The Cisco Security Cloud: Built for a multi-cloud, hybrid world

The Cisco Security Cloud is our vision for an open, unified platform for end-to-end security across every environment. The good news? We're already building it.

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The economics of public cloud — without the limitations

Who doesn't want on-demand scalability, global redundancy and zero maintenance or capital expenditures? The beneficial economics of public cloud services have made these platforms popular, but their inherent limitations make security harder than it should be. The Cisco Security Cloud will be an open and extensible platform that provides APIs for integration and supports a rich developer ecosystem and marketplace. This makes it easier to adopt third-party solutions needed to meet evolving needs and emerging use cases.

Complete visibility into all threats and vulnerabilities

By removing the silos that plague most corporate environments, the Cisco Security Cloud will provide visibility and actionable insights across networks, clouds, endpoints and applications to help SecOps teams hunt, investigate and remediate threats.

You're most vulnerable when you have silos. This platform unifies visibility and taps into DevOps, SecOps and even infrastructure.

Colin John, Global Security Manager

Intent-based and AI-driven security

The Cisco Security Cloud will be built on an intent-based and AI-driven policy engine that constantly verifies user and device identity, device posture, vulnerabilities and indicators of compromise. A unified policy engine will allow users to define policies centrally and propagate those policies across multiple systems and control points. For SecOps teams, that means greater efficiency and resiliency: automated identification and response systems take an average of 74 fewer days to contain a data breach compared to manual processes.

A frictionless experience for all

But the benefits don't stop with SecOps. Network Operations, IT Operations and DevOps all are likely to benefit from a unified environment that operations more efficiently, with less guesswork and fewer roadblocks to productivity.

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What cyber-threats lie ahead? To help you navigate them, it will take a resilient, platform-based architecture that meets you where you are.

The Cisco Security Cloud will be unlike any other security platform or point solution. Cisco's comprehensive, integrated set of security and networking services take a cloud-first approach that can protect your entire IT ecosystem: in the cloud, on premises or combination of both.

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Not all your assets are cloud based. The Cisco Security Cloud protects servers and storage devices in your data centre, desktop systems at headquarters and branches, the laptop in Maya's home office, and her mobile phone and tablet.

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Amid your organisation's stack of as-a-service offerings, think of the Cisco Security Cloud as Secure Network-as-a-Service. It will integrate with the platforms and software you rely on to operate your business, no matter what or where they are.

^Hybrid

It's likely you're trying to protect everyone and everything, everywhere. The Cisco Security Cloud will be designed to provide that kind of end-to-end coverage.