At-A-Glance
Cisco IronPort Gateway Security Appliances
The Cisco® IronPort email security, web security and security
management product lines address issues faced by corporations
large and small − combining powerful performance with preventive
and reactive security measures that are easy to deploy and manage.
Cisco IronPort Email Security Appliances
Cisco IronPort Appliances Are Easily Integrated Into Your Existing Network
Email Security
EMAIL
INTERNET
IRONPORT
EMAIL SECURITY APPLIANCE
FIREWALL
• Multi-layer approach to stopping email-based threats
• For spam protection, email and web reputation filtering technology is combined
with industry-leading Cisco IronPort Anti-Spam
GROUPWARE
(EXCHANGE, NOTES, GROUPWISE)
CLIENTS
Web Security
• Cisco IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters are paired with fully-integrated traditional
anti-virus technology to enable the industry’s most powerful virus defense
• Cisco IronPort PXE encryption technology fulfills secure messaging,
compliance and regulatory requirements
Cisco IronPort Web Security Appliances
INTERNET
ROUTER
ROUTER
FIREWALL
• High-performance protection and defense against spyware and web-based threats
• URL, web reputation and malware filtering − all on a single appliance
INTEGRATED AUTHENTICATION
VIA LDAP & ACTIVE DIRECTORY
CLIENTS
IRONPORT S-SERIES
WEB SECURITY APPLIANCE
• The industry’s fastest web proxy, along with integrated caching and content
acceleration capabilities
• Unique outbound threat monitoring across all TCP ports
Security Management
• Layer 4 (L4) Traffic Monitor blocks spyware activity and stops malware attempts
to bypass Port 80
OUTER
“DMZ”
• Enforcement of acceptable use and security policies over HTTPs-decrypted data
INNER
“DMZ”
IRONPORT C-SERIES
GROUPWARE
Cisco IronPort Security Management Appliances
• Ensure top performance from IronPort email security appliances
INTERNET
IRONPORT C-SERIES
INTERNAL
USERS
• Provide a central platform for managing all reporting and auditing information
• Allow unprecedented visibility into all email traffic
• Enable flexible management and complete security control at the network gateway
• Increase deployment flexibility to protect corporate network integrity
IRONPORT C-SERIES
IRONPORT M-SERIES
SECURITY MANAGEMENT APPLIANCE
At-A-Glance
Cisco IronPort Gateway Security Appliances
What Are Cisco’s Key Gateway Security Technology Differentiators?
Cisco IronPort AsyncOS is a unique, high-performance software architecture, engineered
from the ground up to address concurrency-based communications bottlenecks and the
limitations of file-based queuing.
The Cisco SenderBase® Network is a powerful threat tracking database that captures
data from more than 100,000 organizations worldwide. SenderBase measures more than
30 percent of the world’s messaging traffic, receiving over 30 billion queries per day.
Over 100,000 organizations participate
in the SenderBase Network, enabling
this powerful email and web traffic
monitoring system.
What Sets Cisco Apart from Other Gateway Security Vendors?
Cisco has raised the bar with revolutionary anti-spam, anti-virus and anti-spyware
technology that protects the world’s most important networks. These unique systems
offer carrier-grade platforms, combined with powerful tools that enable simple
management of complex tasks. By providing security solutions deployed at the network
gateway, Cisco enables a perimeter defense so powerful that Internet threats of all
types never even make it to employees’ desktops.
Cisco IronPort Email and Web Reputation Filters utilize SenderBase data to perform
a real-time threat assessment – identifying suspicious email senders and evaluate URL
trustworthiness. Suspicious senders and URLs are rate limited or blocked, preventing
malicious traffic from entering the network.
Cisco IronPort Anti-Spam combines best-of-breed conventional techniques with
breakthrough context-sensitive detection technology, to eliminate the broadest range
of known and emerging email threats.
How Are Cisco IronPort Products Sold?
Cisco IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters detect new virus outbreaks in real time, then
quarantine suspicious messages – offering protection up to 42 hours before traditional
anti-virus solutions.
Members of the Cisco and IronPort® sales teams (as well as authorized IronPort channel
partners) can sell anything in the current IronPort pricebook, including:
Cisco IronPort PXE encryption technology revolutionizes email encryption − meeting
compliance requirements while delivering powerful business-class email features.
• Cisco IronPort Anti-Spam
The Cisco IronPort Anti-Malware System quickly and accurately detects and blocks a full
range of threats, including adware, Trojans, system monitors, keyloggers, rootkits, malicious/
tracking cookies, browser hijackers, browser helper objects, phishing and more.
• Cisco IronPort PXE Encryption Technology
• Cisco IronPort C-Series and Cisco IronPort X-Series Email Security Appliances
• Cisco IronPort Virus Outbreak Filters
The Cisco Threat Operations Center (the TOC) provides a 24x7 view into global traffic
activity − enabling Cisco to analyze anomalies, uncover new threats and track traffic trends.
• Cisco IronPort S-Series Web Security Appliances
• Cisco IronPort M-Series Security Management Appliances
• Cisco IronPort Platinum and Platinum Plus Customer Support
Where Should I Go for More Information?
To learn more about IronPort products and services, please visit www.ironport.com.
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