Dear Cisco Partner, the new Release of Firepower 6.5, ASA 9.13.1, and FXOS 2.7.1 are now live on the Cisco Software Site!   Here are some Highlights from the new Release's: Firepower 6.5 FMCv 300, a larger Firepower Management Center Virtual for VMware. It can manage up to 300 devices Firepower 1010 now supports setting each Ethernet interface to be a switch port or a firewall interface Firepower 1010 now supports Power over Ethernet+ (PoE+) on Ethernet 1/7 and Ethernet 1/8 TLS crypto acceleration for multiple container instances on Firepower 4100/9300 Access control rule filtering User control with destination-based Security Group Tags (SGT) use the FTD CLI to obtain statistics on how the device handled network traffic backup and restore feature to migrate configurations and events between FMCs, even if they are not the same model and many many more…. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/650/relnotes/firepower-release-notes-650/features.html   ASA 9.13.1 ASA for the Firepower 1010 ASA for the Firepower 1120, 1140, and 1150 Firepower 2100 Appliance mode (now the default)—Appliance mode lets you configure all settings in the ASA. Only advanced troubleshooting commands are available from the FXOS CLI ASAv supports Cisco's Managed Service License Agreement (MSLA) program HSTS Support for WebVPN as Client Diffie-Hellman groups 15 and 16 added for key exchange and many many more…. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/asa/roadmap/asa_new_features.html#topic_lbm_q21_ghb   FXOS 2.7.1 Support for ASA 9.13(1) Support for Firepower Threat Defense 6.5 Support for FTD with Firepower Device Manager TLS crypto acceleration for multiple container instances Support for 500 VLANs without contingencies Secure erase for appliance components and many many more…. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/fxos/fxos271/release/notes/fxos271_rn.html#reference_drl_p5x_bjb   Download here ⬇️ https://software.cisco.com/download/home   ... View more

We are excited to announce the launch of the Logging Estimator Tool for deployments using Cisco Security Analytics and Logging (CSAL) Its purpose is to help with sizing storage requirements and network design for customers adopting CSAL by estimating both the cloud logging storage rate per day and the minimum throughput required to emit logs to the Cisco cloud.     How to Get Started   The tool can be found at https://ngfwpe.cisco.com/ftd-logging-estimator   We also have a quick video going through the tool available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF5cby_OwQ8. Cisco Security Analytics and Logging Raising the bar on network security Cisco Security Analytics and Logging improves network visibility so you can quickly detect threats in real time and remediate incidents with confidence and at scale. Gain insights from behavioral analytics and get actionable security intelligence to help make your security team more efficient. Enable your network teams now with the power of security analytics.Available now for Cisco Defense Orchestrator managed NGFW devices.   You can read more on Cisco Security and Analytics (CSAL) here. ... View more