Cisco Secure Firewall Family
Find the Right Cisco Secure Firewall for Your Network
The Cisco Secure Firewall family covers every deployment scenario — from compact branch appliances to high-performance data center platforms, cloud-native firewalls, and ruggedized industrial security. All models include integrated threat defense, encrypted traffic visibility, and unified management through Cisco Security Cloud Control.
Why Organizations Choose Cisco Secure Firewall
Whether you’re protecting a single branch office or a global hybrid network spanning data centers, clouds, and industrial sites, Cisco Secure Firewall gives you consistent security with unified policy and management.
Unified Threat Defense Across Every Edge
Every Secure Firewall includes IPS, malware defense, URL filtering, and application visibility powered by Cisco Talos — the world’s largest commercial threat intelligence team.
See Inside Encrypted Traffic
Inspect encrypted traffic without degrading performance using Cisco’s Encrypted Visibility Engine — detecting threats hidden in TLS connections without full decryption.
One Policy Across Physical, Virtual, and Cloud
Manage all your firewalls from Cisco Security Cloud Control — a single cloud-delivered console for policy, monitoring, and analytics across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid deployments.
Part of the Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall
Secure Firewall is a key component of the Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall architecture — extending firewall enforcement to switches, routers, workloads, and cloud environments.
Compare Cisco Secure Firewall Series
Each series is designed for a specific deployment scenario. Use the comparison below to identify which models fit your network.
Featured
Data center
This ultra-high-end series protects AI-ready data centers with exceptional firewall performance density, line-rate advanced threat protection, and modular scalability.
Cloud firewall
Simplify network security for complex multicloud environments with multidirectional protection and automation in a single software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution.
Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
This cloud-delivered security service edge (SSE) solution, grounded in zero trust, gives users an exceptional user experience and protected access from any device to anywhere.
Cloud and Virtual
Secure Firewall for Public Cloud
Maintain cloud agility with unified security controls across leading public cloud providers.
Secure Firewall for Private Cloud
Reduce complexity and bring consistency to your physical, cloud, and hyperconverged environments.
Firewall Threat Defense Container (FTDc)
Get powerful stateful L3/L4 firewalling that can be configured to protect your network, your user access through the VPN, and the way your containers access the rest of your network.
Data Center
Achieve powerful threat defense and control access, and enable visibility using a built-in crypto accelerator.
- Secure Firewall 6160 — 520 Gbps NGFW
- Secure Firewall 6170 — 635 Gbps NGFW
Campus and Branch
Enable safe connections and protect incoming and outgoing traffic using a firewall with a built-in crypto accelerator.
Industrial / IoT
Prevent threats with a ruggedized firewall for manufacturing, industrial, and operational technology environments.
Gain full visibility into your industrial network to detect threats and secure OT environments.
Other Solutions
AI-native security architecture for modern data centers with distributed exploit protection and autonomous segmentation.
Centralized cloud-based management for all Cisco security devices.
Unified security architecture across on-premises, cloud, and remote locations.
Key Benefits Across the Secure Firewall Family
Every Cisco Secure Firewall shares a common set of enterprise security capabilities that protect your network, simplify operations, and support your zero trust strategy.
Cisco Talos Threat Intelligence
Every Secure Firewall is backed by Cisco Talos — analyzing billions of threats daily to deliver real-time IPS signatures, malware intelligence, and URL reputation data to your firewall.
Encrypted Visibility Engine
Detect threats hidden in encrypted traffic without full decryption. The Encrypted Visibility Engine uses AI to classify and inspect TLS traffic with minimal performance impact.
Zero Trust & Microsegmentation
Enforce granular access policies based on user identity, device posture, and application context. Integrate with Cisco ISE and Secure Workload for end-to-end zero trust.
Hybrid Mesh Firewall Architecture
Extend firewall enforcement beyond the appliance to switches, routers, workloads, and cloud environments with the Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall — security everywhere your data goes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Legacy Products
The following product series have reached End of Sale. Existing customers can continue to receive support through their contract terms. Contact us for migration assistance to current-generation Secure Firewall models.
Firepower 2100 Series End of Sale
End of Sale: May 27, 2025. Recommended migration: Secure Firewall 3100 Series.
Firepower 4100 Series End of Sale
End of Sale: January 6, 2026. Recommended migration: Secure Firewall 4200 Series.
Firepower 9300 Series End of Sale
End of Sale: March 31, 2026. Contact sales for migration assistance.
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