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Cisco Extends PIX Family Of
Integrated Security Appliances
Cisco Systems, Inc. announced enhancements to the Cisco PIX Family of
security appliances that extend the value of customer's security
infrastructure investments. Additions to the family include new performance
levels for broadband environments, midrange models, cost-effective high-
availability solutions and broad government and industry certification.
These additions demonstrate Cisco's commitment to companies of all sizes to
deliver high-performance and scalable security solutions that protect and
enhance business productivity. Elements of today's announcement address the
following customer requirements:
Small-Office/Remote-Office Solutions: Enhancements to the Cisco PIX 501 and
PIX 506E offer customers using Cisco PIX Operating System (OS) Software
version 6.3 an up to five to six times boost in firewall performance, and up
to two times increase in virtual private network (VPN) security performance
for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) VPN environments. Through these
performance gains, customers will benefit from enhanced security and improved
productivity.
The new Cisco PIX 501-Unlimited model now enables unlimited user
connections,
providing customers with enhanced scalability and lowered total cost of
ownership. Both the PIX 501 and PIX 506E cost-effectively deliver integrated
security of converged data, voice, and video deployments in a single, easy-to-
install and easy-to-manage solution ideally suited for teleworker and small-
business environments.
Midrange Solutions: Cisco PIX 515E and PIX 525 integrated security
appliances
are ideally suited for customers needing modular, high-performance, resilient
security. The new PIX 515E-6FE offers integrated six ports of Fast Ethernet
along with 190 Mbps firewall and 140 Mbps VPN for enhanced protection of
multiple De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) and server environments requiring physical
network separation. The new PIX 525-2GE delivers integrated dual Gigabit
Ethernet and dual Fast Ethernet ports in a cost-effective, turnkey solution
enabling more flexible deployment options in high-throughput environments. The
Cisco PIX 515E and PIX 525 security appliances directly address growing
customer demand for cost-effective, high-availability security solutions that
simultaneously meet certain reliability requirements with offerings starting
at less than $10,000 for a complete, two-system redundant solution. These
solutions significantly boost productivity and reduce operational costs for
small and midsized businesses and enterprises.
High-Capacity Solutions: The Cisco PIX 535 and Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series
security solutions now deliver among the industry's highest-performance
security services, and raise the price/performance ratio for highly modular,
multiple-gigabit protection in high-bandwidth environments. The Cisco PIX 535
solution offers 1.7 Gbps firewall throughput and 440 Mbps of advanced Triple
Data Encryption Standard (3DES) and AES protection with high-available
solutions for less than $50,000. The Cisco Catalyst 6503 and Catalyst 6506
security systems provide the most demanding network environments with 5 to 20
Gbps of highly extensible, scalable firewall protection with IP Security
(IPSec) VPN, intrusion detection system (IDS), and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
upgrade options.
The Cisco Catalyst security systems also offer the highest-density LAN/WAN
integration in a security solution. Customers can choose from high-density
Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet modules (up to 16 and 48 ports per slot,
respectively), 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports and WAN options from T1/E1 through
OC-3, providing a highly adaptable solution for any network environment.
Cisco also announced today highly prestigious certification support across
the
entire PIX Family of security appliances. Certifications earned include the
Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level 4 (EAL4) certification, and both
ICSA Labs firewall and IPSec certifications. These certifications provide
customers with independent and objective validation that a company's product
meets certain levels of quality and reliability, and are among the industry's
most respected and stringent criteria for certification. Providing customers
broad certification support across the Cisco PIX family within a common
operating system increases operational efficiencies and lowers support and
management costs.
The Cisco PIX Family delivers a multilayered defense through rich,
integrated
network security services including stateful inspection firewalling, protocol
and application inspection, VPN, in-line intrusion protection and rich
multimedia and voice security in a single device.
"Cisco's latest PIX enhancements improve its competitive position in
enterprise security markets of all sizes." said Joel Conover, principal
analyst, Current Analysis. Cisco's product enhancements knock down performance
barriers and lower the total cost of network security for Cisco customers.
Cisco leads the pack with its extensive protocol support and broad array of
integrated security features for advanced protection of business applications
and services."
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