Unified Threat Defence

Unified threat defense

Unified Threat Defense (UTD) is Cisco's premier network security solution which provides a comprehensive suite of security features, such as:

  • Enterprise Firewall

  • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)/Intrusion Detection System (IDS)

  • Advanced Malware Protection

  • URL Filtering, and

  • DNS Security

Unified threat defense restrictions

These product-specific restrictions apply.

  • UTD container requires a minimum space of 1.8 GB.

  • UTD is supported in both autonomous mode and controller mode, but in autonomous mode, only IPS/IDS features are supported.

  • The UTD configuration supports the Cloud-Low profile only.

  • On-Box Web-Filtering database is not supported.

  • TLS decryption is not supported.

License requirements for UTD features

To enable UTD features, these licensing requirements apply:

  • To enable UTD features in SD-Router (autonomous mode), you must have both a DNA Essentials license and a Network Essentials license.

  • To use Cisco Secure Malware Analytics, you must have both a DNA Advantage license and a Network Advantage license.