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Figure 2. Typical Two-box Enterprise Small Branch-Office Deployment
Architecture Features and Benefits
Secure Network Connectivity
Cisco 890 Series routers deliver high performance with integrated security and threat defense.
Network security has become a fundamental building block of any network, and Cisco routers play
an important role in embedding security at the customer’s access edge. Cisco recognizes this
requirement, so Cisco 890 Series routers are equipped with security hardware acceleration and
Cisco IOS Software (by default, a universal image with Advanced IP Services feature license). This
Cisco IOS Software feature set facilitates hardware-based IPsec encryption on the motherboard
and provides a robust array of security capabilities such as Cisco IOS Firewall, content filtering,
IPS support, IPsec VPNs (DES, 3DES, and AES), SSL VPN, tunnel-less Group Encrypted
Transport VPN, DMVPN, Easy VPN server and client support, Secure Shell (SSH) Protocol
Version 2.0, and Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) in one solution set. Cisco IOS
Content Filtering uses an innovative website caching and rating architecture to deliver the
scalability and flexibility of an enterprise-class filtering solution, at a breakthrough price point
(Figure 3). This solution is scalable and easy to maintain, ideally suited for small businesses and
enterprise small branch offices. Cisco 890 Series routers come with a comprehensive security
solution that protects organizations’ networks from known and new Internet vulnerabilities and
attacks, while improving employee productivity.
Figure 3. Cisco IOS Content Filtering with a Cisco 890 Series Router
