Cisco offer a complete range of network products to manage the varied and changing threats to your business. We've summarised the options of interest to small and medium sized businesses below.

All-in-one firewalls : Cisco 500/800 series Integrated Security Routers

The Cisco 500 and 800 series routers combine many network features into a single stand-alone unit. These devices can provide routing, firewalls, data security and wireless networking. They are perfect for the smaller business with up to 40 employees - depending on internet requirements.

Flexible mid-range firewalls: Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) 5500 series

The Cisco ASA 5500 series are powerful mid-range firewalls with great fllexibility, security and reliability. These several models with increasing power and capabilities: 5505, 5510, 5520, 5585. The 5505 and 5510 should suffice for most small and medium sized businesses.

A typical business would require an ASA when they need to manage a large volume of internet users, protect valuable data and have options for failover. The ASA can also integrate additional modules to handle intrusion detection/prevention (IPS), content management and remote security monitoring.

Cisco ASA 500 datasheet

Cisco Security Service Modules

- Cisco IPS (Intrusion provention): Extends the ASA with Intelligent threat-management to protect your network from active threats like hacking, worms and malicious insider activity. Cisco AIP SSC (IPS) datasheet

- Cisco CSC (Content management):  Adds content managment protection to your ASA firewall. Cisco CSC SSM datasheet

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