Cisco IPS 4300 Series Sensors

Powerful Protection in a Small Form Factor

Cisco IPS 4300 Series Sensors deliver over 1 Gbps of enterprise-class intrusion prevention protection in an easy-to-use and deploy one rack-unit (1 RU) form factor. With hardware-accelerated threat inspection, the industry's first context-aware IPS provides accuracy, confidence, and reliability in an economical package.

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Features and Capabilities

The context aware Cisco IPS 4300 Series Sensors gain the following advantages from the Cisco SecureX framework and Cisco Security Intelligence Operations:

Detailed attack information delivered using signature updates twice a week
Attacker visibility updated every 15 minutes through Global Correlation reputation feeds
Victim information using OS fingerprinting and internal reputation

Top-line effectiveness and bottom-line total cost of ownership (TCO) are outstanding strengths of the 4300 Series. Others include:

Rapid and scalable deployment through dynamic, default-driven policy management and setup
Hardware-accelerated intrusion prevention in a one-rack-unit form factor, for high throughput in a small footprin
Efficient and common management across the entire IPS product line with IPS Manager Express or Cisco Security Manager
Support for innovative protection, such as advanced evasion detection and industrial controls security

Specifications at a Glance

Model	Cisco IPS 4345 Sensor	Cisco IPS 4360 Sensor
Average Inspection Throughput	750 Mbps	1.25 Gbps
Maximum Inspection Throughput	1.8 Gbps	2.4 Gbps
Latency (microseconds)	<150 microseconds	<150 microseconds
1 GE density	14*	14*
Redundant power supplies	No	Yes
Hardware Accelerated	Yes	Yes
IDS and IPS modes	Yes	Yes
Management tool	Cisco Security Manager, Cisco IPS Device Manager, Cisco IPS Manager Express, CLI