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and Response (EDR) to XDR with more
than 30 pre-built workflows, 40 turnkey
integrations and new orchestration
capabilities. In addition, Cisco Secure
Client, our single agent across user,
cloud and endpoint protection, enables
faster XDR while reducing agent fatigue.
• Expanded Investigation and Quicker
Response: Cisco Secure Endpoint’s
advanced search technology now
bolsters XDR value, offering more than
200 endpoint queries out-of-the-box
to get real-time answers to support
investigations, threat hunting, and IT
Ops use cases such as tracking artifacts
about endpoints. WAN powered by Meraki extends the visibility and control, no matter where
• “Organizations are increasingly SD-WAN fabric to the cloud with the applications are located.
looking to adopt end-to-end security click of a button and includes intelligent • Upgraded Threat Defense: Secure
architectures to support this new path selection to enable customers Firewall Threat Defense 7.0, delivers
way of working, and we think it’s with secure access and the best user better efficacy with Snort 3 IPS,
critical to take a platform approach experiences when connecting to cloud the world-leading threat protection
to simplify security, network, and IT applications. platform which defined next generation
operations as customers embark • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) in intrusion prevention systems (NGIPS).
on digital transformation,” said Gee cloud-delivered firewall: Umbrella’s Snort is now deployed across 800K+
Rittenhouse, SVP and General Manager, cloud-delivered firewall now includes an Cisco devices, and the open-sourced
Cisco Secure. “Since it was launched additional layer of protection with Snort Snort engine has seen over 8M+
last year at RSA, more than 7,000 3 IPS, backed by Cisco Talos, one of the downloads with 750K+ active users. It
customers are using Cisco’s SecureX largest commercial threat intelligence includes the flexibility to create robust
platform to unlock value from existing teams in the world. policies in dynamic environments
security solutions and accelerate their • New Packages for Best Protection and where fixed IP addresses don’t exist,
migration to XDR.” “SecureX device Value: Umbrella’s new Secure Internet and performance gains up to 30 percent
insights provides an instant view of all Gateway (SIG) Advantage package on most appliances. (Snort 3 is also
the endpoints and devices with details reduces the complexities of purchasing now featured in Cisco SD-WAN powered
needed to assess compliance and and unifying point solutions by offering by Meraki and Umbrella.) The addition
health of all assets in my environment,” a complete set of security capabilities in of the SecureX ribbon to Secure Firewall
said John DePalma, Cybersecurity a single subscription. Management Center also further
Engineer, Sentara Healthcare. “SecureX Redefining and Simplifying Network simplifies detection and response.
device insights delivers welcome help Security • Introducing Cisco Secure Firewall Cloud
to gain momentum on our Zero Trust Constantly changing application Native: Purpose-built for Kubernetes
journey at Sentara.” environments make network security environments, Cisco Secure Firewall
Delivering on a SASE Vision with Enhanced more complex. Modern continuous Cloud Native is developer-friendly, and
Cloud Security integration and continuous delivery (CI/ the most elastic firewall Cisco has ever
Today’s distributed and hybrid workforce CD) applications necessitate tighter built.
necessitates delivering protection and coordination among developers, security, “At ePlus we strive to deliver effective,
performance wherever employees access and network teams to ensure application integrated cybersecurity centered on
the internet or cloud applications. Cisco’s environments and workloads are secure, mitigating business risk,” said Lee
SASE architecture integrates multiple firewalls are appropriately configured, Waskevich, Vice President of Security at
security and networking functions into and policies are integrated. Otherwise, ePlus Technology, Inc. “Cisco is building
a single, secure connectivity offer. This vulnerabilities and misconfigurations in on a strong portfolio and continues
significantly simplifies security and these constantly changing environments to innovate how they deliver a holistic
reduces the cost, time, and resources leave doors open for potential threat platform approach focused on reducing
previously required for deployment, actors. Redefining and simplifying network complexity, and integrating security across
configuration, and integration. Continuing security, Cisco today announced: the network, endpoints, users, apps and
to deliver on its SASE vision, Cisco today • Industry-first Integrated Network cloud through SecureX. As a Gold Master
announced: and Workload Security: Cisco Secure Certified Security Partner, ePlus is excited to
• Rapid Deployment of Cloud Security Workload dynamically informs Cisco partner with Cisco and help our customers
across SD-WAN: New integration Secure Firewall of required policy recognize the advantages SecureX brings
between Cisco Umbrella and Cisco SD- changes and provides comprehensive to their security operations.”

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