
Cisco Threat Defense Platform License
This Cisco platform license unlocks advanced threat defense capabilities for your organization's network security infrastructure, ensuring continuous protection against evolving cyber threats.
- Advanced Threat Prevention: Access to next-generation firewall features, intrusion prevention, and advanced malware defense.
- Continuous Operation: Entitlement to ongoing software updates and security intelligence feeds to maintain network integrity.
- Compliance Assurance: Support for regulatory requirements through robust security logging and reporting features.
- Optimized Performance: License enables full utilization of the Cisco Firepower 4112 platform for high-throughput security.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This subscription license activates the full suite of threat defense features on Cisco Firepower 4112 appliances. It provides advanced security capabilities designed to protect your business network from sophisticated cyber threats, including intrusion prevention, advanced malware detection, and application visibility.
Ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within SMB and mid-market companies, this license ensures that critical business operations are safeguarded. It integrates directly with your existing network infrastructure, providing a centralized and powerful security posture without the overhead of enterprise-scale management.
- Enhanced Threat Detection: Unlocks next-generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities, including intrusion prevention and advanced malware protection.
- Application Visibility and Control: Gain granular control over network traffic based on application identity.
- Centralized Management: Streamline security policy deployment and monitoring through a unified management interface.
- Continuous Security Updates: Includes access to the latest security intelligence and software updates to defend against emerging threats.
- Compliance Support: Facilitates adherence to industry regulations through comprehensive logging and reporting.
Equip your business with enterprise-grade threat defense without the enterprise complexity, ensuring your network remains secure and compliant.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Prevention
Enable teams to deploy next-generation firewall capabilities, including intrusion prevention and advanced malware defense. Streamline the detection and mitigation of sophisticated cyber threats targeting your business network.
network security appliance, on-premises deployment, unified threat management, perimeter defense
Ensure Continuous Security Updates
Streamline the process of maintaining up-to-date security intelligence feeds and software versions. Automate the defense against emerging threats by ensuring your security platform is always current.
subscription-based security, managed network services, proactive threat management, appliance lifecycle
Automate Compliance Reporting
Enable teams to generate detailed security logs and reports required for regulatory compliance. Automate the collection of audit trails to demonstrate adherence to industry standards and internal policies.
data security compliance, audit readiness, network visibility, regulatory adherence
Key Features
Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Provides advanced threat prevention by inspecting traffic based on user identity, application, and content.
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Detects and blocks known and unknown threats, protecting your network from exploits and malicious activity.
Advanced Malware Protection (AMP)
Identifies and blocks advanced malware, including zero-day threats, before they can impact your business.
Application Visibility and Control (AVC)
Offers granular control over network traffic by identifying and managing applications, ensuring business-critical applications have priority.
Security Intelligence Feeds
Continuously updates threat intelligence to defend against the latest global threats, ensuring your network remains protected.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require robust security to protect sensitive customer data and comply with strict regulations like PCI DSS and GLBA, which this license helps address.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must safeguard patient health information (PHI) and comply with HIPAA, necessitating advanced threat protection and secure network operations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial control systems and operational technology environments require strong perimeter security to prevent disruptions and protect against cyber-physical threats.
Legal & Professional Services
Law firms and professional services handle highly confidential client information, demanding stringent data security and compliance with privacy regulations.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco Security EA 3.0?
Cisco Security EA 3.0 is a licensing program that provides access to a suite of security features and services for Cisco security appliances. This specific license enables threat defense capabilities on the Firepower 4112 platform.
What is the billing model for this license?
This license is a subscription-based billing model, meaning it is purchased for a specific term and requires renewal to maintain access to features and updates.
What hardware does this license apply to?
This license is specifically for the Cisco Firepower 4112 Threat Defense appliance, enabling its advanced security features.
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.