Cisco Security Presents at Tech Field Day Extra at Cisco Live US 2023

Cisco Plus Secure Connect Approach to Unified SASE

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Discover how a unified platform approach to SASE can help organizations simplify IT and deliver better user experiences that are simple, secure, and predictable.

Cisco Plus Secure Connect aims to provide secure interconnectivity across various systems. They offer a dedicated support team and a new Service Edge architecture that promotes sustainability, efficiency, and an enhanced user experience. To address the challenge of configuring policies across multiple branch networks, Cisco proposes a unified policy management solution. This solution encompasses both the secure connect and Meraki SD-WAN branch, offering centralized management and distributed enforcement. The system automatically selects the appropriate enforcement point based on policy intent, but manual enforcement and exceptions are also possible. Additional features include a policy object page for easy management and auditing capabilities through logs and events tracking.

Personnel: Akshar Patel, Mark Townsley

New Zero Trust Innovations Power Cisco Secure Access

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Introducing Cisco’s Unified SSE solution: Cisco Secure Access! Cisco Secure Access is a cloud-delivered, unified Secure Service Edge, offering a secure internet access, private app access and more! In this session you will see how Cisco is creating a new level of security convergence including market first ZTNA innovations that provide extended value and flexibility. Cisco Secure Access provides a great user and admin experience while simplifying and lowering the cost to deploy for IT teams without compromising security.

The speakers introduce Cisco Secure Access, a comprehensive solution that incorporates DNS monitoring and Zero Trust Network Access capabilities. Emphasizing the importance of a seamless user experience, the solution is designed to detect and encrypt all types of traffic using modern protocols like Mask and Quick. They delve into the client-side architecture, explaining how traffic control is achieved at the socket level without manipulating routes. Additionally, the solution offers user enrollment with just an email address. They also discuss the process for establishing a secure connection between client devices and enterprise applications using ZTNA technology, covering device enrollment, certificate generation, and secure tunnel establishment. App connector deployment and the use of mask proxies for secure access are highlighted. They further mention the inclusion of mobile ZTNA and a partnership with Apple for the enterprise relay service, with future plans for MDM configurability in the second phase of mobile ZTNA.

Personnel: Eric Eddy, Fay Lee

Security Analytics and Cisco XDR

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This session gives an overview of Cisco Secure Analytics and the newly introduced Cisco XDR.

The speakers provide an overview of Cisco’s Secure Analytics, focusing on their recently announced XDR product. They discuss the security operations process, emphasizing the importance of data gathering for informed security decision-making. Within Cisco’s Security Operations Center, two products are highlighted: Secure Network Analytics and XDR. Secure Network Analytics specializes in threat detection through the collection and analysis of network telemetry. Notably, the unique data processing capabilities of Secure Network Analytics enable features such as policy analytics and the TrustSec matrix for identifying potential policy violations. The product utilizes both on-the-box and cloud-based analytical engines for threat detection. XDR, on the other hand, extends network analytics by incorporating multiple data sets and integrates with other products for incident response. It is worth noting that XDR requires a separate license. Overall, the speaker emphasizes the significance of data collection and analysis in driving valuable analytical outcomes within Cisco’s security analytics offerings.

Personnel: Matthew Robertson