Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

SecurityWeekSecurityWeek

Cloud Security

Cisco Targets Virtualized Data Centers With New Security Offerings

Networking giant Cisco Systems today introduced a set of security solutions designed to protect data centers that are shifting to virtualized environments.

Networking giant Cisco Systems today introduced a set of security solutions designed to protect data centers that are shifting to virtualized environments.

Cisco Data Center Security SolutionsCisco said the newly announced solutions would help security teams to keep pace with the demands of changing high-performance virtual and cloud environments, as well as the demands of increased complexity, compliance, and employees bringing their own devices to work.

The new offerings include a new operating system for Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) line. The new ASA 9.0 Platform enables high performance, scaling, to the tune of 320 Gbps of firewall and 60 Gbps IPS throughput, and 1 million connections per second and 50 million concurrent connections, the company said.

Features include context-awareness for visibility and control, support for TrustSec security group tags and identity-based firewall capabilities, and multitenant cloud support. Additionally, the ASA software update provides secure remote access capabilities by supporting IPv6 connections with minimal performance impact and Next Generation Encryption capabilities.

On the hardware side, Cisco launched the Cisco ASA 1000V, a firewall built specifically for multi-tenant virtual and cloud environments. According to the company, a single ASA 1000V instance can protect many workloads with different security policies across multiple ESX hosts, helping to reduce deployment complexity and improve scalability in heterogeneous environments.

Cisco IPS 4500 SeriesThe company also announced the Cisco IPS 4500 Series, a new intrusion prevention system (IPS) purpose-built built for data centers that, according to Cisco, delivers 10 gigabits per second (Gbps) per rack unit.

Rounding out the infrastructure announcements is the release of Cisco Security Manager 4.3, a solution that provides scalable, centralized management, enabling security administrators to manage a wide range of Cisco security devices, gain visibility across the network deployment, and share information with other network services like compliance systems and advanced security analysis systems.

On the client side, Cisco AnyConnect 3.1, the latest version of the company’s widely deployed VPN client software was released. The new version offers differentiated device access to help enable BYOD deployments, IPv6 capability and latest Next Generation Encryption, including NSA’s Suite B Cryptography.

“For enterprises to confidently seize the business benefits offered by data center virtualization and the cloud, security must be seen as the art of the possible, not as a hindrance,” said Christopher Young, senior vice president and general manager of Security and Government Group, Cisco. “As with the rest of your network, we make consistent security a deployment decision that enables policies to work throughout hybrid environments — physical, virtual and cloud — and enables data center professionals to deliver IT as a service with a high degree of security without impeding network performance.”

Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.
Written By

For more than 15 years, Mike Lennon has been closely monitoring the threat landscape and analyzing trends in the National Security and enterprise cybersecurity space. In his role at SecurityWeek, he oversees the editorial direction of the publication and is the Director of several leading security industry conferences around the world.

Click to comment

Trending

Daily Briefing Newsletter

Subscribe to the SecurityWeek Email Briefing to stay informed on the latest threats, trends, and technology, along with insightful columns from industry experts.

Join the session as we discuss the challenges and best practices for cybersecurity leaders managing cloud identities.

Register

SecurityWeek’s Ransomware Resilience and Recovery Summit helps businesses to plan, prepare, and recover from a ransomware incident.

Register

Expert Insights

Related Content

Application Security

Cycode, a startup that provides solutions for protecting software source code, emerged from stealth mode on Tuesday with $4.6 million in seed funding.

Identity & Access

Zero trust is not a replacement for identity and access management (IAM), but is the extension of IAM principles from people to everyone and...

CISO Conversations

SecurityWeek talks to Billy Spears, CISO at Teradata (a multi-cloud analytics provider), and Lea Kissner, CISO at cloud security firm Lacework.

Cloud Security

Cloud security researcher warns that stolen Microsoft signing key was more powerful and not limited to Outlook.com and Exchange Online.

CISO Strategy

Okta is blaming the recent hack of its support system on an employee who logged into a personal Google account on a company-managed laptop.

Malware & Threats

The NSA and FBI warn that a Chinese state-sponsored APT called BlackTech is hacking into network edge devices and using firmware implants to silently...

Cybersecurity Funding

Network security provider Corsa Security last week announced that it has raised $10 million from Roadmap Capital. To date, the company has raised $50...

Network Security

Attack surface management is nothing short of a complete methodology for providing effective cybersecurity. It doesn’t seek to protect everything, but concentrates on areas...