Cisco is a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Enterprise Firewall Solutions, Q4 2026

Cisco is a Leader in Enterprise Firewall Solutions

Cisco Firewalls empower you to:

1. Stop advanced threats inline. Cisco Firewall combines firewalling and intrusion prevention with Snort ML and Talos threat intelligence to help detect and block emerging AI threats.

2. See threats in encrypted traffic. Encrypted Visibility Engine helps identify malicious activity without decrypting every connection, supporting visibility while reducing the need for broad decryption.

3. Match security to your environment. Cisco offers physical, virtual, container and cloud firewall options for branch, campus, and data center deployments.

4. Reduce policy and management effort. Cisco Cloud Control brings policy management across supported Cisco and third-party enforcement points into one place, with AI assistance for policy tasks and troubleshooting.

5. Build on existing infrastructure and adapt over time. Customers can include supported third-party firewalls in their policy approach and choose Cisco physical, virtual, cloud, or workload options as their needs evolve.

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