The business need
Cisco IT needed a unified, cloud-based zero trust solution to secure internet and application access, modernizing protection for today's distributed work.
Challenge
Cisco IT needed to modernize legacy systems to support a distributed, evolving workforce and zero trust strategy. Key challenges included:
- User frustration: Inconsistent access and experiences across different environments.
- IT overhead: Excessive time spent maintaining numerous products and integrations.
- Fragmented security: Security gaps from siloed teams and policies.
- Evolving threats: New risks, like those from Generative AI, demanded stronger controls.
- Distributed work: A hyper-distributed workforce required adaptable, unified solutions.
Solution
Cisco IT partnered with product and engineering teams to design, build, and internally deploy a unified platform as customer zero.
- Cisco Secure Access: A Secure Services Edge (SSE) solution that provides integrated secure private application access everywhere, for users located anywhere. Unified security capabilities are delivered from the cloud to enhance zero trust initiatives and better protect against emerging AI-related threats.
Seamless user experience
Continuous, transparent validation enables secure, effortless access to applications—anytime, anywhere.
Consistent protection
Uniform security policies safeguard all users, devices, and locations to streamline IT, boost productivity, and minimize the attack surface.
Optimized IT resources
Cisco IT can focus on innovation and advanced security, not maintenance, for a distributed workforce.
Accelerated innovation
New capabilities and fixes can be deployed quickly, future-proofing user protection without hardware constraints.
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