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Cisco Unveils New, Expanded SASE Architecture, Delivering Complete

Protection from Endpoint to The Cloud

Cisco the leader in enterprise networking subscription service, and deliver seamless, • Cloud Malware Detection: Cisco
and security, launches a new, expanded secure access to any application, over Umbrella cloud malware detection finds
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) offer. any network or cloud, anywhere users and removes malware from cloud-
This is the next important step in Cisco’s work. “As the workforce is increasingly based file storage applications. As more
journey to radically simplify enterprise hybrid, traditional network and security organizations move business-critical
networking and security by helping frameworks can no longer keep pace with data to cloud-based applications, they
network operations (NetOps) and security this new way of doing business. There has need to ensure that users can access
operations (SecOps) teams securely never been a more critical time to deliver them, even from unmanaged devices,
connect users to applications. Additionally, something radically different, as every and that those cloud applications are
Cisco announces enhancements to its customer is unique and needs flexibility safe.
cloud-native platform, SecureX to more when determining how a SASE architecture • Expanding Cisco SD-WAN Cloud
quickly and effectively manage new and fits into their environment. When it comes Onramp: The release of SD-WAN 17.5
emerging and advanced threats. Work is to transformation, there is no one-size- powered by Viptela expands cloud
no longer a location but an experience, fits-all approach and moving to a SASE onramp capabilities for predictable
and the global events of the last year have framework is no different,” said Osama and secure application experiences.
made working from anywhere the norm. Al-Zoubi, CTO, Cisco Middle East and Cisco expands beyond AWS and Azure
At the same time, this trend increased Africa. “Today’s announcement enables to now add new cloud integrations
the complexity of managing networks organizations to start using all of the core including Google Cloud and Megaport.
and security across an expanding attack building blocks of a SASE architecture In addition, Cisco SD-WAN powered
surface of users, devices, applications, immediately, making it simpler than ever by Meraki further extends connectivity
and data. As the hub shifts from the data to continue your journey to SASE.” In from branch sites to resources in public
center to the user, a SASE architecture addition, Cisco continues to rapidly deliver cloud environments such as AWS,
has emerged as a top organizational features that unlock new SASE use cases, Azure, Alibaba Cloud.
priority to provide seamless connection including: • New SD-WAN and Cloud Security
to applications. Cisco introduces the • Data Loss Prevention: Cisco Umbrella Integration: Expanding our current
ability to purchase all core SASE product data loss prevention (DLP) enables networking and security integrations,
components in a single offer with the organizations to discover and block Cisco SD-WAN powered by Meraki and
flexibility to easily transition to a single sensitive data being transmitted to Umbrella now integrates with Cisco
subscription service in the future, enabling unwanted destinations, while preventing Umbrella to speed cloud-native security
organizations to start using Cisco’s data exfiltration and supporting deployments across distributed
integrated architecture immediately. compliance mandates. locations with simplified Internet
Cisco provides all the building blocks of • Remote Browser Isolation: Cisco Protocol Security (IPSec) tunnel
a SASE architecture, including best-in- Umbrella remote browser isolation connectivity.
class networking, remote access, cloud enables users to safely browse websites • Observability: Part of the new SASE
security, zero trust network access, while protecting end user devices and offer, ThousandEyes’ internet and
and observability. Cisco’s vision is to corporate networks from browser- cloud intelligence continues to enable
combine these capabilities into a single based exploits. 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: 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.

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