Cisco VDP Foundation Enterprise License
The Cisco VDP Foundation Enterprise license provides essential security and management capabilities for your network infrastructure, ensuring compliance and operational continuity for one year.
- License Term: Annual subscription providing continuous access to core features and updates.
- Platform Coverage: Applies to Cisco's Virtual Data Protection (VDP) platform, enhancing network security.
- Support Included: One year of basic support is bundled, offering essential assistance for operational needs.
- Value Proposition: Enables businesses to maintain compliance, mitigate risks, and optimize network performance.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco VDP Foundation Enterprise license is a platform software subscription designed to unlock core security and management functionalities for Cisco's Virtual Data Protection solution. This license includes one year of basic support, ensuring you have access to essential vendor assistance for critical operational periods.
This offering is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals within small to mid-market organizations that rely on robust network security and data protection. It integrates into existing Cisco environments, providing a foundational layer of enterprise-grade security without the overhead of extensive hardware or complex management.
- Core Security Features: Unlocks foundational security controls for network visibility and threat detection.
- Data Protection Capabilities: Enhances the protection of sensitive data across your virtualized environment.
- Compliance Enablement: Assists in meeting regulatory requirements through standardized security policies.
- Operational Efficiency: Streamlines security management tasks, reducing manual effort and potential errors.
- Vendor Support: Includes one year of basic support for timely issue resolution and technical guidance.
This Cisco license is the right choice for SMB and mid-market teams seeking essential network security and data protection with included vendor support.
What This Enables
Enable Enhanced Network Visibility
Enable teams to gain deeper insights into network traffic and potential security threats. Streamline the process of identifying and responding to anomalies within the virtualized environment.
on-premises data centers, virtualized server environments, private cloud deployments, hybrid cloud infrastructure
Automate Security Policy Enforcement
Automate the enforcement of security policies across your virtual infrastructure, ensuring consistent protection. Streamline compliance efforts by maintaining standardized security configurations.
businesses with regulatory requirements, organizations managing sensitive data, IT departments focused on risk reduction, companies with distributed IT assets
Streamline Threat Detection and Response
Streamline the detection of potential security threats by leveraging foundational VDP capabilities. Automate initial response actions to mitigate risks and reduce the impact of security incidents.
companies prioritizing cybersecurity, IT teams managing virtualized workloads, organizations seeking proactive threat management, businesses with limited security staff
Key Features
Virtual Data Protection Platform License
Provides the necessary entitlement to operate and manage Cisco's VDP solution, unlocking its core security and data protection features.
Foundation Enterprise Capabilities
Unlocks essential security controls and management functionalities required for a secure and compliant virtualized network environment.
One Year of Basic Support
Offers access to essential vendor support for one year, ensuring timely assistance with operational issues and technical inquiries.
Subscription Billing Model
Provides predictable operational expenses with a recurring subscription, allowing for easier budgeting and financial planning.
Cisco Brand Assurance
Leverages the reliability and security expertise of Cisco, a trusted leader in networking and cybersecurity solutions.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent data protection and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and GDPR, which Cisco VDP helps address through enhanced security and visibility.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and protect sensitive patient data, making robust security and data integrity solutions like Cisco VDP essential for their operations.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often rely on virtual systems for operational technology (OT) and IT convergence, necessitating secure and reliable data protection to prevent disruptions.
Legal & Professional Services
These firms handle highly confidential client information and must adhere to strict data privacy standards, making advanced security and data protection a critical requirement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Cisco VDP Foundation Enterprise?
Cisco VDP Foundation Enterprise is a software license that enables core security and data protection features for Cisco's Virtual Data Protection platform. It is offered as a subscription with one year of basic support included.
Who is the target customer for this license?
This license is intended for small to mid-market businesses that use IT for their own operations and require foundational security and data protection for their virtualized environments. It is not for resellers or other IT service providers.
What does the included basic support cover?
The included basic support provides essential vendor assistance for operational issues and technical inquiries related to the VDP Foundation Enterprise license and platform. Specific details are available from Cisco's support documentation.
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.