Cisco Secure Firewall 6160 Data Center Security Appliance
Deliver 520 Gbps of next-generation firewall throughput and 100 Gbps of encrypted traffic inspection in a 2RU chassis. The Firewall 6160 is purpose-built for AI-ready data centers and high-performance telecom infrastructure that demand terabit-scale security without compromise.
Why Security Teams Choose the Firewall 6160
520 Gbps NGFW Throughput
Inspect every byte of production traffic at line rate. The 6160 delivers 520 Gbps of next-generation firewall throughput and 500 Gbps of IPS inspection — with no performance tradeoffs when threat prevention is active.
100 Gbps Encrypted Traffic Inspection
Hardware crypto offload enables 100 Gbps of TLS decryption without burdening the main processing pipeline. Threats hiding in encrypted traffic are inspected and blocked at data center scale.
Zero-Day Protection at Wire Speed
The SnortML machine learning engine detects and blocks zero-day exploits inline, trained on Cisco Talos’ analysis of 900 billion security events daily. No signatures required. No performance penalty.
2RU, 80% Less Rack Space
Consolidate the security capacity of multiple legacy firewall racks into a single 2RU chassis. The 6160 reduces rack space by 80% and power consumption by 60% compared to equivalent legacy solutions.
75 Million Concurrent Sessions
Handle the session scale of hyperscale data centers and large service providers. The 6160 supports 75 million concurrent sessions with AVC enabled, and clusters up to 4 units for linear throughput scaling.
Unified Management via Security Cloud Control
Manage firewall policies, monitor threats, and run AI-assisted compliance reporting from Cisco Security Cloud Control — a single cloud-native console that unifies your entire firewall estate.
The Highest-Performing Data Center Firewall
The 6160 is part of Cisco’s Hybrid Mesh Firewall fabric — delivering consistent policy enforcement, zero-trust segmentation, and AI-native threat intelligence across your entire network.
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