• The ability to aggregate and extend multiple endpoint security functions-the Cisco Security Agent provides host intrusion prevention distributed firewall malicious mobile code protection operating system integrity assurance and audit log consolidation all within a single agent
• Integrates with Cisco network IPS devices to increase the effectiveness of identifying attacks within the network
• Preventive protection against entire classes of attacks including port scans buffer overflows Trojan horses malformed packets malicious HTML requests and e-mail worms
• "Zero update" prevention for known and unknown attacks
• Industry-leading protection for servers and desktops Unix and Windows
• Application-specific protection for web servers and databases
• An open and extensible architecture with the ability to define and enforce security according to corporate policy
• An enterprise scalable architecture-the Cisco Security Agent is scalable to 100000 agents per manager
• Integrated solution architecture with Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC)
• Integration with Cisco VPN via the "Are You There" (AYT) feature

Operating System:

• Windows 2003
• Windows 2000 Server and Advanced Server
• Windows NT v4.0 Server and Enterprise Server with Service Pack 6a
• Solaris 8 SPARC architecture (64-bit kernel)
• Solaris 9 SPARC architecture (64-bit kernel)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0 ES and AS

Cisco Security Agent endpoint security software provides a critical line of defense to protect systems against new and unknown attacks. Through market-leading endpoint and network integration Cisco Systems offers its customers the most comprehensive security threat protection solution for securing corporate networks.

Cisco Security Agent security software provides threat protection for server and desktop computing systems also known as endpoints. The Cisco Security Agent goes beyond conventional endpoint security solutions by identifying and preventing malicious behavior before it can occur thereby removing potential known and unknown security risks that threaten enterprise networks and applications. Because the Cisco Security Agent analyzes behavior rather than relying on signature matching its solution provides robust protection with reduced operational costs.