Cisco Asa 9.12 Eol ((full))
Cisco announced the End-of-Sale (EoS) and End-of-Life for the 9.12 release train as part of their standard software maintenance lifecycle. While specific patch dates for minor releases vary, the critical milestones for the 9.12 train are as follows:
Regulatory frameworks (PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOX) explicitly require that network security devices run vendor-supported software. During a compliance audit, a firewall running an EoL release (9.12) will result in a and a mandatory high-risk finding. cisco asa 9.12 eol