A Cisco
Secure Access
story in action

Higher productivity for end-users. Less complexity for IT staff.
Greater security resilience.

Imagine a large healthcare organization who implements Cisco Secure Access. End-users and IT staff both get simpler, streamlined, and safer work.

End-user

Before: The user has to think about what access procedure might be appropriate for the app they want to use and then try different methods. Some are dead-ends, and some require multiple, time-consuming steps. Some access routes (traditional VPN) can impede the performance of other applications, which nudges the user to get in and out of apps multiple times. This leads to a high volume of authentication challenges to support a typical multi-tasking workday, creating a frustrating pattern and lowering productivity.

After: Cisco Secure Access gives the user a similar access experience across a much larger set of applications and resources. Decisions about how they connect to the app are handled behind the scenes, so they get to what they want more quickly. The end-user avoids extra steps on both the initial connection and as they move from app to app to do their job.

Security leader/
admin/analyst

Before: Admin/security teams deploy and manage a broad set of security tools. They must learn separate consoles/UIs, create many sets of independent policies, and build integrations between numerous solutions. Ongoing management takes many different screens, controls, policies, reports, and alerts. All these manual steps, cross checking, and aggregation tasks result in security gaps and slower detection/investigation.

After: One place to go to review or revise policies and controls. One place for aggregated reporting and key investigation functions. Broad visibility across user activities spanning web traffic, non-web internet traffic, SaaS apps and private apps. Quick recognition of malicious activities.

The organization
overall

The security posture of the entire organization is radically improved. Cisco Secure Access enhances protection and control across the business by enforcing ZTNA principles and applying granular security policies. By mitigating risk, organizations maintain business continuity and avoid the reputation and financial impact of a breach.