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Data Sheet
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Achieve operational efficiency: Reduce costs associated with deployment and ongoing management and
monitoring of the security solution by using a single easy-to-install, easy-to-use solution.
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Decrease liability: Reduce the company’s exposure to liability related to compromised data or inadequate
corporate controls by implementing comprehensive access control and threat protection services in a single
device.
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Enjoy peace of mind: Get maximum value from your Cisco solution through an affordable, subscription-
based service offering. The Cisco Small Business Pro Service provides software upgrades and updates,
extended access to the Cisco Small Business Support Center, and next-business-day hardware replacement.
These benefits make the Cisco SA 500 Series Security Appliance the right choice to address your security needs
and enable your network and employees to deliver maximum value to your business.
Figure 3 shows the Cisco SA 500 Series Security Appliance with and without wireless connectivity.
Figure 3. Cisco SA 500 Series Security Appliances, the SA 520W and the SA 520
Product Specifications
Table 1 gives the product specifications for the Cisco SA 500 Series.
Table 1. Cisco SA 500 Series Security Appliance Models and Specifications
SA 520 SA 520W SA 540
Firewall
Stateful packet inspection throughput* 200 Mbps 200 Mbps 300 Mbps
Firewall plus email and web security
throughput*
200 Mbps 200 Mbps 300 Mbps
Connections 15,000 15,000 40,000
Rules 100 100 100
Schedules Yes Yes Yes
IPS Yes Yes Yes
Peer-to-peer and instant messaging blocking Yes Yes Yes
VPN
Triple Data Encryption Standard (3DES)/
Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) VPN
throughput*
65 Mbps 65 Mbps 85 Mbps
IPsec VPN tunnels 50 max 50 max 100 max
SSL VPN tunnels 2 seats included; license
required to upgrade to 25
seats (max)
2 seats included; license
required to upgrade to 25
seats (max)
50 seats (max) included
Dead peer detection Yes Yes Yes
IPsec Network Address Translation (NAT)
traversal
Yes Yes Yes