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What is Cisco Secure Connect?

Cisco Secure Connect is a SASE solution that converges Software-Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN) and Security Service Edge (SSE) to enable operational consistency across premises to the cloud.

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Work securely from everywhere

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Verified User
Team Lead in Information Technology (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Cisco Secure Connect enables remote work to improve productivity without compromising company security, optimizing the workflow and allowing the workers to be anywhere, still complying with company policy and maintaining company security posture. An integral part of the security stack deployed to maintain tha security of the entire company systems.

Pros

  • Protect endpoint
  • Protect communications to HQ
  • Enhance security posture

Cons

  • Integration with biometric authentication
  • CPU weight
  • Network changes

Return on Investment

  • Improved productivity
  • High security

Usability

Alternatives Considered

CheckPoint

Other Software Used

Cisco Umbrella, AppDynamics, Cisco Firepower 1000 Series

Securely connected organization to work comfortably and calmly

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Julian DomecqView profile
It Recruit Specialist in Information Technology at Bahía IT Talent (1-10 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Is a networking solution that allows you to securely connect users, applications and things from anywhere. connect users working from anywhere. Integrates client-based and clientless remote worker access .It helps a lot to securely connect users, things and applications everywhere based on this unified SASE.

Pros

  • Securely connect users, applications and things from anywhere
  • Allows access to the Internet, private applications and SD-WAN connectivity
  • Consumed as a single subscription
  • everywhere based on this unified SASE

Cons

  • Information about more resources more SASE
  • Delivers a unified computing experience
  • Strengthen security measures
  • connect users and applications

Return on Investment

  • reliable and secure experiences for a future-ready workplace
  • Enables organizations to implement consistent security and access controls across all connected sites.
  • Save time

Usability

Alternatives Considered

CSI Secure Connect, Cisco Secure Connect and Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics

Other Software Used

Cisco Secure Connect, Cisco Secure Access, Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics

Cisco Secure Connect Client

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Florian Alex
Network architect in Engineering at Orange (10,001+ employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

The main goal is to establis the Secured VPN tunnel towards the company.

Pros

  • Nominal and backup tunnels
  • inside and outside tunnel
  • multiple profils

Cons

  • In my opinion Cisco Secure Connect is well featured.

Return on Investment

  • Centralized management
  • Efficient
  • licensing model not too expensive

Usability

Alternatives Considered

OpenVPN Access Server

Other Software Used

Mozilla Firefox

Best experience with Cisco tool

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Sahil RanaView profile
Project Lead in Information Technology at Persistent Systems (1001-5000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

It is useful for us to addresses the issues related to the networking and security. It ensures to secure our devices that are using on multiple locations. It improves efficiency. It saves from cyber threats or phishing mails. It reduce cost and complexity. Cisco secure is cloud based app. we can use from anywhere.

Pros

  • Reduce complexity.
  • Makes business more efficient.
  • Optimize application performance.

Cons

  • High latency.
  • Expensive for start ups.
  • AI threat detection needs improvement.

Return on Investment

  • Detect threat efficiently.
  • Reduce cost in system security.

Usability

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christoph knauf
Engineer in Information Technology at Atos (5001-10,000 employees employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Actually, it's used for VPN connections, and there are no business problems for us.

Pros

  • Secure connection of users
  • Secure connection of branches
  • Fast encryption of VPN tunnels

Return on Investment

  • Bad ROI to expensive
  • Fast deployment but not all works perfect from day 1

Usability

Alternatives Considered

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