Cisco ASA 5500 Series adaptive security appliances are purpose-built solutions that combine best-of-breed security and VPN services with the innovative Cisco Adaptive Identification and Mitigation (AIM) architecture. Designed as a core component of the Cisco Self-Defending Network, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series provides proactive threat defense that stops attacks before they spread through the network, controls network activity and application traffic, and delivers flexible VPN connectivity. The result is a powerful multifunction network security appliance family that provides the security breadth and depth for protecting home office, branch office, small and medium-sized business, and enterprise networks while reducing the overall deployment and operations costs and complexities associated with providing this new level of security. Next-Generation Firewall Industry s first threat-focused NGFW provides ASA firewall functionality, advanced threat protection, and advanced breach detection and remediation combined in a single device. Proven ASA Firewall It has a rich routing, stateful firewall, Network Address Translation, and dynamic clustering for high-performance, highly secure and reliable access with Cisco Any Connect VPN. Market-Leading NGIPS It has a superior threat prevention and mitigation for both known and unknown threats. Advanced Malware Protection Detection, blocking, tracking, analysis, and remediation protect the enterprise against targeted and persistent malware attacks. Full Contextual Awareness Policy enforcement is based on complete visibility of users, mobile devices, client-side applications, communication between virtual machines, vulnerabilities, threats, and URLs. Application Control And URL Filtering Application-layer control (over applications, geolocations, users, websites) and ability to enforce usage and tailor detection policies is based on custom applications and URLs. Enterprise-Class Management It has dashboards and drill-down reports of di