Introduction to Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

Contributed by Jeff Dixon

Information Security is akin to a never ending cat and mouse game, it’s rapid pace makes it one of the fastest evolving areas in technology. Every day, new vulnerabilities and new solutions are created. This paper will discuss Cisco’s Next Generation Firewall technology that has evolved to help defend against new and emerging threats. While many solutions exist, the focus for this paper will be on Cisco’s newest unified Firepower Threat Defense (FTD) image running on their Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).

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