Product Details
The Cisco ASA 5500 Series VPN Edition enables organizations to gain the connectivity and cost benefits of Internet transport without compromising the integrity of corporate security policies. By converging IP Security (IPSec) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN (Cisco WebVPN) services with comprehensive threat defense technologies, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series delivers highly customizable network access tailored to meet the requirements of diverse deployment environments while providing a fully secured VPN with complete endpoint and network-level security. The Cisco ASA 5500 Series VPN Edition enables organizations to gain the connectivity and cost benefits of Internet transport without compromising the integrity of corporate security policies. By converging IP Security (IPSec) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN (Cisco WebVPN) services with comprehensive threat defense technologies, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series delivers highly customizable network access tailored to meet the requirements of diverse deployment environments while providing a fully secured VPN with complete endpoint and network-level security.
The Cisco ASA 5500 Series VPN Edition offers flexible VPN technologies for any connectivity scenario with scalability up to 5000 concurrent users. Providing easy-to-manage full-tunnel network access through both SSL VPN and IPSec VPN client technologies, advanced clientless SSL VPN capabilities, and network-aware site-to-site VPN connectivity, the VPN Edition enables businesses to create secure connections across public networks to mobile users, remote sites, contractors, and business partners. Furthermore, the VPN Edition reduces costs associated with VPN deployment and operations by eliminating ancillary equipment required to scale and secure the VPN deployment. The Cisco ASA 5500 Series VPN Edition provides complete security for VPN deployments through its integrated network and endpoint security technologies. Additionally, detailed application and access control policy can be applied to VPN traffic, so individuals and groups of users have access to the applications, network services, and resources to which they are entitled. With the converged threat mitigation capabilities of the Cisco ASA 5500 Series, customers can detect malware and stop it before it enters the network interior and spreads. For application-embedded attacks, such as spyware or adware spread via file-sharing peer-to-peer networks, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series deeply examines application traffic to identify dangerous payload and drop its contents before it reaches its target and causes damage. Whether users are accessing the network from a corporate-managed PC, personal machine, or public terminal, the Cisco Secure Desktop helps ensure complete data protection before, during, and after the SSL session.
