In this Cisco Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) blog post, basic security policy enforcement and network connectivity using Firepower Device Manager (FDM) on an ASA 5506-X will be covered. After you have an image on the device, completed the initial login setup and applied licensing, the first step is to configure the ASA’s interfaces and a […]
For this post, we will be discussing migrating an ASA with FirePOWER services to a Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) image on an ASA 5506-X appliance. At a high level, you reimage the ASA unit with a FTD then use the migration tool (if you have an existing ASA configuration) to import the ASA configuration into […]
During a sales meeting to discuss firewall options with a customer, it came up that they wanted to manage both classic firewall features (ACLs, NATs, VPN, etc) along with next generation firewall features (IPS, Malware detections, Application Visibility and Control, URL filtering, etc) in one single pane. As many of you know, Cisco ASA with […]
In today’s network data center environment, it’s not simply enough to have a traditional firewall in place protecting the network’s edge. With more sophisticated network intrusions occurring daily, a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) is required to help fight against these intrusions. Cisco’s FirePOWER services provides a Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) and IPS (NGIPS) along with […]
