Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection for NCS 55/57
Enhance your network's resilience with Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection, providing 5 years of advanced defense against denial-of-service attacks.
- 5-Year Term: Ensures continuous, long-term protection and predictable budgeting for your critical infrastructure.
- DDoS Edge Protection: Defends your network perimeter against volumetric and application-layer denial-of-service attacks.
- Platform Licensing: Unlocks advanced security capabilities on your Cisco NCS 55/57 Series routers.
- Subscription Billing: Offers flexible, operational expense-based licensing for easier financial management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a 5-year subscription license for Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection, designed to safeguard your network edge on Cisco NCS 55/57 Series routers. It provides advanced threat intelligence and mitigation capabilities to defend against sophisticated denial-of-service attacks, ensuring continuous availability of your critical network services.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in mid-market organizations utilize this license to enhance their network security posture. It integrates directly with their existing Cisco routing infrastructure, providing a critical layer of defense without requiring separate hardware or complex management overhead.
- Advanced DDoS Mitigation: Actively detects and mitigates a wide range of volumetric and application-layer DDoS attacks.
- Network Edge Defense: Protects the perimeter of your network, preventing attacks from impacting internal resources.
- Platform Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Cisco NCS 55/57 Series routers for unified management.
- Subscription-Based: Provides access to the latest threat intelligence and software updates throughout the 5-year term.
- Enhanced Availability: Minimizes downtime and ensures business continuity by maintaining network service availability.
This Cisco DDoS protection license is ideal for mid-market businesses seeking robust, integrated edge security without the complexity of standalone solutions.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced DDoS Threat Detection
Enable teams to automatically detect and respond to a broad spectrum of volumetric and application-layer denial-of-service attacks. This ensures that critical business applications and network services remain accessible to legitimate users.
network edge security, infrastructure protection, service availability, threat mitigation
Streamline Network Perimeter Defense
Streamline the security of your network perimeter by integrating advanced DDoS protection directly into your Cisco NCS 55/57 Series routers. This simplifies management and reduces the need for separate, complex security appliances.
integrated security, network infrastructure, edge computing, operational efficiency
Automate Attack Mitigation
Automate the mitigation of denial-of-service attacks, minimizing manual intervention and reducing response times during critical security incidents. This ensures rapid restoration of network services and protects against revenue loss.
security operations, incident response, business continuity, network resilience
Key Features
Advanced DDoS Detection and Mitigation
Protects against a wide range of denial-of-service attacks, ensuring network availability and preventing service disruptions.
Edge Network Protection
Secures the network perimeter, preventing attacks from reaching internal resources and impacting business operations.
Cisco NCS 55/57 Series Integration
Leverages existing Cisco hardware for a unified and efficient security solution, simplifying deployment and management.
Subscription-Based Licensing
Provides continuous access to the latest security features and threat intelligence updates over a 5-year term.
5-Year Term
Offers long-term security assurance and predictable budgeting for critical network protection.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require continuous service availability to process transactions and maintain customer trust, making robust DDoS protection essential for preventing service disruptions.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers depend on uninterrupted access to patient data and critical systems, where any downtime due to a DDoS attack can have severe consequences for patient care.
Retail & Hospitality
Retail and hospitality businesses rely heavily on online platforms and point-of-sale systems for revenue generation, making them vulnerable to DDoS attacks that can halt sales and damage customer experience.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies provide essential public services that must remain accessible, necessitating strong defenses against DDoS attacks that could disrupt citizen access to information and resources.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection?
It is a software license that enables advanced denial-of-service attack mitigation capabilities on Cisco NCS 55/57 Series routers. It protects your network edge from attacks that aim to disrupt service availability.
What type of attacks does this protect against?
This solution protects against a wide range of denial-of-service attacks, including volumetric attacks that consume bandwidth and application-layer attacks that target specific services.
What hardware is required for this license?
This license is specifically for Cisco NCS 55/57 Series routers. It activates software features on these platforms.
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.