As the SD-WAN market leader with more than 173,000 customers, Cisco is committed to providing the highest level of connectivity and protection, ensuring your entire network is always one step ahead. This commitment was recently recognized when Cisco was named a Leader in the SD-WAN Magic Quadrant™ by Gartner for the fifth consecutive year. We believe this is a testament to how our secure WAN solutions deliver platform-level networking with built-in security to solve our customers’ challenges.
A secure WAN edge is more important than ever
Users and apps are everywhere, connected through highly complex and distributed global area networks, and traversing owned and non-owned infrastructure. At the same time, companies are investing in powerful artificial intelligence (AI) to create and deliver products, services, and experiences. In the past, spikes in latency and inefficiencies were a problem, but today they are hindering an effective hybrid workforce.
But Cisco Secure WAN is your organization’s digital backbone, providing unwavering connectivity, securing your entire network, and ensuring a consistently great experience. It connects offices, factories, stores, distribution centers, and even critical infrastructure sites such as substations and ports. Whether you need high-performance routing, intelligent SD-WAN, or flexible multicloud connectivity, we deliver it on a purpose-built platform that extends security and assurance to every touchpoint across your network.
Enhanced Cybersecurity and SASE Support
that Its security is not surprising ruins This is a top priority for us as customers and enterprises evaluate policy enforcement with SD-WAN as standard practice. We believe this year’s Gartner SD-WAN Magic Quadrant reflects the most thorough security assessment of on-premises security, secure services edge (SSE), and security information and event management (SIEM). Cybersecurity protection with SD-WAN:
- Superior threat protection: All Cisco WAN appliances come with a built-in next-generation firewall (NGFW) for on-premises protection that delivers 25% better malware effectiveness than the industry average.
- Seamless security integration: Cisco Secure WAN Edge supports SASE through native integration with Cisco Secure Access and open support for third-party SSE.
- Proactive threat defense: Cisco MX is natively integrated with Cisco XDR to automatically detect and respond to increasingly sophisticated threats operating through multiple vectors.
- Simplify complexity through intelligence: Through its acquisition of Splunk, Cisco is bringing IT service intelligence to SIEM to help manage growing complexity.
Basic visibility into what you own and what you don’t.
In addition to being resilient in the face of security threats, organizations must build a foundation that delivers the best experience at all times. When there’s a problem, how quickly can you identify whether it’s a distributed denial of service (DDOS) attack, ransomware, network outage, infrastructure issue, bad code push, etc.?
Gartner evaluated vendors’ digital experience monitoring (DEM) capabilities for the first time in this year’s SD-WAN Magic Quadrant. Without true visibility into both owned infrastructure and non-owned services, it is impossible to identify and resolve the root cause of problems. Cisco ThousandEyes integrated into Cisco SD-WAN gives IT teams immediate, experience-first visibility into connectivity, ensuring every digital experience for every user across the entire network.
Customized: Because one size does not fit all.
Corporate environments are diverse. IT teams must provide secure WAN connectivity across multiple locations. Some have regular IT staff, while others require very precise configuration. Only Cisco SD-WAN can help organizations choose the best technology for each location type and simplify management with a custom SD-WAN that works seamlessly with the most operationally efficient SD-Branch solutions. Setup is easy through the Meraki dashboard, which automatically creates resilient links between Meraki and the Catalyst SD-WAN fabric for optimal traffic flow.
SD-WAN and beyond
We believe Cisco’s positioning as a Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for SD-WAN for five consecutive years demonstrates Cisco’s unwavering commitment to providing customer-centric platform solutions. Cisco’s comprehensive approach to cybersecurity and unmatched visibility help organizations succeed in today’s ever-evolving digital environment.
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