
Cisco Security EA 3.0 CSF 1220CX Threat Defense IPS URL Filtering Subscription
Secure your business network with Cisco's advanced threat defense, intrusion prevention, and URL filtering capabilities, ensuring continuous protection against evolving cyber threats.
- Advanced Threat Defense: Proactive protection against malware, ransomware, and zero-day exploits.
- Intrusion Prevention: Real-time detection and blocking of malicious network activity.
- URL Filtering: Control access to web content, preventing users from visiting risky sites.
- Subscription-Based Access: Ensures you always have the latest security intelligence and features.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This Cisco Security EA 3.0 CSF subscription provides essential threat defense, intrusion prevention system (IPS), and URL filtering capabilities for your network infrastructure. It unlocks advanced security features designed to protect your business from a wide range of cyber threats, ensuring the integrity and availability of your critical data and systems.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this platform license integrates directly with compatible Cisco security appliances. It is designed to enhance the security posture of your on-premises network, safeguarding against both external attacks and internal policy violations.
- Enhanced Threat Intelligence: Access to up-to-date threat feeds for immediate protection.
- Granular Policy Control: Define and enforce security policies for users and applications.
- Real-time Monitoring: Gain visibility into network traffic and security events.
- Compliance Support: Helps meet regulatory requirements for data protection and network security.
- Continuous Updates: Ensures your security defenses remain effective against new threats.
This Cisco subscription empowers SMB and mid-market teams to achieve enterprise-grade network security without the associated overhead, ensuring robust protection and operational continuity.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Detection and Prevention
Enable teams to proactively identify and block sophisticated malware, ransomware, and zero-day threats before they impact operations. Streamline the process of defending against evolving cyberattack vectors with real-time intelligence updates.
on-premises network infrastructure, business continuity planning, data security posture, IT risk management
Enforce Web Access Policies
Streamline the management of internet access by implementing granular URL filtering policies. Automate the blocking of access to malicious or inappropriate websites, reducing the risk of user-initiated security incidents.
employee productivity monitoring, acceptable use policy enforcement, network security controls, content security management
Strengthen Intrusion Prevention Capabilities
Automate the detection and mitigation of network intrusions and exploits in real-time. Enable security teams to maintain a strong defense against known and emerging attack patterns, protecting network integrity.
network perimeter security, threat mitigation strategies, security operations center support, incident response readiness
Key Features
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Detects and blocks malicious network traffic and exploits in real-time, preventing unauthorized access and system compromise.
URL Filtering
Controls access to web content, preventing users from visiting malicious or unproductive websites, thereby reducing malware risk.
Threat Defense Intelligence Updates
Ensures the security platform is protected against the latest known threats through continuous updates of threat intelligence feeds.
Subscription Licensing
Provides access to the latest features and security updates, ensuring ongoing protection and compliance without large upfront capital expenditure.
Platform Integration
Works with compatible Cisco security appliances to enhance existing security infrastructure and provide unified threat management.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, making advanced threat defense and URL filtering essential.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must safeguard patient health information (PHI) under HIPAA, necessitating strong network security measures to prevent breaches and ensure data integrity.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle confidential client information, requiring advanced security to prevent data leaks and maintain client trust and compliance with data privacy laws.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments are increasingly targeted by cyberattacks that can disrupt operations; securing networks with threat defense and IPS is critical for maintaining production uptime and protecting intellectual property.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Security EA 3.0?
Cisco Security EA 3.0 is a licensing suite that provides access to various security features and services for Cisco network security devices. This specific subscription enables threat defense, IPS, and URL filtering.
What hardware does this license apply to?
Based on the MPN, this license is intended for the Cisco 1220CX platform, which is a security appliance designed for threat defense.
How does this subscription benefit my business?
This subscription ensures your network is protected by the latest security intelligence and features, helping to prevent cyberattacks, maintain compliance, and ensure business continuity.
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.