Besides, talking about the benefits and features attached with Cisco ASA 5500 Series IPS Solution, first it is important to discuss about the set of clients that it serve with its broad spectrum of multi-facet technological upgrade -:
1) Clients needing to meet agreeable mandates, IPv6, including HIPPA, PCI and FFIEC
2) Extant clients willing to enhance their security utilizing intrusion prevention
3) Extant Cisco PIX® clients moving to Cisco ASA 5500 Series
4) Clients that are in need for a reliable scaled up security solution
5) Clients obliging strong security insurance without performance or security accords
6) Clients expecting to secure their remote or unified network for communication for both present and future needs.
7) Clients who prefer and trust only Cisco products for keeping their businesses up and growing.
Confirming to IT solution provider Miami, following are the benefits and key features associated with Cisco ASA 5500 Series IPS Solution. Also most of them even work for other Cisco IPS models (ISP 4500, ISP 4300, etc) as well-:
1) Extended performance -: In order to provide maximum performance, IPS proficiencies are often hardware accelerated that don’t hinder with the firewall or VPN throughput.
2) Complete IPS security -: As reported, ASA 5500 offer complete IPS security with same software to prevent intrusion found in ISP 4500 and ISP 4300.
3) Correlation on global front -: The chief role of IPS and Cisco IPS Sensor Software 7.0 provided with Global Correlation is to offer updates on real time threats past the border, enabling the system sensors to detect the potential threats all in all that too early and accurately and finally protecting the precious assets from the attacks as well. In order to offer their clients the maximized security, correlation on global front make sure that the security definitions are updated every 15 minutes, to ensure the most current protection is there for your system as a whole.
4) Protection against day-zero attacks -: Cisco products are quite intelligent and thus they effectively learn the normal behavior of the system and alarm user even if there is slightest of diversion from the same. Consequently, keeping your network secure at all times.
5) Wireless and unified communication protection -: Cisco ASA 5500 Series IPS Solution supports both Wireless and unified communication protection fairly well with special effort on protection with regard to intruders and maximized uptime for critical voice system.
6) IPS policy provisioning by Cisco -: The Cisco IPS policy provisioning is based on Risk rating, which ensure that you allocate IPS policies dependent upon risk, rather than turning distinct signatures.
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