The Cisco® ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) is a purpose-built platform that combines best- in-class security and VPN services for small and medium-sized business (SMBs) and enterprise applications. The Cisco ASA 5500 Series helps enable customization for specific deployment environments and options, with special product editions for Remote Access (SSL/IPsec VPN), Site-To-Site VPN, Firewall, Content Security, and Intrusion Prevention.
The Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Solution gives organizations the connectivity and cost benefits of Internet transport, without compromising the integrity of corporate security policies. By converging Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IP Security (IPsec) VPN services with comprehensive threat defense technologies, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series delivers highly customizable network access tailored to the requirements of diverse deployment environments, while providing advanced endpoint and network-level security (Figure 1).
