Cisco held its annual customer event, CiscoLive, in San Diego this week, while hosting industry analysts like me at C-Scape. As part of the agenda, the Cisco security team provided details on its present position and future strategy. Here are a few of my take-aways:
Network changes drive security. Cisco believes that network infrastructure is rapidly changing, driven by SD-WAN, direct internet access (DIA), and user mobility. These changes will drive emerging technologies such as Wi-Fi 6 and 5G, and Cisco says organizations will look to bolster network security as they transition their network infrastructure. Thus, Cisco is baking security into networking products like Meraki and Viptella and introducing a cloud-based secure internet gateway (SIG) to safeguard users regardless of their location. These changes should help Cisco sell networking and security products while bridging the collaboration gap between cybersecurity and network operations teams.Cisco’s security portfolio is much broader than people think. Common wisdom is that Cisco makes all its security money selling firewalls and IDS/IPS. Yes, it is a market leader in those areas, but the company’s portfolio is far broader than perimeter network security. For example, Cisco is gaining share with AMP for endpoints, Tetration for micro-segmentation, and Duo for multi-factor authentication (MFA). Like other large security vendors, Cisco is focused on product integration and interoperability. To accomplish this goal, Cisco provides a unified front-end with Cisco threat response (CTR) that amalgamates products for threat hunting and security investigations. Cisco products are also back-ended by Talos, providing threat intelligence feeds that complement individual product alerts. The company offers different types of enterprise licensing models, so its customers can easily consume all its wares.
Zero-trust is a major part of Cisco’s strategy. Everyone’s talking about zero-trust these days, but trusted network connections are really no ..
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