Cisco NCS55A1 Fixed MACSEC HW Flexible Consumption Smart License
This Cisco NCS55A1 platform license unlocks advanced MACsec hardware encryption and flexible consumption models for your network infrastructure, ensuring secure and compliant operations.
- Secure Data Transmission: Access to hardware-based MACsec encryption for protecting data in transit across your network segments.
- Flexible Consumption: Benefit from a consumption-based licensing model that aligns costs with actual usage and network demands.
- Compliance Assurance: Meet stringent regulatory and industry compliance requirements for data security and privacy.
- Enhanced Network Performance: Ensure high-speed, low-latency encryption without impacting overall network throughput.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco NCS55A1 Fixed MACSEC HW FLEXIBLE CONSUMPTION NEED SMART LIC is a software subscription that enables hardware-based MACsec encryption on the NCS 5500 series fixed platform. This license provides essential security features, ensuring data confidentiality and integrity for sensitive network traffic.
This licensing solution is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market organizations who require robust network security and compliance. It integrates directly with the Cisco NCS55A1 hardware, providing a secure foundation for critical business operations and data protection.
- Hardware MACsec Encryption: Enables secure, high-performance data encryption directly in hardware.
- Flexible Consumption Model: Pay-as-you-grow licensing that adapts to your network's evolving needs.
- Smart Licensing Integration: Simplifies license management and compliance tracking through Cisco's Smart Licensing platform.
- Regulatory Compliance: Helps meet industry standards and government mandates for data security.
- Scalable Security: Provides a foundation for expanding secure network capabilities as your business grows.
This Cisco smart license is the ideal choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking to enhance network security and ensure regulatory compliance without over-provisioning.
What This Enables
Enable Hardware-Accelerated Network Encryption
Enable teams to deploy robust, hardware-based MACsec encryption across critical network links. Streamline the protection of sensitive data in transit, ensuring confidentiality and integrity.
data center interconnects, campus network backbones, WAN edge security, secure branch connectivity
Meet Stringent Regulatory Compliance
Automate compliance with industry regulations and data privacy laws that mandate secure data transmission. Ensure your network infrastructure meets requirements for HIPAA, GDPR, or PCI DSS.
financial services networks, healthcare data transport, government agency communications, secure enterprise data flows
Optimize Security Licensing Costs
Streamline security feature management with a flexible, consumption-based smart licensing model. Align security investments with actual network usage and capacity needs.
growing business networks, fluctuating traffic environments, scalable IT infrastructure, cost-conscious IT departments
Key Features
Hardware MACsec Encryption
Provides high-speed, low-latency data encryption directly in the network hardware, ensuring data confidentiality and integrity without impacting performance.
Flexible Consumption Licensing
Allows businesses to pay for security features based on actual usage, offering cost efficiency and scalability as network demands change.
Cisco Smart Licensing
Simplifies license management, activation, and compliance tracking through a centralized online portal, reducing administrative overhead.
NCS5500 Series Platform Support
Specifically designed for the Cisco NCS55A1 fixed platform, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance for your network infrastructure.
Regulatory Compliance Enablement
Helps organizations meet strict data security and privacy regulations by providing a secure method for data transmission.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires robust encryption to protect sensitive financial data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making hardware MACsec essential for secure transactions and client information.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Protecting patient health information (PHI) under HIPAA is paramount, necessitating strong encryption for data in transit to ensure confidentiality and prevent breaches.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies handle classified and sensitive information, requiring secure communication channels and compliance with stringent data protection mandates like FIPS.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses process significant amounts of customer payment data, requiring PCI DSS compliance and secure network infrastructure to prevent fraud and protect customer privacy.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is MACsec?
MACsec (IEEE 802.1AE) is a network security standard that provides data confidentiality, integrity, and origin authentication for Ethernet traffic at the Media Access Control (MAC) layer. It encrypts data in transit.
How does flexible consumption licensing work?
Flexible consumption licensing allows you to pay for software features based on your actual usage or consumption, rather than a fixed upfront cost. This model offers greater agility and cost optimization for dynamic environments.
What is Cisco Smart Licensing?
Cisco Smart Licensing is a flexible and automated software licensing solution that simplifies how you purchase, deploy, and manage Cisco software. It provides visibility into your license usage and compliance through a centralized portal.
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.