https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/new-sourcefire-ips-for-asa-firewalls/m-p/2606751#M45351 <P>I am in the process of ordering numerous ASA firewalls up to the 5585X models complete with IPS</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I just found out that Cisco is now using SourceFire/Firepower for these, and is probably going to discontinue the old system.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I don't see a whole lot of documentation on this new system, and many of the links on the Cisco website simply link back to the old Sourcefire company page. So I had some general questions</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>1. How radically different is the new IPS/IDS system? Is it still based on signatures, threat ratings, etc.?</P><P>2. Where can I go to find documentation on this? Any books? PDFs?<BR />3. How long has this been out? Has it been real-world tested?</P><P>4. can I manage these IPS systems with IME, or do I need new software? What about ASDM?</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:16:27 GMT Colin Higgins 2019-03-10T13:16:27Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/new-sourcefire-ips-for-asa-firewalls/m-p/2606751#M45351 <P>I am in the process of ordering numerous ASA firewalls up to the 5585X models complete with IPS</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I just found out that Cisco is now using SourceFire/Firepower for these, and is probably going to discontinue the old system.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>I don't see a whole lot of documentation on this new system, and many of the links on the Cisco website simply link back to the old Sourcefire company page. So I had some general questions</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>1. How radically different is the new IPS/IDS system? Is it still based on signatures, threat ratings, etc.?</P><P>2. Where can I go to find documentation on this? Any books? PDFs?<BR />3. How long has this been out? Has it been real-world tested?</P><P>4. can I manage these IPS systems with IME, or do I need new software? What about ASDM?</P> Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:16:27 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/new-sourcefire-ips-for-asa-firewalls/m-p/2606751#M45351 Colin Higgins 2019-03-10T13:16:27Z https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/new-sourcefire-ips-for-asa-firewalls/m-p/2606752#M45352 <P><SPAN style="font-size: 14px;">&gt; I just found out that Cisco is now using SourceFire/Firepower for these, and is probably going to discontinue the old system.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN style="font-size: 14px;">The legacy IPS is already <A href="http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/collateral/security/ips-4200-series-sensors/eos-eol-notice-c51-733186.html">announced for EOS/EOL</A>.</SPAN></P><P style="font-size: 14px;">&gt; 1. How radically different is the new IPS/IDS system? Is it still based on signatures, threat ratings, etc.?</P><P style="font-size: 14px;">It's still mainly a signature-based system, more or less same as before. Expect an easier tuning and better defaults then before.</P><P style="font-size: 14px;"><SPAN style="font-size: 14px;">&gt; 2. Where can I go to find documentation on this? Any books? PDFs?</SPAN><BR style="font-size: 14px;" />Not that easy, Beside the infos on the cisco website the are also trainings like the SASAA 1.2 that start to integrate FirePower. But there it's only one topic of many.</P><P style="font-size: 14px;">&gt; 3. How long has this been out? Has it been real-world tested?</P><P style="font-size: 14px;">As an IPS it probably deserves the status "real-worls tested". As a cisco-integrated system, well, I would say it's on the way.</P><P style="font-size: 14px;">&gt;&nbsp;4. can I manage these IPS systems with IME, or do I need new software? What about ASDM?</P><DIV class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden" style="font-size: 14px;"><DIV class="field-items"><DIV class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><DIV>no IME any more! You use the FireSight Management-Center (appliance or VM). I heard&nbsp;that ASDM-integration is planned, but I wouldn't expect that anytime soon.</DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV> Mon, 03 Nov 2014 16:58:49 GMT https://community.cisco.com/t5/network-security/new-sourcefire-ips-for-asa-firewalls/m-p/2606752#M45352 Karsten Iwen 2014-11-03T16:58:49Z