Feature

Benefits

Next-generation firewall

Industry’s first threat-focused NGFW; provides ASA firewall functionality, advanced threat protection, and advanced breach detection and remediation combined in a single device

Proven ASA firewall

Rich routing, stateful firewall, Network Address Translation, and dynamic clustering for high-performance, highly secure, and reliable access with Cisco AnyConnect® VPN

Market-leading NGIPS

Superior threat prevention and mitigation for both known and unknown threats

Advanced malware protection

Detection, blocking, tracking, analysis, and remediation to protect the enterprise against targeted and persistent malware attacks

Full contextual awareness

Policy enforcement based on complete visibility of users, mobile devices, client-side applications, communication between virtual machines, vulnerabilities, threats, and URLs

Application control and URL filtering

Application-layer control (over applications, geolocations, users, websites) and ability to enforce usage and tailor detection policies based on custom applications and URLs

Enterprise-class management

Dashboards and drill-down reports of discovered hosts, applications, threats, and indications of compromise for comprehensive visibility

Streamlined operations automation

Lower operating cost and administrative complexity with threat correlation, impact assessment, automated security policy tuning, and user identification

Purpose-built, scalable

Highly scalable security appliance architecture that performs at up to multigigabit speeds; consistent and robust security across small office, branch offices, Internet edge, and data centers in either physical and virtual environments

On-device management

Simplifies advanced threat defense management for small and medium sized business with small scale deployments

Remote Access VPN

Extends secure corporate network access beyond corporate laptops to personal mobile devices, regardless of physical location; support for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution, with granular, application-level VPN capability, as well as native Apple iOS and Android VPN clients

Site-to-site VPN

Protect traffic, including VoIP and client-server application data, across the distributed enterprise and branch offices

Integrated wireless access

Integrated Wi-Fi is available in the desktop form factor (ASA 5506W-X) for compact and simplified small office deployments

Ruggedized form factor

A ruggedized model (ASA 5506H-X), designed specifically for extreme environmental conditions, is available for critical infrastructure and control network applications

Third-party technology ecosystem

Open API that enables the third-party technology ecosystem to integrate with existing customer work streams

Integration with Snort and OpenAppID

Open source security integration with Snort and OpenAppID for access to community resources and ability to easily customize security to address new and specific threats and applications quickly

Collective Security intelligence (CSI)

Unmatched security and web reputation intelligence provides real-time threat intelligence and security protection