Cisco Security Modules for Security Appliances

Viruses and other malicious code can overwhelm your IT resources disrupting business operations and impacting business transactions. The onslaught of spyware and unwanted Internet content can seriously impact employee productivity and expose individuals to identity theft. Providing comprehensive malware protection and content control, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Content Security Edition allows enterprises to make full use of the Internet without the risk and costs associated with infections and threats impacting client systems. Combining enterprise-grade firewall and high-quality malware protection, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Content Security Edition delivers a powerful all-in-one solution that provides strong protection and control for business network communications, stops network threats including viruses, worms, spyware, spam and phishing, and controls unwanted mail and Web content while reducing the operational costs and complexity of deploying and managing multiple point solutions.

Challenge

Solution

• Most trusted and deployed firewall technology-Building on the market-proven capabilities of the Cisco PIX® Family of security appliances, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series allows valid business traffic to flow, while keeping out unwelcome visitors. And with its application control capabilities, the solution can limit peer-to-peer, instant messaging and malicious traffic, which can lead to security leaks, and the introduction of threats to the network.

• Market-leading content security capabilities-In the Cisco ASA 5500 Series, award-winning gateway security technology from Trend Micro is integrated with Cisco threat prevention capabilities, providing a comprehensive malware protection solution against spyware, viruses, spam, and inappropriate content with integrated URL and content filtering.

– Antivirus and anti-spyware-Using Trend Micro's award-winning antivirus and anti-spyware technology, Cisco ASA 5500 Series appliances can prevent virtually all known malicious code from crossing the Internet edge. This helps prevent the disruption of business-critical applications and services, and reduces the costly process of cleaning up after an infection.

– URL and content filtering, anti-phishing-Integrated URL filtering, content filtering, and anti-phishing technology helps protect the business as well as individual employees from the theft of confidential information, and helps reduce potential legal liabilities. It can also help businesses comply with regulations such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) and the Data Protection Act.

– Anti-spam-Integrated anti-spam technology removes most unsolicited e-mail before it hits the mail server, increasing employee productivity and preventing wastage of network bandwidth and storage.

• Threat-protected VPN-Building upon the market-proven VPN capabilities of the Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Content Security Edition provides secure site-to-site and remote-user access to corporate networks and services. This solution offers businesses maximum flexibility for secure connectivity by combining support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IP Security (IPSec) VPN capabilities into a single, best-in-class solution. Using the services offered by the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Content Security Edition, businesses can enforce identity-based security and networking policies, as well as prevent malware and many other forms of attack, while extending their network securely to employees, contractors, and business partners.

• Easy deployment and management-The centralized management and monitoring suite enables large-scale deployment and operation of the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Content Security Edition with minimal staff and operational expenses. Cisco provides a complete solution covering management and monitoring. Also included with the solution is the Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM), which provides a powerful, yet easy-to-use browser-based management and monitoring interface for an individual device.

Business Benefits

• Business Continuity-Prevents disruptions of business critical applications and services due to malware infections and security breaches

• Damage Cleanup-Reduces the costly process of cleaning up after an infection. Free up IT support resources from the costly process of cleaning up spyware, viruses, and other malware

• Employee Productivity-Increases employee productivity due to reduction of spam, spyware, and related distractions

• Network Resources-Prevents wastage of network bandwidth and storage by removing non-business relevant traffic and content.

Figure 1. Solution Architecture

Primary Components

Cisco ASA 5500 Series Content Security Edition

Management

Monitoring

Complementary Solutions

Figure 2. Complementary Solutions

Recommended Solutions

Table 1. Recommended Cisco ASA 5500 Series Content Security Edition Bundles and Options

Table 2. Cisco ASA 5500 Series Orderable Components

• Cisco ASA 5500 Series: http://www.cisco.com/go/asa

• Cisco Adaptive Security Device Manager: http://www.cisco.com/go/asdm

• Cisco product certifications: http://www.cisco.com/go/securitycert

• Cisco technical support: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/svcs/ps3034/serv_category_home.html

• Cisco Advanced Services: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/products/svcs/ps2961/serv_category_home.html

Note: The Cisco ASA 5500 Series CSC-SSM includes embedded software and support from Trend Micro. Point of sale and registration data will be provided to both Cisco and Trend Micro.