SASE

Shailaja Shankar, senior vice president and general manager of the Cisco Security Business Group outlined the Cisco Security Cloud the vendor launched last week.

Shankar said the offering contains four key tenants.

First it contains the Cisco+ Secure Connect Now SASE offering. It’s a subscription-based, turnkey offering with a global footprint, Shankar said.

The second tenant is secure access, which is based on continuous trusted access with risk-based authentication.

Thirdly, Cisco is emphasizing secure operations using its new Talos Intel On-Demand offering, which gives businesses customized threat research. Cisco has also enhanced its Secure Cloud Analytics offering.

Lastly, Cisco is pushing simplification. It unveiled a unified client that will encompass its AnyConnect, Secure Endpoint and Umbrella clients.