Cisco Secure Web Appliance Subscription License
This Cisco Secure Web Appliance subscription license provides essential web security capabilities for your organization, ensuring continuous protection and feature access for five years.
- License Term: Five-year subscription providing consistent access to security updates and features.
- Platform Licensing: Unlocks advanced web security features on your Cisco Secure Web Appliance.
- Billing Model: Subscription-based billing ensures predictable operational expenses.
- Value: Maintains compliance, enhances threat defense, and ensures uninterrupted web security operations.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This is a platform software license for Cisco's Secure Web Appliance (WSA). It enables advanced web security features and ensures the appliance operates with the latest threat intelligence and software updates throughout the subscription term.
IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market companies utilize this license to maintain a secure web gateway, protect users from online threats, and ensure compliance with security policies.
- Advanced Threat Defense: Unlocks sophisticated defenses against malware, phishing, and other web-based threats.
- Content Filtering: Enables granular control over web access, enforcing acceptable use policies.
- Data Loss Prevention: Helps prevent sensitive data from leaving the organization via web channels.
- Visibility and Reporting: Provides insights into web traffic and security events for better management.
- Continuous Updates: Ensures the appliance is protected against emerging threats with regular software and signature updates.
This Cisco subscription license is ideal for businesses seeking to maintain robust web security without the overhead of frequent hardware refreshes or complex licensing models.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Web Threat Protection
Enable teams to defend against sophisticated malware, phishing attempts, and zero-day exploits targeting web browsers. Streamline the process of blocking malicious websites and content, reducing the risk of infection.
organizations with internet-facing endpoints, businesses with remote or hybrid workforces, teams managing user web access policies, companies requiring advanced threat intelligence feeds
Streamline Content Filtering and Policy Enforcement
Streamline the enforcement of acceptable use policies by enabling granular control over web content categories and specific URLs. Automate the blocking or allowing of specific types of web traffic to improve productivity and reduce risk.
businesses with employee internet usage policies, educational institutions managing student access, companies needing to prevent access to non-business related sites, organizations with compliance requirements for web access
Automate Data Loss Prevention Over Web
Automate the detection and prevention of sensitive data exfiltration through web channels. Enable teams to configure policies that identify and block regulated or confidential information from being uploaded or shared online.
companies handling sensitive customer data, financial institutions with PII protection needs, healthcare providers adhering to HIPAA, legal firms managing client confidentiality
Key Features
Subscription-based licensing
Provides predictable operational expenses and ensures continuous access to the latest security features and updates.
Advanced Malware Protection
Defends against a wide range of web-based threats, including viruses, spyware, and ransomware, protecting users and data.
URL Filtering
Allows administrators to control access to websites based on category or specific URLs, enhancing productivity and security.
Application Visibility and Control
Identifies and controls the use of specific applications over the web, preventing unauthorized or risky application usage.
Data Loss Prevention (DLP)
Helps prevent sensitive information from leaving the organization through web channels, safeguarding confidential data.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making advanced web security essential for threat prevention and data loss control.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient health information (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, necessitating strong web security to prevent data breaches and unauthorized access to sensitive medical records.
Retail & Hospitality
Retailers and hospitality businesses handle significant customer transaction data and PII, requiring comprehensive web security to prevent fraud, protect customer loyalty, and maintain PCI DSS compliance.
Education & Research
Educational institutions need to protect students from inappropriate content and online threats, while also safeguarding research data and ensuring compliance with student privacy regulations like FERPA.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a Cisco Secure Web Appliance (WSA) license?
A Cisco WSA license is a subscription that enables advanced web security features on your Cisco Secure Web Appliance. It provides access to threat intelligence, software updates, and specific security functionalities for a defined term.
What does this 5-year subscription cover?
This five-year subscription covers the right to use the advanced software features of the Cisco Secure Web Appliance and receive ongoing security updates, threat intelligence feeds, and software patches during the subscription period.
Does this license include hardware?
No, this is a platform software license or subscription. It is intended to be applied to a Cisco Secure Web Appliance hardware appliance that you already own or purchase separately.
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.