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# Cisco ASA firewalls and AnyConnect
Use Cisco ASA firewalls and AnyConnect data with Cortex XSIAM.
You can configure collecting Cisco ASA firewall and AnyConnect VPN logs using a Broker VM Syslog Collector applet, content pack integration (onboarded prior to July 26, 2026), or connector (onboarded after July 26, 2026):
| Collection Method | Description |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Syslog Collector applet overview | If you use Cisco ASA firewalls or Cisco AnyConnect VPN, you can forward Cisco ASA firewall and AnyConnect VPN logs to Cortex XSIAM using the Broker VM Syslog Collector applet in a CISCO format. |
| Link to Syslog Collector applet instructions | [Ingest logs from Cisco ASA firewalls and AnyConnect](/cortex-xsiam/configure-cortex-xsiam/cortex-xsiam-data-sources/generic-on-premise-data-collectors/broker-vm-data-collector-applets/syslog-collector-applet/cisco-asa-firewalls-and-anyconnect/ingest-logs-from-cisco-asa-firewalls-and-anyconnect.md) |
| Link to content pack/integration instructions (onboarded prior to July 26, 2026) | The Cisco ASA content pack interacts with the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software via an API to manage interfaces, rules, and network objects. The content pack includes the following integration:
- Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software: Use this integration to manage interfaces, rules, and network objects on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance Software platform. This integration includes commands for listing and managing network object groups, local user groups, local users, time ranges, security object groups, user objects, interface information, configuration backup, and creating, listing, getting, editing, and deleting firewall rules, along with the command to save the running configuration to memory (
cisco-asa-write-memory).
|
| Link to connector (onboarded after July 26, 2026) | [Cisco ASA](/cortex-xsiam/configure-cortex-xsiam/cortex-xsiam-data-sources/vendor-specific-data-sources-and-connectors/cisco/cisco-asa.md) |
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