Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection A9K-EP-L-3Y | ASR 9000, 3-Year — A9K-EP-L-3Y

Protect critical edge infrastructure when attack traffic targets the router itself. Cisco Secure DDoS Edge Protection for ASR 9000 adds a 3-year term of defense designed to help preserve forwarding resources and keep legitimate traffic moving during volumetric events. Built for environments where edge availability directly affects customer experience and SLA performance, this entitlement fits ASR 9000 deployments that need sustained protection without adding operational complexity. It is a strong fit for service providers and large enterprises that cannot afford control-plane or edge-service disruption during a DDoS event. Compared with generic security add-ons, this Cisco term is aligned to the ASR 9000 platform and the realities of high-throughput edge routing. That platform-specific fit matters when you are protecting expensive infrastructure that already carries mission-critical traffic. The 3-year term also supports longer planning cycles, reducing renewal churn and helping teams standardize protection across deployed routers. Ideal For Protecting service-provider edge routers from volumetric attack traffic Maintaining availability on ASR 9000 platforms carrying customer-facing services Supporting long-term security planning for distributed edge infrastructure Reducing outage risk on high-throughput routing environments Why This Product 1 Platform-specific coverage for ASR 9000 2 3-year term supports longer procurement cycles 3 Focused on edge availability during attack traffic 4 Cisco entitlement for high-throughput routing environments