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Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series

Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series

Highest performance density for AI-ready data centers

 

Our ultra-high-end firewall series, integrated into Cisco's Hybrid Mesh Firewall, delivers exceptional performance, line-rate threat protection, and modular scalability.

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Overview

Security and throughput at 3x price-performance

Cisco Secure Firewall 6100 Series overview

Deploy the ultra-high-end firewall series delivering efficiency, optimized for high-performance data center and telecom mobility infrastructure use cases.

Achieve superior efficiency and modular scalability

Gain 3x better price-performance*, highest throughput per rack unit (RU), compact 2 RU form factor, and modular appliance-based scaling, avoiding costly chassis upgrades or inefficient HA pairs.

Find threats in encrypted traffic at line rate

Combine AI-driven Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) for threat-aware selective decryption with hardware crypto offload to inspect encrypted flows at scale.

Integrates into Cisco's Hybrid Mesh Firewall architecture

A centrally managed firewall through Cisco Security Cloud Control unifies security across data center, campus and branch firewalls, Hypershield, Secure Workload, and Cisco Smart Switches.

Secure massive traffic at terabit scale

Efficiently terminate massive volumes of IPSec connections as a high-performance security gateway that is optimized for telecom networks handling extremely high-speed encrypted traffic.

*Performance gain is based on the throughput of competitive firewalls for similar use cases.

Cisco Secure Firewall sets new standard

Cisco recognized as a Visionary in the Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ 2025 for Hybrid Mesh Firewall

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IDC assesses Cisco as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape for Worldwide Enterprise Hybrid Firewall 2025 Assessment

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Cisco named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2024 report

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NetSecOPEN finds Cisco Secure Firewall outperforms competition, 30% faster than others

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Simplify firewall administration

Gain encrypted visibility, streamlined policy management, and AI-driven insight across Cisco security solutions with Cisco Security Cloud Control

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Meet the 6100 Series family

Cisco Secure Firewall

6160

Throughput:

  • Next-gen firewall: 520 Gbps
  • IPS: 500 Gbps
  • IPSec VPN: 400 Gbps
  • Decryption: 100 Gbps

Cisco Secure Firewall

6170

Throughput:

  • Next-gen firewall: 635 Gbps
  • IPS: 570 Gbps
  • IPSec VPN: 490 Gbps
  • Decryption: 150 Gbps

Resources

Secure Firewall Management Center

Simplify firewall management with a versatile solution, available on-prem and on private and public clouds.

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Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall

Protect investment and scale security fabric without having to rip and replace existing infrastructure.

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Firewall video tutorials

Stay current on the latest firewall features and learn how to enable them using YouTube videos.

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Migration to Cisco firewall

Find out how easy it is to migrate configurations and policies from any firewall to a new Cisco firewall.

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Simple, visible, and unified

Unify security across your high-performing data centers, branches, and hybrid workforce to provide superior visibility and efficiency. Then watch it work with ease.

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