Firewall Features

Support for Layer 3 and Layer 4 stateful firewall inspection features, including access control and network address translation, enables organizations to keep existing stateful inspection policies that are essential for compliance regulations and securing critical data center resources.

In addition to comprehensive stateful inspection capabilities, Layer 7 next-generation policies act intelligently on contextual information. CISCO AnyConnect® technology provides information on the type and location, and endpoint posture of a mobile device before it accesses the network, so that administrators can maintain high levels of network visibility, protection and control. Threat intelligence feeds from CISCO Collective Security Intelligence (CSI) use the global footprint of CISCO security deployments to analyze approximately one-third of the world’s Internet traffic for near-real-time protection from new and emerging threats.

Flexible Deployment Options

The CISCO ASA 5585-X supports two hardware blades in a single 2RU chassis. The bottom slot (slot 0) hosts the ASA stateful inspection firewall module, while the top slot (slot 1) can be used for adding up to two CISCO ASA 5585-X I/O modules for high interface density for mission-critical data centers that require exceptional flexibility and security.