Cisco Firewall

Gain advanced threat protection at scale without compromising performance across data center, cloud, campus, and IoT environments, with unified management across firewalls.

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Overview

Meet the agentic workforce for firewall

Learn how AI agents help security teams gather evidence, connect context, recommend next steps, and keep every action governed and auditable.

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How USGA increased business resilience by switching to Cisco Firewall

Learn how the USGA uses Cisco Firewall to protect critical applications, keep fans safe on the network, and ensure seamless access during golf's biggest moments.

Superior threat visibility and control

Powered by Talos Threat Intelligence

Talos analyzes 900 billion security events every day using machine-learning engines and distills them into threat protection services for Cisco Firewall to defend against advanced attacks.

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Zero-day protection with SnortML

Talos discloses and protects against more than 200 zero-day vulnerabilities every year. Training on this data, the SnortML detection engine automatically blocks patterns associated with zero-day attacks.

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See threats in encrypted traffic

Our unique Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) blocks threats in encrypted traffic without decrypting, leveraging global Talos data from 193 countries and regions.

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Cisco Firewall sets new standard

Cisco is a Leader in IDC MarketScape for Enterprise Hybrid Firewall

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Forrester names Cisco a Leader in the 2024 Enterprise Firewall Solutions Wave

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NetSecOPEN finds Cisco firewalls are 30% faster than competitors

NetSecOPEN testing showed that Cisco Firewall remained 30% faster than competitor firewalls while achieving a 100% block rate.

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Integrated into Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall

Simplify firewall administration

Gain real-time visibility, streamlined workflows, and enhanced security with centralized control and AI-driven insights across Cisco security solutions with Cisco Security in Cloud Control.

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Protect your applications wherever they live

Take advantage of the highly distributed security fabric with unified management that is optimized for zero-trust segmentation and application protection in data center, cloud, campus, and IoT environments.

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Decide which Cisco firewall is right for you

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Find your firewall

Match your use case to the ideal firewall for your business.

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Cloud and virtual
Data center

6100 Series

This ultra-high-end series protects AI-ready data centers with exceptional firewall performance density, line-rate advanced threat protection, and modular scalability.

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Firewall for Public Cloud

Simplify network security for complex multicloud environments with multidirectional protection and automation in a single software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution.

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Cisco Secure Access

This cloud-delivered security service edge (SSE) solution, grounded in zero trust, gives users an exceptional user experience and protected access from any device to anywhere.

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Cisco Secure Firewall 1200 Series

Gain advanced security for distributed enterprise branches in a compact, high-performing form factor.

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Cisco Firewall for Private Cloud

Reduce complexity and bring consistency to your physical, cloud, and hyperconverged environments.

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Firewall for Container

Get powerful stateful L3/L4 firewalling that can be configured to protect your network, your user access through the VPN, and the way your containers access the rest of your network.

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Data center

Achieve powerful threat defense and control access, and enable visibility using a built-in crypto accelerator.

4200 Series

Get faster threat detection with deeper visibility and the agility to protect large enterprise data center and campus networks.

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3100 Series

Achieve the flexibility to grow in the future with firewalls enhanced for medium-size enterprises.

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1200 Series

Gain advanced security for distributed enterprise branches in a compact, high-performing form factor.

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1000 Series

A world-class firewall solution that is easy to manage, detects more threats, but costs less.

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200 Series

A new family of advanced firewalls extends Cisco's Hybrid Mesh Firewall to branch edges—combining AI-powered inspection and integrated SD-WAN connectivity into a compact form factor.

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Cisco Secure Firewall ISA3000

Prevent threats with a ruggedized firewall for manufacturing, industrial, and operational technology environments.

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Integrated Cisco SD-WAN

Embrace the power of a solution that combines SD-WAN capabilities with advanced firewalling, threat protection, encrypted traffic inspection, and zero-trust security across distributed branches.

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Cisco Firewall integrations

Splunk

Reveal more critical security insights and accelerate threat response. Cisco Firewall Threat Defense customers who subscribe to Splunk can ingest extra log data at no additional licensing cost (terms apply).

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Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)

Share the identity context of users and devices, including IoT/OT, natively, with Cisco's Hybrid Mesh Firewall solution for granular segmentation in the hybrid data center.

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Cisco Secure Workload

Gain visibility and security for applications across hybrid environments with or without agents. Auto-discover, validate, and enforce the right policies at the right enforcement points.

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Cisco XDR

Go from endless investigation to remediating the highest-priority incidents with AI-enhanced speed, efficiency, and decisiveness.

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Cisco Secure DDoS Protection

Defend against attacks that flood your network with traffic, impacting access to apps and business-critical services.

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Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)

Enhance application security and resilience for today's digital enterprise with WAAP and bot protection.

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