Cisco is helping its customers and partners reimagine the way the workforce and workplace operates with new security offerings across the portfolio designed to offer greater agility, simplicity, and resiliency.
At its Partner Summit, Cisco Security announced a number of platform innovations, including enhanced capabilities in Extended Detection and Response (XDR); Zero Trust; and Secure Access Services Edge (SASE).
“Looking forward, organisations will need to build a more resilient business where they can continue to thrive in the face of uncertainty,” says Gee Rittenhouse, senior vice-president and GM of Cisco’s Security Business Group. “As we move to the next normal, we see an acceleration in new ways of working that require organizations to evolve their cybersecurity approach so people can securely connect from anywhere, anytime, and on any device.
“Cisco SecureX is built on the industry’s broadest and most integrated portfolio that spans network, endpoint, cloud and applications, enabling customers and partners to protect how they work today and in new ways in the future.”
Cisco Security is introducing platform innovations across the breadth of the portfolio including:
* Extended Detection and Response (XDR) – SecureX delivers XDR capabilities and beyond, by providing sample workflows to help customers address common use cases, expanded SecureX ribbon capabilities, and analytics capabilities for enhanced insights.
* Zero Trust for the Workforce – Duo, a foundational pillar of Cisco’s Zero Trust solution, now automatically detects suspicious logins with machine learning and alerts security operations via API integrations with platforms such as SecureX.
* Secure Access Services Edge (SASE) – Cisco SASE architecture connects customers’ networking and IT environment with multi-function cloud security that’s simple to deploy and manage. We provide seamless integrations with Cisco SD-WAN to protect branch offices and Secure VPN (formerly AnyConnect) to protect remote workers, without the need to add another agent. It also integrates with SecureX for better visibility and faster response actions.
To further simplify security for customers and partners, for the first time in 13 years, Cisco reduced the number of product names by 50% to align to the Cisco SecureX platform strategy.