Cisco Secure Web Appliance Subscription
This Cisco Secure Web Appliance subscription provides essential web security and advanced threat protection for your organization's network operations.
- Advanced Threat Protection: Coverage for sophisticated malware, phishing, and zero-day threats targeting your web traffic.
- Web Security Enforcement: Protection against policy violations and access to malicious websites, ensuring user safety.
- Subscription Term: Entitlement to use the software features and receive updates for the duration of the 1-year term.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps maintain regulatory compliance by securing web access and protecting sensitive data.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Secure Web Appliance (WSA) subscription licenses the Web Reputation Filter (WREP), Web URL Filtering (WUC), and Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) features. It provides critical security capabilities to protect your organization from web-based threats and enforce acceptable use policies.
Designed for businesses that manage their own IT infrastructure, this license is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals overseeing network security. It integrates into your existing network environment to provide a robust layer of defense against evolving cyber threats.
- Advanced Threat Defense: Detects and blocks sophisticated malware, ransomware, and zero-day exploits.
- URL Filtering: Enforces acceptable use policies and prevents access to malicious or inappropriate websites.
- Data Loss Prevention: Helps safeguard sensitive information from being exfiltrated through web channels.
- User and Application Visibility: Provides insights into user activity and application usage for better control.
- Subscription-Based Licensing: Ensures access to the latest security updates and features for the licensed term.
This Cisco Secure Web Appliance license offers essential web security capabilities, making it a strategic choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking enterprise-grade protection without the overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Web Threat Protection
Enable teams to defend against sophisticated malware, phishing attacks, and zero-day threats targeting web traffic. Streamline the detection and blocking of malicious content before it impacts users or systems.
network security, threat intelligence, endpoint protection, perimeter security
Enforce Acceptable Use Policies
Streamline the enforcement of corporate web usage policies across the organization. Automate the blocking of access to inappropriate or non-business-related websites, enhancing productivity and reducing risk.
policy management, user access control, network governance, compliance enforcement
Protect Sensitive Data
Enable teams to prevent the exfiltration of sensitive corporate data through web channels. Automate the monitoring and blocking of unauthorized data transfers, safeguarding intellectual property and customer information.
data loss prevention, information security, regulatory compliance, network monitoring
Key Features
Web Reputation Filter (WREP)
Proactively blocks access to known malicious websites based on real-time reputation data, reducing exposure to threats.
Web URL Filtering (WUC)
Enforces acceptable use policies by categorizing and controlling access to millions of websites, ensuring safe browsing.
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
Detects and blocks advanced malware, including ransomware and zero-day threats, by analyzing file behavior and threat intelligence.
Subscription Licensing
Provides continuous access to the latest security updates, threat intelligence, and software features for the duration of the term.
Centralized Management
Offers a unified platform for managing web security policies and monitoring threats, simplifying IT operations.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This industry requires stringent security controls to protect sensitive financial data and comply with regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, which WSA helps enforce through web traffic security.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must protect patient data (PHI) under HIPAA, making robust web security essential to prevent breaches and ensure compliance with data privacy mandates.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information, necessitating strong security measures to prevent data leakage and maintain client trust and regulatory adherence.
Retail & Hospitality
These businesses handle customer payment information and require secure web access to prevent fraud and comply with PCI DSS, while also managing guest network security.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Secure Web Appliance (WSA)?
Cisco WSA is a secure web gateway that protects organizations from web-based threats. It filters web traffic, blocks malware, and enforces security policies.
What features are included in this license?
This license includes Web Reputation Filter (WREP), Web URL Filtering (WUC), and Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Cisco WSA.
What is the term of this subscription?
This is a 1-year subscription license, providing access to the software features and updates for that 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.