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Redefining Security Management in a Hyperconnected World

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Redefining Security Management in a Hyperconnected World

In today’s rapidly transforming world, Cisco is redefining security and its management. With the recent launch of the most advanced Hybrid Mesh Firewall and Universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions, both managed under Security Cloud Control, we’re introducing a new way for you to interact, set policies, and troubleshoot. Security Cloud Control serves as a central hub, enabling cloud-delivered management across data centers, branch offices, clouds, and remote sites. It’s designed to integrate seamlessly…

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Fusing Security Into the Network Fabric: From Hybrid Mesh Firewalls to Universal ZTNA

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Fusing Security Into the Network Fabric: From Hybrid Mesh Firewalls to Universal ZTNA

If you’ve heard it once, you’ve probably heard it a million times: “today’s enterprise environments are becoming more and more complex.” I know it’s something I’ve been known to say a time or two (or a million). Here’s the thing: it’s true. There are several factors at play, but two of the biggest are the increasingly fine-grained composition and distribution of applications along with an increasingly distributed and mobile workforce. Then, while the rise of…

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Simplifying Zero Trust Security for the Modern Workplace

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Simplifying Zero Trust Security for the Modern Workplace

Organizations face an evolving array of cyber threats these days. As attackers have become more sophisticated, it is important to adopt a comprehensive security strategy that includes a layered approach and increased protection for the modern workplace. That includes the home office, branch, campus, coffee shop, or anywhere in between.  Cisco’s Enhanced User Protection Suite:  Cisco is proud to announce the latest enhancement to our User Protection Suite, with the addition of Cisco’s Identity Services…

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You’ve Heard the Security Service Edge (SSE) Story Before, but We Re-Wrote It!

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You’ve Heard the Security Service Edge (SSE) Story Before, but We Re-Wrote It!

In our previous blog post, we discussed how Cisco has reimagined Zero Trust, delivering an in-office experience for users and things from anywhere accessing resources everywhere. You’re probably thinking “Ok, but how? How exactly has Cisco reimagined Zero Trust Access?” You’re in the right place to get a look into the technical details. In this blog post, I’ll unpack some of the technological components that allow us to leapfrog legacy approaches, and in doing so,…

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Re-Imagining Zero Trust With an In-Office Experience, Everywhere

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Re-Imagining Zero Trust With an In-Office Experience, Everywhere

Let’s be honest. Most people don’t trust zero trust. For users, when they hear the words ‘zero trust’, it sounds like it might take longer to log into work. And if you’re in IT or IT security, you may have more products to buy and integrate into your existing — already complicated — security stack. And of course, then there are the audits. Maybe that’s why so many zero trust projects are stalled. No matter…

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Seamless Secure Work on a Plane

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Seamless Secure Work on a Plane

Frequent travelers – this blog is for you. Let’s start off by walking through the experience of the remote worker that is always on the move. This traveler has the perfectly packed bag. They know exactly what time to show up at the airport to walk directly onto the plane. And their accumulated miles are a prized possession. However, one thing this frequent traveler can’t control is the work experience once they’re on that plane….

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Helping Ivanti VPN Customers

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Helping Ivanti VPN Customers

In January 2024, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a directive (with an update in February) mandating that all U.S. Federal agencies take Ivanti systems offline for remediation. Over 1,700 Ivanti systems have been compromised; affected Ivanti VPN products are Ivanti Connect Secure (formerly Pulse Secure) and Ivanti Policy Secure gateways. The vulnerabilities include CVE-2023-46805, CVE-2024-21887, CVE-2024-21888 and CVE-2024-21893. Cisco is helping customers move from Ivanti to Cisco Secure Access in order…

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Mitigating Lateral Movement with Zero Trust Access

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Mitigating Lateral Movement with Zero Trust Access

Security service edge (SSE) technology was created to protect remote and branch users with a unified, cloud-delivered security stack. To understand how SSE solutions protect organizations and their users, it’s worthwhile to analyze attacker techniques, as well as the protections and controls SSE solutions use to disrupt them. It’s useful to use the MITRE ATT&CK framework. MITRE ATT&CK is a large knowledgebase of attacker techniques that cybersecurity experts use to describe the attack kill chains…

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