Cisco ASA 5500 Series

The Cisco® ASA 5500 Series Business Edition is an enterprise-strength comprehensive security solution that combines market-leading firewall, VPN, and optional anti-X capabilities, so you can feel confident your business is protected. This easy-to-use solution lets you control access to network resources to protect business data and maximize network uptime. Employee productivity is increased by controlling file sharing, instant messaging, spam, phishing, and other emerging threats. IT resources are freed from virus eradication and system cleanup activities. New business applications can be safely deployed without opening up security holes. Mobile employees and business partners can securely connect to your network over the Internet using IP Security (IPsec) or Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) VPN services. With a Cisco ASA 5500 Series solution protecting your network, you can focus on growing your business, without worrying about the latest security threats.

CHALLENGE
The Internet has become a critical business tool for organizations of all sizes. It enables new opportunities for growth of the business. It provides connectivity with partners and remote workers via VPN connections. But it is also a conduit for threats to enter a company's network. And these threats can have a significant impact on the business:

• Unauthorized access: Can lead to loss of company data, unplanned downtime, and related liability concerns

• Peer-to-peer file sharing and instant messaging: Distracts employees and reduces productivity

• Viruses: Can infect systems, bringing them down and resulting in outages and lost revenue

• Spam and phishing: Creates a nuisance and contributes to loss of employee productivity

• Browsing of non-work-related Websites: Leads to loss of employee productivity and possible company liability issues

• Infected VPN traffic: Creates a vector for threats to enter the network and disrupt the business

SOLUTION
The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Business Edition provides small and medium-sized companies with comprehensive gateway security and VPN connectivity. With its combined firewall and anti-X capabilities, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series stops threats at the gateway before they enter the network and affect business operations. These same services are extended to remote-access users providing a threat-protected VPN connection.
 
BUSINESS BENEFITS
The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Business Edition provides the security and connectivity that helps you:

• Support evolving business needs-Safely deploy new applications by providing advanced application-layer security services for a wide range of popular applications, including Web-based applications, e-mail, voice over IP (VoIP), video, and multimedia applications.

• Control access to business resources-Prevent unauthorized access to applications or information assets by providing identity-based access control services that can tie into services like Microsoft Active Directory, Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), or RSA SecurID.

• Increase employee productivity-Prevent the loss of employee productivity by preventing spam, spyware, and inappropriate Web browsing.

• Improve business resiliency-Prevent disruption of business-critical applications and services due to security breaches by implementing the industry's most-deployed enterprise-grade firewall and anti-X security technology.

• Reduce cleanup costs-Free up IT support resources and reduce the costly process of cleaning up spyware, viruses, and other malware by preventing the infection from occurring.

• Enable safe remote access-Allow employees and partners to remotely access the network without the introduction of business-crippling threats by using the solution's unique, threat-protected VPN capabilities.

• Achieve operational efficiency-Reduce costs associated with deployment and ongoing management and monitoring of the security solution by using a single, easy-to-install, easy-to-use solution.

• Decrease liability-Reduce the company's exposure to liability related to compromised data or inadequate corporate controls by implementing comprehensive access control and threat protection services in a single device.

These benefits make the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Business Edition the right choice to address your security needs and enable your network and employees to deliver maximum value to your business.

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