Cisco Virtual Firewall Perpetual License Bundle
This Cisco perpetual license bundle provides ongoing access to advanced virtual firewall capabilities, ensuring your business network remains protected and compliant.
- Continuous Protection: Ensures your virtual firewall software is always up-to-date with the latest security patches and threat intelligence.
- Feature Access: Unlocks the full suite of Cisco's virtual firewall features for robust network security and control.
- Compliance Assurance: Helps meet regulatory requirements by maintaining a compliant and secure network perimeter.
- Operational Stability: Guarantees uninterrupted operation of critical security functions, minimizing downtime risks.
Product Overview
Product Overview
The Cisco AFA+AFF Bundle for Virtual Firewall Perpetual is a software licensing solution that provides enduring access to Cisco's virtual firewall technology. This perpetual license ensures your organization maintains a secure network perimeter with continuous access to essential security features and updates, without recurring subscription costs for the core license.
This offering is designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals within small to mid-market businesses that utilize virtualized environments. It integrates into existing virtual infrastructure, providing a critical layer of network security for internal applications, data, and user access.
- Perpetual Licensing: Acquire a permanent license for the virtual firewall software, avoiding ongoing subscription fees for the core functionality.
- Advanced Security Features: Gain access to a comprehensive set of security controls including intrusion prevention, application visibility, and threat defense.
- Virtualized Environment Support: Optimized for deployment within virtual machines and cloud environments, offering flexibility and scalability.
- Centralized Management: Enables streamlined policy management and monitoring across your virtual firewall instances.
- Compliance Readiness: Assists in meeting industry regulations and internal security policies through consistent security enforcement.
This perpetual license bundle offers a cost-effective, long-term solution for businesses seeking robust virtual firewall security without ongoing subscription overhead.
What This Enables
Enable Advanced Threat Prevention
Enable teams to deploy sophisticated threat prevention capabilities, including intrusion prevention and advanced malware protection, to safeguard sensitive business data. Streamline the enforcement of security policies across virtualized network segments to maintain a strong security posture.
virtualized server environments, multi-segment networks, cloud-integrated infrastructure, on-premises data centers
Ensure Regulatory Compliance
Automate compliance with industry-specific regulations and data protection mandates by maintaining an up-to-date and consistently configured virtual firewall. Provide auditable logs and reporting to demonstrate adherence to security standards.
data-sensitive operations, regulated industries, compliance-driven IT environments, secure data handling
Optimize Network Performance and Control
Streamline network traffic management by gaining granular visibility into application usage and user activity. Enable teams to prioritize critical business applications and enforce access controls effectively.
performance-sensitive applications, user access control, network segmentation, traffic shaping
Key Features
Perpetual Software License
Acquire permanent rights to the virtual firewall software, eliminating recurring subscription costs for the core license and providing long-term cost predictability.
Advanced Threat Defense
Protect your network from evolving threats with integrated intrusion prevention, malware defense, and application control capabilities.
Virtualization Optimized
Deploy and manage security seamlessly within your existing VMware, KVM, or other virtualized environments for flexibility and scalability.
Granular Policy Control
Enforce precise security policies based on user identity, application, and content to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance.
Centralized Management Interface
Simplify administration and monitoring of your virtual firewall deployment through a unified management platform.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
This sector requires stringent security controls and compliance with regulations like PCI DSS and SOX to protect sensitive financial data and customer information.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
HIPAA compliance and the protection of Protected Health Information (PHI) necessitate robust network security measures and continuous monitoring.
Legal & Professional Services
Protecting confidential client data and maintaining attorney-client privilege requires advanced security to prevent breaches and ensure data integrity.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Securing operational technology (OT) and IT networks is critical to prevent disruptions, protect intellectual property, and ensure safety in industrial environments.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a perpetual license?
A perpetual license grants you the right to use the software indefinitely, without the need for ongoing subscription payments for the core license. You own the license for the version you purchase.
Does this license include software updates and support?
The perpetual license covers the right to use the software version purchased. Ongoing software updates, patches, and technical support are typically provided through a separate support contract, often referred to as a Smart Net Total Care (SNTC) contract for Cisco products.
What hardware or platform does this virtual firewall apply to?
This is a software license for a virtual firewall, designed to run within virtualized environments such as VMware, KVM, or other hypervisors. It does not apply to specific physical hardware appliances.
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.