Download Firmware Cisco SMA AsyncOS 12.7.0

Cisco has released a firmware update for its Content Security Management Appliances, which are abbreviated to SMA. The technology comes from IronPort Systems, which was bought by Cisco in 2007, so although that was more than a decade ago, you can still hear the name IronPort for these appliances. For the supported upgrade paths, it is recommended to read the documentation or contact Cisco’s TAC. This firmware is called 12.7.0 and has 12.7.0-007 as the exact version number. The list of changes looks like this:

What’s New In This Release

• Support for hardware models – The AsyncOS 12.7.0 release for Cisco Content Security Management appliance supports only the x80 series hardware models.
• Managing Multiple Subset of Configuration Masters – You can now configure subsets of a particular version of a Configuration Master to centrally manage the different policy configurations of your Web Security appliance.
• Performing Threat Analysis using Casebooks – The Cisco Content Security Management appliance now includes the casebook and pivot menu widgets.
• Ability to choose Cisco Threat Response server when registering appliance with Cisco Threat Response portal – When registering your appliance with the Cisco Threat Response portal, you can now choose a Cisco Threat Response server to connect your appliance to the Cisco Threat Response portal.
• Managing favorite reports on the New Web Interface – You can create a custom report page by assembling charts (graphs) and tables from all your existing email security reports on the new web interface of your appliance.
• Configuring Policy, Virus and Outbreak Quarantine on the New Web Interface – You can now configure Policy, Virus or Outbreak Quarantine from the new web interface of your appliance.
• Managing APIs using Swagger UI – Swagger is a set of open-source tools built around the OpenAPI Specification. Swagger UI helps you to design and manage AsyncOS API resources on a web interface.
• Improving User Experience by Collecting Feature Usage Statistics – The Cisco Content Security Management appliance now collects feature/interface usage statistics on the new web interface of the appliance that helps Cisco improve overall user experience. All data collected is anonymized. If you want to opt-out of this feature, navigate to Management Appliance > System Administration > General Settings > Usage Analytics page of the web interface to disable it.
• Improving user experience by collecting web interface usage statistics of the appliance – The Cisco Content Security Management appliance can now collect the web interface usage statistics of the appliance using the Usage Analytics feature. This feature is used to collect and analyze the web interface usage data and provide insight to improve user experience of the appliance.

Changes in Behavior

• Changes to Passphrase Settings – The option to automatically generate a login passphrase is removed. You must now manually enter a passphrase of your choice.
• Downloading message attachment for Policy, Virus and Outbreak Quarantines – Prior to this release, message attachments detected and quarantined by the Policy, Virus and Outbreak Quarantines engine were displayed on the new browser window. After you upgrade to this release, you can download message attachments that are detected and quarantined by the Policy, Virus and Outbreak Quarantines engine.