Intrusion Detection

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Business Edition

CISCO ASA 5500 SERIES BUSINESS EDITION PROVIDES AN ALL-IN-ONE SECURITY SOLUTION

The Cisco® ASA 5500 Series Business Edition is an enterprise-strength comprehensive security solution that combines market-leading firewall, VPN, and optional anti-X capabilities, so you can feel confident your business is protected. This easy-to-use solution lets you control access to network resources to protect business data and maximize network uptime. Employee productivity is increased by controlling file sharing, instant messaging, spam, phishing, and other emerging threats. IT resources are freed from virus eradication and system cleanup activities. New business applications can be safely deployed without opening up security holes. Mobile employees and business partners can securely connect to your network over the Internet using IP Security (IPsec) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN services. With a Cisco ASA 5500 Series solution protecting your network, you can focus on growing your business, without worrying about the latest security threats.

CHALLENGE

The Internet has become a critical business tool for organizations of all sizes. It enables new opportunities for growth of the business. It provides connectivity with partners and remote workers via VPN connections. But it is also a conduit for threats to enter a company’s network. And these threats can have a significant impact on the business:

  • Unauthorized access: Can lead to loss of company data, unplanned downtime, and related liability concerns
  • Peer-to-peer file sharing and instant messaging: Distracts employees and reduces productivity
  • Viruses: Can infect systems, bringing them down and resulting in outages and lost revenue
  • Spam and phishing: Creates a nuisance and contributes to loss of employee productivity
  • Browsing of non-work-related Websites: Leads to loss of employee productivity and possible company liability issues
  • Infected VPN traffic: Creates a vector for threats to enter the network and disrupt the business

SOLUTION

The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Business Edition provides small and medium-sized companies with comprehensive gateway security and VPN connectivity. With its combined firewall and anti-X capabilities, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series stops threats at the gateway before they enter the network and affect business operations. These same services are extended to remote-access users providing a threat-protected VPN connection.

The Cisco IDS 4200 Series Sensors

The Cisco Intrusion Detection System (IDS) is a complete intrusion protection solution designed to detect, prevent, and react to unauthorized activity throughout a network. Hackers have developed the ability to bypass traditional security measures leaving network and server assets vulnerable to attack. Addressing this need, the industry’s first and market-leading IDS — Cisco IDS — provides advanced threat identification and mitigation technology.

WHY SHOULD I CARE ABOUT INTRUSION PREVENTION SOLUTIONS?

As the nature of threats to organizations continues to evolve, so must network defense (Figure 1). In the past, threats from both internal and external sources were relatively slow-moving and easy to defend against. In today’s environment, where Internet worms and viruses spread across the world in a matter of minutes, security systems-and the network itself-must react instantaneously with the intelligence to accurately identify, classify, and stop malicious applications, worms, and viruses in real time.

CISCO INTRUSION DETECTION AND PREVENTION Innovative intrusion detection and prevention capabilities from Cisco Systems ® provide the accuracy and performance required to help maintain network availability by proactively protecting resources and mitigating risk (Figure 2).

Figure 1. Increase in Network Incidents via Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

Figure 2. Protecting Your Business

The Cisco IDS is the dynamic security component of Cisco’s end-to-end security product line and a critical component of the SAFE blueprint. The IDS product line is designed to support a broad range of deployments, from small businesses to very large enterprise environments.

CISCO PIX 500 SERIES SECURITY APPLIANCES

The market-leading Cisco PIX Security Appliance Series delivers robust user and application policy enforcement, mutlivector attack protection, and secure connectivity services in cost-effective, easy-to-deploy solutions. These purpose-built appliances provide multiple integrated security and networking services, including:

  • Advanced application-aware firewall services
  • Market-leading voice over IP (VoIP) and multimedia security
  • Robust site-to-site and remote-access IPSec VPN connectivity
  • Award-winning resiliency
  • Intelligent networking services
  • Flexible management solutions

Ranging from compact, plug-and-play desktop appliances for small and home offices to modular gigabit appliances with superior investment protection for enterprise and service-provider environments, Cisco PIX Security Appliances provide comprehensive security, performance, and reliability for network environments of all sizes.

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