Cisco Common Enterprise Security Policy How to Deliver Policy Effectively

Network security has been best of breed and place in network based solutions for many years, however policy definitions vary significantly between platforms and solutions. In this session, you’ll see how Cisco is working to create a common language for policy across the enterprise leveraging Cisco’s Security Group Tagging as well as best of breed networks to simplify network automation and network security. This work is focused on hybrid adoption so that customers can choose to use on prem and cloud network security management seamlessly and without compromise.

Cisco is addressing the evolving enterprise security landscape by enabling simplified connectivity and embracing a zero trust approach. They aim to transition customers from open, flat networks to a default deny model using common policies and context sharing. Utilizing group-based policy and security group tags (SGTs), Cisco enables segmentation and centralized policy management. They emphasize the importance of executive sponsorship, business process engineering, and monitoring with Secure Network Analytics for successful zero trust implementation. Meraki focuses on granular policies and policy synchronization, while the MX appliance enables consistent policy control for teleworkers in hybrid work scenarios.