- Market-proven security capabilities
- Extensible integrated services architecture
- Reduced deployment and operations costs
- Comprehensive management interfaces
The Cisco ASA 5500 series Adaptive Security Appliance delivers superior scalability, a broad span of technology and solutions, and effective, always-on security designed to meet the needs of a wide array of deployments. By integrating the world's proven firewall; a comprehensive, highly effective intrusion prevention system (IPS) with Cisco Global Correlation and guaranteed coverage; high-performance VPN and always-on remote access, the Cisco ASA 5500 series helps organizations provide secure, high performance connectivity and protects critical assets for maximum productivity.
Cisco ASA 5585-X Adaptive Security Appliance is tailored to meet the high performance needs of mission-critical data centers and provides peace of mind with Cisco guaranteed coverage. Supporting the high VPN session counts and twice as many connections per second as competitive firewalls in its class, Cisco ASA 5585-X appliance meets the growing needs of today's most dynamic organizations. The appliance combines the world's proven firewall with the industry's comprehensive, effective IPS, offering the effective security solution in the industry to significantly decrease business risk and address regulatory compliance-all in a compact 2-rack-unit footprint.
The entry-level Cisco ASA 5585-X with Security Services Processor-10 (SSP-10) delivers 3 Gbps of multi-protocol firewall performance.