Protect critical data and maintain uptime with Cisco ASDM and Cisco Security Agent Understand how attacks can impact your business and the different ways attacks can occur Learn about the model-in-depth defense to deploy firewalls and host Check the protection of navigation methods and features of Cisco ASDM Set up Cisco ASA, PIX Firewall, and hardware and software ASDM Cisco ASDM startup wizard to use safely connect your network to the Internet and securely add public devices such as mail and web servers to your firewall's network user authentication and user traffic public web server filter and protect your network from perimeter attacks Deploy Cisco Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) to provide more detailed traffic inspection and proactive threat response Stop attacks launched on the desktop by deploying Cisco Security Agent Extend the defense-in-depth model to remote users through IPSec virtual private network (VPN) Improve your security posture through proper security management Understanding of advanced features Recover 7 is available in Cisco PIX operating system version of the software failure with Cisco PIX version 7 Many people view security as a black voodoo?-Box? While that may have been true a few years ago, vendors have succeeded in reducing complexity and bringing security to the point where almost anyone with a good understanding of technology can deploy network security. Securing Your Business with Cisco ASA and PIX Firewalls is an extension of the work to simplify security deployment. Complete with real-world security design and implementation advice, this book contains everything you need to know to deploy the latest security technology in your network. Securing Your Business with Cisco ASA and PIX Firewall provides you with the process step-by-step instructions for using Cisco ASDM complete with the Cisco Security Agent to ensure that your security posture is strong enough to stand up against any network or host attack whether sourced from the Internet or from within your own network. "A firewall is an essential part of integrated network security strategy, and books such as this will help raise awareness both of the threats inherent in today? Open, heterogeneous internetworking environments and solutions that can be applied to make the Internet a safer place." Martin E.? Hellman, professor emeritus of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University and co-inventor of public key cryptography Security book is part of the Cisco Press Networking Technology Series.