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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of Using a Firewall?

Posted on July 6, 2023 by Manuel | 0 Comments

Introduction: In today’s interconnected world, ensuring the security of your small business’s computer system is of utmost importance. One effective way to protect your network from unwanted access is by using a firewall. A firewall acts as a guard between your…

Is Your Business Prepared for ICT Security Incidents? Latest Report Reveals Consequences for EU Businesses

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Manuel | 0 Comments

A new report by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has revealed that over a fifth of EU businesses with ten or more employees and self-employed individuals in the business economy experienced incidents relating to information and communication…

Cisco Firepower vs Juniper SRX: Top NGFWs Compared

Posted on September 24, 2021 by Candice | 0 Comments

Both Cisco and Juniper Networks offer industry-leading next-generation firewalls (NGFWs). Both firewalls provide basic functions to meet the security needs of enterprises. Nevertheless, each product has obvious advantages and disadvantages. Before comparing, let’s first understand why and who needs a…

Upgrade Your Cisco Equipment for Less

Posted on September 6, 2017 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

For Cisco users, it’s not that simple to upgrade Cisco equipment for less. How to find the right migration one? Cisco also has the router/switch/firewall/wireless selector that can help you find the right and full-featured migration options. Recently, router-switch.com has…

Cisco ASA with Firepower Services, Setup Guide-Part3

Posted on June 30, 2017 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Set up your ASA easily. When you finish your former big two steps “Connecting PC to ASA” and “Installing ASDM”. Follow the third step “Configuring ASA”. Configuring ASA 1. Launching ASDM Now you can launch the Cisco ASDM with the…

Cisco ASA with Firepower Services, Setup Guide-Part1

Posted on June 30, 2017 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

How to set up your Cisco ASA with Firepower Services? It’s easy for you. There are big four steps tell you how to set up Cisco ASA with Firepower Services easily? Now, let’s check it step by step. Big Four…

How to Start Cisco Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module?

Posted on January 26, 2016 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco introduced the Cisco Firepower 9300 Integrated Security Platform to audiences in Cisco Live of last year. Do you know how to start the Cisco Firepower 9300 ASA Security Module? How does the Cisco ASA Works with the Firepower 9300?…

About the ASA 5506W-X

Posted on January 12, 2016 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

We talked about the new Cisco ASA 5506-X a lot before. And users like to discuss about this replacement of the old ASA 5505 series. No matter what’s your experience with the ASA 5506-X, it’s popular now. In this article…

A Huge Stock of More Hot Cisco Products Here…

Posted on September 14, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

In the last article, we shared some tips and Qs to help buyers shop Cisco hardware online smart. We also listed some Cisco hardware at the end of that article. As a Leading network hardware Supplier with huge inventory, Router-switch.com…

Cisco Firepower 9300 Introduced to Service Providers

Posted on June 11, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Recently, Cisco Live is attracting all kinds of IT participants. This week Cisco rolled out a plan to embed security throughout the network–from the data center out to endpoints, branch offices, and the cloud–in an effort to avoid pervasive threats…

ASA 5508-X and ASA 5516-X Overview

Posted on April 17, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Of course, the new ASA 5508-X and ASA 5516-X are the members of Cisco ASA 5500-X series with FirePOWER Services. In the previous articles, we introduces many topics about the new ASA 5506-X/SecurityPlus, 5506W-X & 5506H-X, especially the ASA 5506-X…

NGFW-Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services

Posted on March 24, 2015 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

What’s the Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services? It is a new, adaptive threat-focused, next-generation firewall that combines proven ASA firewall with Sourcefire threat and advanced malware protection in a single device. FirePOWER services can be added to existing ASA 5500-X…

Cisco ASA 5585-X Comparison

Posted on May 29, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Nowadays, Cisco ASA 5585-X Series plays a vital role in the Data Center that is more important to the enterprise than ever before. To the need for high performance and scalable network security today, ASA 5580 was introduced to meet…

ASA 5505 vs. ASA 5510 vs. ASA 5512-X vs. ASA 5515-X

Posted on May 23, 2014 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco prepared multiple Cisco ASA firewalls to fit your network of all sizes. ASA 5505 and ASA 5500-X Series (such as the ASA 5505, ASA 5510,ASA 5512-X, and ASA 5515-X) were designed for small and branch offices. To meet specific…

Cisco Security Advisory: Multiple Vulnerabilities in Cisco ASA Software

Posted on October 15, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software is affected by the following vulnerabilities: IPsec VPN Crafted ICMP Packet Denial of Service Vulnerability SQL*Net Inspection Engine Denial of Service Vulnerability Digital Certificate Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Remote Access VPN Authentication Bypass Vulnerability Digital Certificate HTTP Authentication…

Migrating from Cisco ASA 5500 Series to ASA 5500-X Series

Posted on September 17, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The ASA 5500-X Series was redesigned to address higher performance requirements and increase flexibility when adding new services while maintaining the compact 1-RU form factor. Customers migrating from ASA 5500 Series platforms need to consider these changes at the time…

What Things to be Considered While Upgrading ASA 5500 Series?

Posted on August 13, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

When we upgrade an ASA 5500 firewall from 8.2 version to 8.3 or so, many things we need to list here. So we would like to share some tips about the ASA 5540 Firewall upgrade from the IOS 8.2.1 to…

What is Cisco ASA CX Security Module?

Posted on May 13, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The new series of Cisco ASA devices (ASA 5500-X models which include 5512-X, 5515-X, 5525-X, 5545-X, 5555-X and 5585-X) have the capabilities to support Next Generation Firewall Security Services. They support these security services as cloud-based services (such as Cloud…

How to Set up a Cisco ASA 5505 Firewall with a Wireless Router?

Posted on May 9, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

This article is written by Lauren Malhoit talking about setting up a Cisco ASA 5505 firewall with a wireless router focuses on things you might encounter when doing the setup at home. The following detailed story is Lauren Malhoit’s experience…

Cisco ASA5510 Vs ASA5512-X or Cisco 5515-X

Posted on May 8, 2013 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

Cisco released its announcement of EoL and EoS dates for the Cisco ASA 5500 Adaptive Security Appliances, including Cisco ASA 5550, Cisco ASA 5540, Cisco ASA 5520, Cisco ASA 5510 and Cisco ASA 5500 Series Accessories on Mar 18, 2013.…

Cisco Guide: Migration of Cisco PIX 500 Series to Cisco ASA 5500 Series

Posted on September 18, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances deliver a powerful combination of multiple market-proven technologies in a single platform, making it operationally and economically feasible for organizations to deploy comprehensive security services to more locations. Migrate your Cisco PIX…

VLAN Sub-Interfaces on Cisco ASA 5500 Firewall Configuration

Posted on May 25, 2012 by RouterSwitch Tech | 0 Comments

One of the advantages of the Cisco ASA firewall is that you can configure multiple virtual interfaces (subinterfaces) on the same physical interface, thus extending the number of security zones (firewall “legs”) on your network. Each subinterface must belong to a different Layer2…