#1 most frequent
United States of America
58.3%7 installations of 12
What is Cisco Secure Access?
A cloud-delivered security service edge (SSE) solution, grounded in zero trust, designed to give users an exceptional user experience and protected access from any device to anywhere.
Categories & Use Cases
Who Buys & Uses Cisco Secure Access
#2 most frequent
Spain
25.0%3 installations of 12
#3 most frequent
Canada
8.3%1 installation of 12
Pros
- Robust security capabilities for threat prevention
- Effective in preventing cyber threats and data breaches for SaaS and internet access
- Ease of initial setup and user experience
Cons
- Dissatisfaction with technical support quality due to outsourced assistance
- Challenges with implementation and integration requiring strong technical knowledge
- Inadequate documentation for troubleshooting
Powerful cybersecurity solution
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Cisco Secure Access to enable our employees to access SaaS applications, and the internet securely. It offers you various security capabilities such as ZTNA, FWaaS, VPNaaS, DNS security, Data loss protection, Advanced malware protection, remote browser isolation, single management & reporting console, and Digital experience monitoring in a single comprehensive solution.
Pros
- It offers various security capabilities, including ZTNA, FWaaS, VPNaaS, DNS Security, Data loss prevention, advanced malware protection, etc., all in a single comprehensive solution.
- It enables your employees to access SaaS applications and internet securely
- By isolating sensitive applications and data into smaller segments, it reduces potential damage from a security breach.
Cons
- Costly solution, particular for small businesses
- Configuring Cisco Secure Access is quite difficult if you are not familiar with Cisco Products
- Security notifications sometimes takes longer than expected
Return on Investment
- It helped us minimize potential damage from a security breach by isolating sensitive applications and data into smaller segments
- It offered us seamless and secure access to SaaS applications and the internet
- It provides us a unified console for managing all security components from one place.
Alternatives Considered
FortiSASE
Other Software Used
JioMeet, SAP Ariba, Cisco AnyConnect
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Cisco Secure Access and private access
Pros
- Ease of setup
- Client install
- Meraki integration
Cons
- Speed to resources based on hub sites
Return on Investment
- Improved security is a positive
- Productivity lowered with latency to resources
Alternatives Considered
Aruba Software Defined WAN (SD-WAN) and Aruba EdgeConnect
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use this as the primary SWG. This provides for DNS Category blocks, Application Control Blocks, and more granular web blocking. We also use this for DLP, and we can use user groups to allow or block access to the relevant items that we require.
Pros
- SWG
- Application Control.
- Granular control based on users or groups.
Cons
- Easier management of policies.
- More detailed and accurate reporting.
- Easier identification and categorisation of applications.
- Improved decryption handling and management of WAFs blocking access.
Return on Investment
- Prevent access to malicious content, which has proven to be useful.
- We have reduced appliance count and maintenance as this is a fully cloud based solution.
- Lightweight agent that doesn't consume too many resources from the client machines.
- ability to make changes and have them deployed to agents quickly.
Alternatives Considered
Fortinet FortiGate
Other Software Used
iManage Work, Aderant Expert Sierra, CrowdStrike Falcon Complete Next-Gen MDR
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Pros
- Hybrid workforce
- Consistency
- SSE
- Security
- Always on protection
Cons
- Integration with Canvas AI
- Easy integration with 3rd party firewalls
- Help customers to understand why they need it even though they already have firewalls
Return on Investment
- Less data center complexity
- Easily support remote workforce
- Enable remote work without compromising security
Alternatives Considered
Palo Alto Networks Prisma Access
Other Software Used
Netskope Data Loss Prevention
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Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Every day, in order to connect to the company's domain from remote locations across the country (with some inernational use)
Pros
- Ease of use
- Ease of support/troubleshooting
- Customer service response times when a vendor ticket becomes necessary
Cons
- More support documentation
- Less outsourcing of customer support that reads from scripts without understanding them
Alternatives Considered
Cisco AnyConnect
Other Software Used
Webex App
