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Cisco Secure Firewall
Additional Info
| Company | Cisco |
| Website | https://Cisco.com/go/firewall |
| Company size (employees) | 10,000 or more |
| Headquarters Region | North America |
| Type of solution | Software |
Overview
Cisco Secure Firewall stands at the forefront of network security solutions, providing robust protection for organizations of varying sizes and complexities. What sets Cisco Secure Firewall apart is its comprehensive, integrated threat protection that leverages the power of Cisco’s vast security ecosystem to deliver advanced threat prevention, detection, and response capabilities.
At its core, Cisco Secure Firewall offers a suite of features that are designed to adapt to the evolving threat landscape. Its ability to provide consistent security policies across physical, virtual, and cloud environments differentiates it from many traditional firewall solutions. This level of integration ensures that security is maintained without sacrificing flexibility or scalability, a critical consideration for businesses undergoing digital transformation.
Another key differentiator is Cisco Secure Firewall’s utilization of Cisco Talos intelligence. As one of the largest commercial threat intelligence teams in the world, Talos supplies the firewall with real-time updates on emerging threats, enabling proactive defense against zero-day vulnerabilities and advanced malware. This intelligence-driven approach to security means that Cisco Secure Firewall can automatically adjust policies to counteract the latest threats, providing a dynamic shield for network perimeters.
Cisco Secure Firewall also excels in its user experience by offering a unified management interface through Cisco Defense Orchestrator. This cloud-based application simplifies the management of security policies across various Cisco security devices, saving time and reducing complexity for security administrators. The ability to manage and fine-tune security policies from a single pane of glass is invaluable in ensuring quick and coherent responses to security incidents.
Furthermore, Cisco Secure Firewall integrates seamlessly with other Cisco Secure products to deliver a collaborative security approach. This integration extends the firewall’s capabilities to include automated threat correlation and incident response, further enhancing the organization’s security posture.
Key Capabilities / Features
1. The fastest protection from Zero-day threats
a. Industry’s first Cisco encrypted visibility engine 2.0 (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/secure-firewall/management-center/snort/720/snort3-configuration-guide-v72/m_encrypted-visibility-engine.pdf) uses AI/ML to block encrypted threats without decryption for thorough security, performance, and privacy.
b. Cisco leverages SnortML (https://blog.snort.org/2024/03/talos-launching-new-machine-learning.html), capability in the Cisco firewalls that can detect zero-day SQL injection attacks, providing coverage for never seen before attacks.
c. Complete attack surface visibility of app, devices, users and workloads across on-prem and multi-cloud networks
d. Comprehensive threat protection against malware, known exploits, malicious URLs , DNS and web-based attacks
e. Cisco provides automated Day 0 threat protection in minutes through Talos (the largest commercial threat intelligence team) (https://talosintelligence.com/) with signatures updated within 10 minutes for any connected device.
Cisco recognizes 6093 applications, a 29% advantage than others in the ability to control and block malicious applications
2. Gain operational efficiencies with Generative AI
a. Leverages the power of the Cisco native-built AI Assistant for Security in Firewall to:
i. Assist with policy queries and audit reports
ii. Augment troubleshooting and maintenance with context-aware step-by-step instructions
iii. Automate policy lifecycles and rule auditing
3. Future-proof scalability and innovations with integrated cloud and hardware solutions
Unified management operations and hybrid cloud security through Cisco Security Cloud
The best price/performance ratios with an extensible hardware/software/virtual family for SMB to large datacenters/service providers
Flexible consumption models and ELAs for single-vendor purchasing, licensing, support, and integration advantages
See more: Cisco Secure Firewall product page (https://www.cisco.com/site/us/en/products/security/firewalls/index.html)
SE Labs 2023 Annual Report (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/firewalls/2023-se-labs-cyber-threat-intelligence-report.html)
Cisco Firewall case studies (https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/case-studies-customer-success-stories/customer-stories-listing.html)
How we are different
• With 96% of encrypted web traffic across Google, conventional methods of decryption, inspection, and re-encryption are proving to be fragile, slowing device performance by 80% . Cisco Secure Firewall is the only solution in the market with Industry’s first Cisco encrypted visibility engine 2.0 that uses AI/ML to see malware in the encrypted traffic and block threats without decryption for thorough security, simplicity, performance, and privacy.
• 76% of organizations use a multi-cloud operating model. Only Cisco provides unified management with holistic Firewall integration with a broader security system, including XDR, SSE, NAC, OT security, SIEMs (Splunk), and multi-cloud protections for a comprehensive security approach.
• Policy sprawl and complexity create misconfigurations . Only Cisco Firewall leverages the power of the Cisco native-built AI Assistant for Security in Firewall to assist with policy queries and audit reports , augment troubleshooting and maintenance with context-aware step-by-step instructions and automate policy lifecycles and rule auditing .
See more Cisco proof points: Cisco Secure Firewall Encrypted Visibility Engine Malware Blocking Cisco AI (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe40Xe5eOM8)