The Cisco FirePOWER 8000 Series Appliances help future proof your security appliance decision. They marry an extensible modular platform with the industry’s best threat protection, according to testing by NSS Labs. They are designed to fit your network requirements today and in the future. Instead of the usual fixed port configuration of most high-end security appliances, the modularity of the Cisco FirePOWER 8000 Series Appliances lets you to choose the number and type of interfaces appropriate for your network. Various network modules (NetMods) are inserted into the Cisco FirePOWER 8000 Series Appliances to customize the interface configuration to match your network requirements. NetMods can either be “non-bypass” (useful in passive or fail-closed deployments) or “integrated fail-open/bypass” (useful in inline deployments).