Cisco PIX to ASA Migration

EmpowerIP Cisco PIX to Cisco ASA Migration Services and “Fast Track Migration Program” for Existing PIX Customers

Let EmpowerIP improve the efficiency and costs of migrating from Cisco PIX to Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances.
On January 28, 2008, Cisco announced the end-of-sale and end-of life dates for Cisco PIX Security Appliances, software, accessories, and licenses. Cisco PIX Security Appliance customers are encouraged to migrate to Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances. Built on the same software foundation as Cisco PIX Security Appliances, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances delivers a powerful combination of multiple market-proven technologies in a single platform, making it operationally and economically feasible for organisations to deploy comprehensive security services to more locations.

Migrate your Cisco PIX® Security Appliance to the Cisco ASA 5500 Series today for converged, multifunction security and VPN services within a single platform.

Primary Business Factors to Migrate include:

Flexible Deployment Options
Customized product editions tailored to address specific enterprise needs
Firewall Edition
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) Edition
Content Security Edition
SSL/IPSec VPN Edition

Lower Total Operating Expenditures (OpEx)
Unified device management and monitoring results in lower overall installation and servicing costs. A single platform decreases complexity and simplifies deployments and ongoing support.

Lower Capital Expenditures (CapEx)
Using the EmpowerIP “Fast Track Migration Program” reduces the total cost of migration today. Full details explained below.

The Finance Advantage
Take advantage of new financing and leasing promotions from EmpowerIP to further reduce costs and deliver new solutions now.

Primary Technology Factors to Migrate include:

Trusted Firewall and Threat-Protected VPN Technology
Built upon trusted Cisco PIX Security Appliance and Cisco VPN 3000 Series Concentrator technology, the Cisco ASA 5500 Series is the first solution to offer Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IP Security (IPsec) VPN services protected by market-leading firewall technology.

Advanced Intrusion Prevention Service
Proactive, full-featured intrusion prevention services stop a wide range of threats, including worms, application layer attacks, operating-system-level attacks, rootkits, spyware, and more.

Industry-Leading Content Security Services
The Cisco ASA 5500 Series offers comprehensive antivirus, antispyware, file blocking, antispam, antiphishing, URL blocking and filtering, and content filtering services, providing industry-leading Content Security services with Trend Micro’s expertise in threats and a proven Cisco Systems® solution.

Consistent User Experience
The Cisco ASA 5500 Series takes advantage of customers’ existing knowledge of Cisco PIX Security Appliances for easy migration to Cisco ASA 5500 solutions.

For full details of the new Cisco ASA 5500 Series Adaptive Security Appliances visit: www.cisco.com/en/US/products/ps6120/index.html

EmpowerIP “Fast Track Migration Program”
EmpowerIP Migration Services below are designed to help our customers painlessly migrate from a Cisco PIX to a Cisco ASA 5500 environment, as well as this EmpowerIP has also partnered with Cisco to offer a “Fast Track Migration Program” for existing Cisco PIX customers. The EmpowerIP “Fast Track Migration Program” is only available until the end April 08’.

The program allows customers to take advantage of their existing investment in Cisco PIX technology by trading-in their existing PIX 500 series for by greatly reduced costs on the purchase prices on the new ASA 5500 series, as well as offering amazing finance offers, including new leasing options and genuine 0% finance offers, so your migration is easy to budget and you can conserve your valuable cash as well.

For more information about EmpowerIP PIX to ASA Migration Services and/or Fast Track Migration Program Offer please call a member of our EmpowerIP Security Team on 01488 681304, or email pixasamigration@empowerip.co.uk with your current PIX product details and a member of our EmpowerIP Security Team will call you back.

Migrating from Cisco PIX Firewall to Cisco ASA 5500 Series - Services
Migrating your Cisco PIX deployment to Cisco ASA 5500 Series calls for detailed planning and care during critical migration change windows.

EmpowerIP offer expert guidance and support can help you improve the accuracy and completeness of migration, so you can take full advantage of the new platform’s firewall and IPsec VPN features and improve network uptime. EmpowerIP security experts can offer experience, knowledge, leading practices, and tools through two services:

EmpowerIP PIX to ASA Remote Migration Service
For customers with advanced skills or who are migrating from a limited Cisco PIX Firewall deployment EmpowerIP can

Review your configurations and recommend improvements
Support the migration process through remote knowledge transfer sessions
Provide focused escalation support for critical migration change windows

EmpowerIP PIX to ASA Large-Scale Migration Service
Includes all the capabilities of the EmpowerIP PIX to ASA Remote Migration Service, and adds extensive support delivered at your site and remotely to include:

Review your plans for migration, testing, rollback, failure recovery, and risk mitigation, and recommend improvements
Support conversion of your PIX Firewall configurations and IPsec VPN configurations to Cisco ASA configura-tions, providing configuration best practices
Provide guidance through firewall cutovers

Benefits of using EmpowerIP Migration Services

Take full advantage of the new platform’s firewall and IPsec VPN features
Reduce costs through efficient migration
Improve uptime during migration by applying proven processes and tools
Reduce disruptions during and after migration by receiving recommendations for improving your plans for migrating, testing, rollback, failure recovery, and risk mitigation.

Further Information
For more information about EmpowerIP PIX to ASA Migration Services and/or Fast Track Migration Program Offer please call a member of our EmpowerIP Security Team on 01488 681304, or email pixasamigration@empowerip.co.uk with your current PIX product details and a member of our EmpowerIP Security Team will call you back with your migration options.