The Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall Edition enables businesses to securely deploy mission-critical applications & networks in a highly reliable manner, while providing significant investment protection & lower operational costs through its unique, modular design. Businesses can protect their networks from unauthorized access using the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall Editions robust policy enforcement services. These services combine with market-leading VPN services to enable businesses to securely extend their networks across low-cost Internet connections to business partners, remote sites, & mobile workers. This flexible solution can adapt as an organizations needs evolve along with the ever-changing security threat landscape, giving businesses the ability to easily integrate market-leading intrusion prevention, antivirus, antispam, antispyware, URL filtering, & other advanced content security services for additional layers of protection. Combined with Cisco management & monitoring application solutions, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Firewall Edition provides world-class security with lower operational costs.