Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection 5-Year Term for Cisco 8000
This 5-year subscription for Cisco 8000 provides advanced DDoS edge protection, safeguarding your business operations from disruptive network attacks.
- Extended Protection: Enjoy 5 years of continuous, advanced DDoS mitigation services.
- Edge Security: Defend your network perimeter directly at the edge, preventing attacks from reaching your core infrastructure.
- Platform Integration: Seamlessly integrates with Cisco 8000 series hardware for unified security management.
- Business Continuity: Minimize downtime and maintain service availability during sophisticated denial-of-service attacks.
Product Overview
Product Overview
Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection is a subscription-based service designed to defend your network against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. This 5-year term specifically enhances the security posture of Cisco 8000 series platforms, providing critical protection at the network edge.
This solution is ideal for mid-market and enterprise organizations that rely heavily on network availability and must protect their critical business applications and services from volumetric, protocol, and application-layer DDoS threats. It fits into existing network infrastructure, acting as a vital layer of defense for any business with a significant online presence or critical network operations.
- Advanced Threat Detection: Identifies and mitigates a wide range of DDoS attack vectors in real-time.
- Edge Deployment: Stops attacks before they impact your internal network resources, preserving performance.
- Subscription Term: Provides predictable security coverage and budgeting for a full 5 years.
- Platform Specific: Optimized for and licensed for use with Cisco 8000 series networking hardware.
- Service Assurance: Helps ensure continuous service availability and protects against revenue loss due to downtime.
This 5-year DDoS edge protection subscription offers essential security for mid-market and enterprise businesses seeking to maintain network uptime and protect critical services.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced DDoS Attack Mitigation
Enable teams to automatically detect and block sophisticated DDoS attacks targeting network infrastructure. Streamline the response process to minimize potential downtime and service degradation.
businesses with critical online services, organizations with high network traffic, companies facing evolving cyber threats, environments requiring high availability
Protect Network Edge Infrastructure
Protect your network perimeter by mitigating attacks at the edge, preventing them from consuming internal bandwidth or impacting core services. Ensure that legitimate traffic can always reach its intended destination.
organizations with distributed networks, businesses operating critical data centers, companies deploying edge computing solutions, networks with direct internet access points
Ensure Business Continuity and Uptime
Automate the defense against denial-of-service attacks to guarantee business continuity and maintain consistent service availability. Reduce the risk of revenue loss and reputational damage associated with network outages.
companies with strict uptime SLAs, businesses reliant on e-commerce, organizations with mission-critical applications, service providers with customer-facing platforms
Key Features
Subscription-based licensing
Provides predictable operational expenses and ensures continuous access to the latest threat intelligence and mitigation capabilities for 5 years.
Edge protection deployment
Stops attacks at the network perimeter, preserving internal network resources and performance for legitimate users and services.
Cisco 8000 series integration
Optimized for and licensed to work with specific Cisco hardware, ensuring compatibility and efficient performance.
Automated threat detection and mitigation
Responds to attacks in real-time, reducing the need for manual intervention and minimizing potential impact.
5-year service term
Offers long-term security assurance and budget predictability, protecting against evolving DDoS threats over an extended period.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require constant uptime and data integrity to maintain customer trust and comply with strict regulatory requirements, making DDoS protection essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must ensure continuous access to patient data and critical systems, where any downtime can have severe consequences for patient care and regulatory compliance.
Retail & Hospitality
Businesses in this sector rely heavily on online sales and customer-facing applications, where DDoS attacks can directly lead to lost revenue and damage brand reputation.
Government & Public Sector
Government agencies provide essential services that must remain available to citizens, and protecting these services from disruption is a critical security and operational imperative.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection?
It is a subscription service that provides advanced defense against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. This specific license is for the Cisco 8000 series platform and offers protection for a 5-year term.
How does this protect my network?
It detects and mitigates malicious traffic at the network edge before it can overwhelm your internal resources. This ensures that legitimate users can access your services and that your business operations remain uninterrupted.
What is the term of this license?
This is a 5-year term license, providing continuous protection and service for the duration of the subscription period.
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.