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If you’re renovating or constructing a network to follow the secure access service edge (SASE) model, your choice of a technology partner is very important.

The right vendor can simplify and accelerate your implementation, and give you better results.

SASE architecture is all about convergence: bringing networking and security together in today’s distributed environment.

So, it’s no wonder that Gartner recommends choosing a single vendor (or two at the most) that can supply all the building blocks.1

Connect

  • SD-WAN
  • Multicloud access

Control

  • Cloud access security broker (CASB)
  • Secure web gateway
  • Cloud-delivered firewall
  • Zero trust network access (ZTNA)

Converge

  • Observability

Cisco can turn your SASE blueprint into reality

While many of the networking and security elements of SASE are well developed, there’s no one solution available today that delivers all its capabilities.

Instead, organizations are evaluating both foundational expertise and vision to decide who can best take them all the way to their ideal SASE implementation in the future.

Cisco is uniquely positioned to bring together best-in-class networking, security, and observability in a single offer today, with a single solution to come.

Connect with Cisco SD-WAN

For many organizations, a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) is the first phase of a SASE implementation. The goal is to decentralize and virtualize the network by switching from MPLS lines and VPNs to cloud-based secure connectivity as a service.

Moving to Cisco SD-WAN – and adding remote access with Cisco AnyConnect – gives network builders what they want to enhance user experience and simplify operations.

Expand for multicloud

With today’s business demands for SaaS applications, public clouds, and colocation, managing a multicloud environment can be quite complex.

Cisco SD-WAN Cloud OnRamp solutions help optimize application performance and apply consistent security policies, making multicloud connectivity simpler and easier.

Measure the benefits of Cisco SD-WAN

Cisco is the most widely deployed SD-WAN across the Fortune 2000, with deployments in 70% of Fortune 100 enterprises. IDC analyzed information from eight enterprises that deployed Cisco SD-WAN and found striking results.

33%

33% more efficient WAN management2

45%

45% reduction in application latency

94%

94% reduction in unplanned downtime

Control with Cisco security solutions

Some organizations begin their SASE implementation with security solutions. Moving the security stack from an on-premises data center in HQ into the cloud seals up the gaps that have opened as users do more work off-network and more apps are hosted on the Internet. Here are some of the Cisco security solutions that integrate into your SASE implementation.

Zero trust network access (ZTNA)

Cisco Duo secures all access across your apps and environment, from any user, device, and location using zero trust for more comprehensive protection.

Cloud security

Cisco Umbrella is the cloud-native, multi-function security service at the core of Cisco’s SASE architecture. It unifies firewall, secure web gateway, DNS-layer security, cloud access security broker (CASB), and threat intelligence solutions into a single cloud service.

Secure your remote workforce and your edge

Based on what’s happening today with the acceleration of hybrid work and cloud computing, Cisco has identified two major use cases for SASE.

Secure remote worker

For employees connecting to apps and data from outside the office, SASE enables seamless and secure access to the internet and cloud apps. The architecture authenticates users and ensures device health to protect from bad actors, and it delivers the best connectivity and application experience for every remote worker.

Secure edge

With campus and branch environments, colocation, and hosted data centers connecting from everywhere, SASE allows organizations to provision SD-WAN fabric across thousands of users and locations. Network administrators can quickly identify and resolve issues across ISPs, SaaS, cloud, and internally hosted apps.

Converge with Cisco observability solutions

Observability is another good place to start a SASE project. You’ll need to see across the entire network, even when you don’t own the infrastructure or control how service providers route traffic.

ThousandEyes gives you complete visibility, from the user to the application, over any network. It also delivers actionable insight into any performance issues so you can resolve issues quickly and maintain excellent user experience.

Revamp your performance

Tamimi Markets switched from a traditional network to a software-defined infrastructure with Cisco SD-WAN and Cisco Umbrella. They were able to speed up connectivity to deliver faster customer service.

Cisco SD-WAN delivered true branch independence through Direct Internet Access, resulting in 4x bandwidth.

Trust the WAN Edge leader

The Cisco SASE solutions, roadmap, and vision are being evaluated by third-party analysts and coming out ahead. For example, Gartner again recognized Cisco as a Leader in the 2021 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Edge Infrastructure. Cisco is the only vendor with industry-leading solutions for every component of SASE.

Cisco SD-WAN recognizes 1,400+ applications, 162% more than a competitor SD-WAN.

Cisco SD-WAN is 33% less expensive than a competitor solution.3

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