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Cisco Unveils New, Expanded SASE Architecture, Delivering Complete Protection From Endpoint to the Cloud
30 Mar, 2021

News Summary:
- Cisco simplifies networking and security operations with an expanded Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architecture, and unveils innovations to cloud-native platform, SecureX.
- Cisco launches Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offer with ability to purchase all core components in a single offer and the flexibility to easily transition to a unified subscription service in the future.
- Cisco continues to bring radical simplicity to security with SecureX platform enhancements that significantly reduce time to detect and remediate security threats.
- Data Loss Prevention: Cisco Umbrella data loss prevention (DLP) enables organizations to discover and block sensitive data being transmitted to unwanted destinations, while preventing data exfiltration and supporting compliance mandates.
- Remote Browser Isolation: Cisco Umbrella remote browser isolation enables users to safely browse websites while protecting end user devices and corporate networks from browser-based exploits.
- Cloud Malware Detection: Cisco Umbrella cloud malware detection finds and removes malware from cloud-based file storage applications. As more organizations move business-critical data to cloud-based applications, they need to ensure that users can access them, even from unmanaged devices, and that those cloud applications are safe.
- Expanding Cisco SD-WAN Cloud Onramp: The release of SD-WAN 17.5 powered by Viptela expands cloud onramp capabilities for predictable and secure application experiences. Cisco expands beyond AWS and Azure to now add new cloud integrations including Google Cloud and Megaport. In addition, Cisco SD-WAN powered by Meraki further extends connectivity from branch sites to resources in public cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, Alibaba Cloud.
- New SD-WAN and Cloud Security Integration: Expanding our current networking and security integrations, Cisco SD-WAN powered by Meraki and Umbrella now integrates with Cisco Umbrella to speed cloud-native security deployments across distributed locations with simplified Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) tunnel connectivity.
- Observability: Part of the new SASE offer, ThousandEyes’ internet and cloud intelligence continues to enable organizations’ visibility and actionable insights into every network, from any user to any application, so they can remediate incidents quickly and maintain reliable connectivity and digital experience.
- Passwordless Authentication: Today Duo unveiled infrastructure agnostic, passwordless authentication, available for public preview this summer. The vision is to enable zero trust with a frictionless login experience, ensuring that enterprises can seamlessly protect a mix of cloud and on-premises applications without requiring multiple authentication products or leaving critical security gaps.
- Blog: Cisco’s Vision for SASE and a Brand New Offer to Kickstart Your Journey
- Press Release: Kiss Passwords Goodbye: Cisco Secure Unveils Passwordless Future with Stronger Security for All
- Press Release: Giving Customers Choice to Buy How They Want: Cisco Bridges to as-a-Service with Cisco Plus
- Learn more about SecureX at cisco.com/go/securex
- Visit developer.cisco.com/sase for DevNet’s various resources for SASE developers, and developer.cisco.com/securex/ for DevNet’s SecureX developer resources, including DevNet Sandboxes, learning content, sample code and automation use cases