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Cisco PIX-501-BUN-K9 Firewall 100 megabits per second New in its original sealed box The Cisco® PIX® 501 delivers enterprise-class security for small offices and telecommuting environments,
in a purpose-built, reliable and easy-to-deploy appliance.
Its compact, high-performance design incorporates a four-port 10/100 Fast Ethernet switch,
making it ideal for securing high-speed broadband Internet connections.
Part of the industry-leading Cisco PIX security appliance family, the Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance offers
wide range of rich integrated security services, advanced networking services and powerful
remote management in a compact, all-in-one security solution.
Enterprise-grade security for small office environments
Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance Provides Multi-Layered Defense for Small Business Networking Environments
through rich integrated security services, including stateful inspection firewall services,
advanced application and protocol inspection, site-to-site and remote access VPN,
online intrusion prevention, and robust multimedia and voice security, all in one integrated solution.
Cisco PIX security appliances incorporate the state-of-the-art Cisco Adaptive Security Algorithm,
which provides stateful inspection firewall services by tracking the status of all authorized network communications
and preventing unauthorized access to the network.
As an additional layer of security, Cisco PIX security appliances integrate more than two dozen engines
specially designed inspection tools that perform in-depth inspection of layers 4 to 7 of network traffic flows for
many of today's popular applications and protocols.
To defend networks against application-layer attacks and give businesses more control over
applications and protocols in their environment, these inspection engines integrate in-depth knowledge of
applications and protocols and use security enforcement technologies that range from compliance verification
protocols.
Administrators can easily create custom security policies using numerous security technologies.
Flexible access control provided by Cisco PIX security appliances, including network and service object groups,
turbo access control lists (ACLs), user- and group-based policies, and 100+ apps
predefined and protocols.
By combining these flexible access control technologies with powerful stateful inspection firewall services and
advanced application and protocol inspection services provided by Cisco PIX security appliances,
Businesses can easily enforce their network security policies and protect their networks from attacks.
Market-leading VoIP security services protect next-generation converged networks
Cisco PIX security appliances provide industry-leading protection for a wide range of Voice over IP (VoIP) standards and
multimedia, allowing businesses to securely take advantage of the many benefits offered by converged networks
data, voice and video.
By combining VPN with the advanced protocol inspection services provided by Cisco PIX security appliances for these
converged networking standards, businesses can securely extend voice and multimedia services to
home office and remote office environments for reduced total cost of ownership, improved productivity and
increased competitive advantage. .
Flexible VPN services cost-effectively extend networks to remote networks and mobile users
With the Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance's comprehensive VPN capabilities, businesses can seamlessly expand
security their networks via low-cost Internet connections to mobile users, business partners and
business networks around the world.
Supported solutions range from standards-based site-to-site VPN using Internet Key Exchange VPN standards
(IKE) and IPSec (IPSec) to innovative Cisco Easy VPN capabilities found in Cisco PIX security appliances and others
Cisco Systems® security solutions - such as Cisco IOS® Routers and Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrators.
Cisco Easy VPN delivers a unique, scalable, cost-effective, easy-to-manage remote access VPN architecture that eliminates costs
operational costs associated with maintaining remote device configurations typically required by solutions
Traditional VPNs.
Built-in intrusion prevention protects against the most prevalent Internet threats
The Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance's built-in online intrusion prevention capabilities can protect networks
small businesses against many common forms of attacks, including denial of service (DoS) attacks
and malformed packet attacks.
Using a host of advanced intrusion prevention features including DNSGuard, FloodGuard,
FragGuard, MailGuard, IPVerify and TCP interception, in addition to searching for more than 55 different attack "signatures",
Cisco PIX security appliances carefully monitor attacks, can potentially block them, and can provide
Real-time notification to administrators.
By integrating all the security features found in other Cisco PIX security appliances,
The Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance delivers the rich, consistent protection that all broadband users want in a
easy to use and deploy solution.
Simple, high-speed networking for small businesses
The Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance provides a convenient way for multiple computers to share a single high connection
throughput through its integrated, high-performance, four-port 10/100 Mbps switch.
Additionally, Cisco PIX security appliances provide NAT and port address translation (PAT) capabilities to
Hide the real network addresses of devices on your network.
Users can also enjoy plug-and-play networking by leveraging DHCP server
(Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) integrated into PIX, which automatically assigns the network addresses of their computers
when powered on.
The Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance provides all the features needed to seamlessly integrate into
today's high-speed network environments.
Robust remote management solutions Reduced total cost of ownership
The Cisco PIX 501 Security Appliance is a reliable, easy-to-maintain platform that offers a wide variety of security methods.
configuration, monitoring and troubleshooting.
Management solutions range from centralized policy management tools to integrated web management to support for
Supports remote monitoring standards such as Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and syslog.
Administrators can easily manage large numbers of remote Cisco PIX security appliances using CiscoWorks
VPN/Security Management Solution (VMS).
This suite consists of several integrated software modules, including Management Center for Firewalls,
Auto Update Server Software and Security Monitor.
This powerful combination provides a highly scalable next-generation three-tier management solution that
includes the following features:
• Complete management of configuration and software images
• Device hierarchy with configuration inheritance based on “smart rules”
• Customizable administrative roles and access privileges
Additionally, Cisco offers CiscoWorks Security Information Management Solution (SIMS), a management solution
highly scalable security event data that collects, analyzes and correlates security event data from
across the enterprise, enabling you to identify and respond to high-priority security events as
that they happen.