Cisco ASA: All-in-One Firewall, IPS, and VPN Adaptive Security Appliance

Chapter 13. Intrusion Prevention System Integration

This chapter covers the following topics:

• IPS integration

• Overview of the AIP-SSM

• Directing traffic to the AIP-SSM

• AIP-SSM management and software recovery

• Legacy IPS features

Cisco ASA integrates firewall capabilities with sophisticated intrusion prevention features that provide a deep-packet inspection solution. Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (CIPS) integration provides the ability to effectively mitigate a wide range of network attacks without compromising Cisco ASA’s performance.

This chapter covers Cisco ASA IPS integration at a glance and provides several deployment examples and considerations.

Adaptive Inspection Prevention Security Services Module Overview (AIP-SSM)

Cisco ASA supports the Adaptive ...