Network Security & Firewalls

Cisco Firepower 4100 Series Appliances

The Cisco Firepower^® 4100 Series is a family of seven threat-focused Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) security platforms. Their throughput range addresses data center and Internet edge use cases. They deliver superior threat defense, at faster speeds, with a smaller footprint. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series supports flow-offloading, programmatic orchestration, and the management of security services with RESTful APIs. The 4100 Series platforms can run either the Cisco^® Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Firewall or Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) software.

Cisco Firepower Next-Generation IPS (NGIPS) threat appliances provide network visibility, security intelligence, automation and advanced threat protection. It uses industry-leading intrusion prevention capabilities and multiple techniques to detect even the most sophisticated network attacks and protect you against them. Cisco Firepower NGIPS threat appliances all offer the ability to operate in-line via Fail-To-Wire/Bypass network modules.

Cisco Firepower NGIPS continuously discovers information about your network environment, including data about operating systems, mobile devices, files, applications and users. It then uses this information to build network maps and host profiles. This gives you the contextual information you need to make better decisions about intrusion events. And this information is also used as input to better enable the automation of key threat protection features.

Cisco's TALOS Security Intelligence and Research Group collects and correlates threats in real time using the largest threat detection network in the world. Their efforts result in vulnerability-focused IPS rules and embedded IP-, URL-, and DNS-based security intelligence for Firepower NGIPS.

Security automation correlates intrusion events with your network's vulnerabilities so you can focus on the threats that matter most. It also analyzes your network's weaknesses and recommends the appropriate security policies to put in place.

Cisco Firepower NGIPS threat appliances provide industry leading threat effectiveness against both known and unknown threats. Features include:

• IPS rules that identify and block attack traffic that target vulnerabilities in your network
• Tightly integrated defense against advanced malware incorporating advanced analysis of network and endpoint activity
• Sandboxing technology that uses hundreds of behavioral indicators to identify zero-day and evasive attacks

The Cisco Firepower™ Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is the industry's first fully integrated, threat-focused next-gen firewall with unified management. It includes Application Visibility and Control (AVC), optional Firepower next-gen IPS (NGIPS), Cisco® Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), and URL Filtering. Cisco Firepower NGFW provides advanced threat protection before, during, and after attacks.

The Cisco Firepower 4100 Series is a family of seven threat-focused NGFW security platforms. Their throughput range addresses data center and internet edge use cases. They deliver superior threat defense, at faster speeds, with a smaller footprint. Cisco Firepower 4100 Series supports flow-offloading, programmatic orchestration, and the management of security services with RESTful APIs. Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS)-compliance is supported by the Cisco Firepower 4120 platform. The 4100 Series platforms can run either the Cisco Secure Firewall ASA or Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software.

The Cisco Firepower™ Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) is the industry's first fully integrated, threat-focused next-gen firewall with unified management. It includes Application Visibility and Control (AVC), optional Firepower next-gen IPS (NGIPS), Cisco® Advanced Malware Protection (AMP), and URL Filtering. Cisco Firepower NGFW provides advanced threat protection before, during, and after attacks.