Cisco Cisco AMP 7150 Getting Started Guide

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At-a-Glance
Breach Prevention, Detection, and Response for  
the Real World 
Organizations are under attack, and security breaches are happening 
every day. Hackers are creating advanced malware that can evade 
even the best point-in-time detection tools, like firewalls and intrusion 
prevention systems. These tools inspect traffic at the point of entry into 
the network, but they will never be 100 percent effective at detecting 
all threats trying to infiltrate the organization. Furthermore, they provide 
little visibility into the activity of threats after they evade first-line 
defenses. This leaves IT security teams blind to the scope of a potential 
compromise and unable to quickly detect and contain malware before it 
causes damage. 
Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) for Networks goes beyond 
point-in-time capabilities to protect organizations before, during, and 
after an attack. 
•  Before an attack, AMP uses the best global threat intelligence to 
strengthen network defenses.
•  During an attack, AMP uses that intelligence, known file signatures, 
and dynamic file analysis technology to block malware trying to 
infiltrate the network. 
•  After an attack, or after a file traverses the network, AMP 
continuously monitors and analyzes all file activity and traffic. If a file 
exhibits malicious behavior, AMP will provide deep visibility into the 
activity of the threat and the control to rapidly respond and contain it.
AMP for Networks not only provides breach prevention capabilities, but 
in the case of an undetected intrusion, provides rapid breach detection, 
response, and containment capabilities - all cost-effectively and without 
impacting operational efficiency. 
Threat Intelligence and Malware Analysis
AMP for Networks is built on the largest collection of real-time threat 
intelligence and malware analytics supplied by Cisco Collective Security 
Intelligence, the Talos Security Intelligence and Research Group, and AMP 
Threat Grid intelligence feeds. Organizations benefit from:
•  1.1 million incoming malware 
samples per day
•  1.6 million global sensors
•  100 terabytes of data per day
•  13 billion web requests
•  Team of engineers, technicians, 
and researchers 
•  24-hour operations
Cisco Advanced Malware 
Protection for Networks
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Benefits
Detect and block exploit 
attempts, malicious files, and 
policy-violating files
Continuously analyze and 
record file activity to track 
malware’s spread and scope 
a compromise
Correlate discrete events into 
coordinated attacks
Gain deep visibility and 
control to quickly detect, 
analyze, and contain breaches
Access unmatched global 
threat intelligence to 
strengthen network defenses
Manage the solution through 
AMP’s easy-to-use web 
browser-based console, 
FireSIGHT Management 
Center