
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
Provides insight into network traffic by application, allowing for granular policy enforcement and prioritization.
Virtual Appliance Deployment
Offers flexible deployment options within your existing virtual infrastructure, reducing hardware costs and simplifying management.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and maintain compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, which FTDV helps address through advanced threat prevention.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must adhere to strict data privacy laws like HIPAA, necessitating strong security measures to safeguard electronic health records (EHR) and other sensitive patient information.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services organizations handle confidential client data and are prime targets for cyberattacks, requiring advanced threat protection to prevent breaches and maintain client trust.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and operational technology environments are increasingly targeted, requiring secure network segmentation and threat detection capabilities to protect critical infrastructure.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Firepower Threat Defense Virtual (FTDV)?
FTDV is a virtual appliance version of Cisco's next-generation firewall, offering advanced threat protection capabilities within virtualized environments like VMware, KVM, and Hyper-V.
What does the 3 Gbps throughput mean?
This license supports up to 3 Gigabits per second of inspected traffic, indicating the capacity for security services on your virtual firewall.
Is this a perpetual license or a subscription?
This is a 5-year subscription license, providing continuous access to security features and updates 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.