Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection 3-Year Term for ASR9000 | DDoS Defense — A9K-EP-S-3Y

Sustain edge availability when attack traffic targets your ASR 9000 infrastructure. Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection delivers a 3-year term license designed to help protect routed edge services from denial-of-service disruption while preserving operational continuity for high-value traffic paths. Built for environments where edge uptime directly affects customer experience and network revenue, this license supports a planned protection window that aligns with multi-year procurement and lifecycle management. It is suited to teams that need to standardize security coverage across Cisco ASR 9000 deployments without introducing unnecessary licensing complexity. For infrastructure leaders, the value is straightforward: reduce exposure to service-impacting traffic floods, keep renewal timing predictable, and maintain a Cisco-native security posture at the edge. This is the kind of license that justifies itself by protecting the network layer where outages are most visible and most expensive. Ideal For Protecting service-provider edge routers from DDoS traffic spikes Maintaining availability for customer-facing ASR 9000 network services Standardizing multi-year security licensing across Cisco edge infrastructure Planning predictable renewal windows for routed edge protection Why This Product 1 Purpose-built for ASR 9000 edge environments 2 3-year term supports longer procurement cycles 3 Focused on DDoS protection rather than general security licensing 4 Cisco-native entitlement for network infrastructure teams