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C H A P T E R 5
VPN and Security Products
VPN and Security Products at a Glance
Product | Features | Page |
Cisco PIX Security Appliance
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• Robust stateful inspection firewalling with application awareness
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• Intrusion protection with for
• Enhanced routing and network integration
• Extensive support for multimedia and VoIP applications
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Firewall Blade for | Firewall Module is a high performance integrated stateful firewall solution for Catalyst 6500 family | |
Catalyst 6500 | of switches with performance exceeding 5GB. It is based on proven PIX technology while |
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| providing the following benefits to the customers |
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| • Investment protection |
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| • Low cost of ownership |
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| • Ease of use |
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| • Operational Consistency |
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| • Scalability |
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| See the Catalyst 6500 Series Switch in Chapter 2: LAN Switching, page |
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Cisco VPN 3000 Family | Remote access Virtual Private Network platform | |
| • Has models for all size companies, from small to large enterprise organizations |
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| • Reduces communications expenditures |
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| • Enables users to easily add capacity and throughput |
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Cisco IDS Network
Sensornetwork:
•Capable of directing and forwarding alarms between local, regional, and
•Scalable architecture to allow the deployment of large numbers of sensors in order to provide comprehensive security coverage in large networks
•Tight integration into the network through the delivery of the IDS Network Module for the Cisco Access Routers and the IDSM2 for the Catalyst 6500 switches
•CTR (Cisco Threat Response) delivers adaptive scan techniques to minimize false alarms
•Broad range of management options
Cisco Security Agent | The Cisco Security Agent provides threat protection for desktop and server computing systems |
| by identifying and preventing malicious activity. By acting on threats or attacks before they can |
| occur, Cisco Security Agent removes known and unknown security risks to enterprise networks |
| and applications: |
| • The Cisco Security Agent aggregates and extends multiple endpoint security functions by |
| providing host intrusion prevention, distributed firewall, malicious mobile code protection, |
| operating system integrity assurance, and audit log consolidation all within a single agent |
| package |
| • Protects against know and unknown attacks on both servers and desktops |
Cisco Secure Access | A centralized identity networking solution that simplifies |
Control Server (ACS) for Cisco devices and | |
Windows and Cisco | Identity Based Networking Services (IBNS) architecture, it extends access security by combining |
authentication, user and administrator access, and policy control from a centralized identity | |
Secure Access Control | networking framework. This allows greater flexibility and mobility, increased security, and user |
Solution Engine | productivity gains. It helps ensure enforcement of assigned policies by allowing network |
| administrators to control: Who can log in to the network, Privileges each user has in the network, |
| and Security audit or account billing information that is recorded |
SECURITY | CHAPTER 5 |
PRODUCTS | VPN AND |
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