- Fully independent solution
The ASAv brings full firewall capabilities to virtualized environments to help secure data center traffic and multitenant architectures. Because it has been optimized for data center environments, the ASAv supports vSwitches. The ASAv can therefore be deployed in Cisco, hybrid, and even non Cisco data centers, significantly reducing administrative overhead and improving flexibility and operational efficiency. In any data center environment, the Cisco ASAv allows critical security functions to dynamically scale to protect assets as business demands change. - Fully integrated ACI security
The ASAv has been fully and transparently integrated into the fabric of the next-generation ACI data center architecture. This approach removes the limitations of traditional network-oriented security solutions, allowing for significantly streamlined provisioning. - A single point of control
For ACI deployments, the Cisco Application Policy Infrastructure Controller (APIC) provides a single point of control for both network and security management. It can provision ASAv security as a service, manage policy, and monitor the entire environment for a unified view of the entire distributed infrastructure.
With the Cisco Adaptive Security Virtual Appliance (ASAv), you have the flexibility to choose the performance you need for your business. ASAv is the virtualized option of our popular ASA solution and offers security in traditional physical data centers and private and public clouds. Its scalable VPN capability provides access for employees, partners, and suppliers and protects your workloads against increasingly complex threats with world-class security controls.