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Take a holistic, system-based approach to data center security with Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Security Solutions. These solutions provide a common policy-based operational model across ACI-ready networks. As a result, you can reduce cost and complexity without compromising data center functionality.
ACI Security Solutions can be managed as a pool of resources, allowing administrators to intelligently stitch them to applications and transactions using the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC). ACI Security Solutions scale on demand, has programmable automation, and provides transparent policy-based security for both physical and virtual environments.
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Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Security Solutions allow organizations to take full advantage of the power, flexibility, and performance of their new ACI data center environments without compromising functionality or security.
For organizations implementing ACI fabric architecture, the updated ASA 5585-X and Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) solutions can be fully integrated into the ACI fabric. This approach removes the limitations of traditional network-oriented security solutions in complex, dynamic data center environments.
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Agile Provisioning
ASA security can be deployed as a service for any transaction -- completely independent of the underlying physical or virtual topology.
Elastic Scalability
The Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv) allows security to be distributed across the entire application environment, and can dynamically scale as business demands change.
Service Virtualization
With the ASAv, you can transparently integrate security into the data center fabric so it can be selected and deployed as a virtual service.
Unified Configuration and Visibility
Cisco APIC provides a single point of control for both network and security services, including security provisioning, flow policy control, and unified monitoring.
Simplified Policy Set
ACI service elements can be contextually programmed to only include those security rules that are relevant to a specific transaction, creating a truly distributed and simplified policy set.
Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure Security Solutions integrate next-generation ASA physical and virtual firewall technologies directly into the Application Centric Infrastructure (ACI) network. Cisco ACI Security Solutions can be fully managed using the Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC).
Cisco ACI Security Solutions consists of the following products:
- Cisco ASA 5585-X Series Next-Generation Security Appliance: Updated and certified to interoperate with the new Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches and Cisco Application Virtual Switch (AVS), whether they are deployed in traditional or ACI modes.
- Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv): Full-functioning ASA appliance that operates with multiple hypervisors and virtual switches.
- Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC)