Cisco has designed ASA 5500-X Series Security Appliances for small to medium sized businesses. These security appliances combine VPN, firewall, email, web security capabilities and optional intrusion prevention system (IPS). Cisco security devices protect your business from unauthorized access and internet threats while allowing your employees to securely access data.
Email and web security capabilities are optional features that provide an additional layer of security. Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Security Appliances are provided with a cloud-based service named Cisco ProtectLink Gateway that provides automatically updated, strong email and web security to help block viruses, spam, phishing, spyware, and inappropriate web browsing.
The optional VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) service functions as a second level of authentication before granting remote network access to prevent worms, hackers, and provide protocol inspection and the ability to block peer-to-peer traffic and instant messaging.
Affordable and protective Small Business Secure Service gives you peace of mind in knowing that your business solution is delivering the highest level of performance and reliability to keep your business processes running smoothly.
Robust Multilayered Threat Protection
Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Next-Generation Security Appliances help you to increase security effectiveness with balanced productivity. This security solution combines the industry’s most deployed firewall with a wide range of next-generation network security services, including:
- Robust web security onsite or in the cloud
- Granular visibility and control
- Comprehensive protection from threats and malware
- Intrusion prevention system (IPS) to protect against known threats
- ASA firewall with highly secure Cisco AnyConnect remote access
Proven, Enterprise-Class Platform
These Next-Generation Firewalls are powered with Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software, with enterprise-class stateful inspection capabilities. Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) software can be configured with the following capabilities:
- High availability for high-resiliency applications
- Up to 640 Gbps of throughput by clustering up to 16 ASA 5585-X appliances
- Integration with other essential network security technologies
- Enhanced user ID awareness from Cisco TrustSec security group tags
- Robust next-generation security with Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services
Check out comparison of 4 security devices from Cisco:
| Model / Features |
ASA 5505 |
ASA 5508-X |
ASA 5516-X |
ASA 5525-X |
| VLANs |
3 |
50 |
100 |
200 |
| Cisco Cloud Web Security Users |
25 |
565 |
2,000 |
4,000 |
| Packets per second |
85,000 |
694,000 |
750,000 |
700,000 |
| Integrated I/O |
8-port FE |
8 x 1 GE |
8 x 1 GE |
8-port 10/100/1000 |
| Stateful inspection throughput |
150 Mbps |
1 Gbps |
1.8 Gbps |
2 Gbps |
| Max. AVC throughput |
– |
450 Mbps |
850 Mbps |
1,100 Mbps |
| Max AVC and NGIPS throughput |
– |
250 Mbps |
600 Mbps |
650 Mbps |
| Maximum concurrent sessions |
10,000 |
100,000 |
250,000 |
500,000 |
| Max new connections/second |
5,000 |
10,000 |
20,000 |
20,000 |
| Power |
AC/DC |
AC only |
AC only |
AC/DC |
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