Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances ASA5505-U-AIP5P-K8 is easy-to-deploy solutions that integrate world-class firewall, Unified Communications (voice/video) security, SSL and IPsec VPN, intrusion prevention (IPS), and content security services in a flexible, modular product family. Designed as a key component of the Cisco Self-Defending Network, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series provides intelligent threat defense and secure communications services that stop attacks before they impact business continuity. Designed to protect networks of all sizes, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series enables organizations to lower their overall deployment and operations costs while delivering comprehensive multilayer security.

 The Cisco ASA 5500 Series helps organizations to balance security with productivity. It combines the industry's most deployed stateful inspection firewall with comprehensive next-generation network security services, including:

· Visibility and granular control of applications and micro-applications· , with behavior-based controls

· Robust security

· Advanced threat protection with a comprehensive, highly effective intrusion prevention system (IPS)

· Highly secure remote access

· Protection from botnets    

· Proactive, near-real-time protection against Internet threats