Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Policy Groups Configuration Guide, Releases 26.x and Later

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Secure Internet Gateway

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Explains the core architecture and key functions of Secure Internet Gateway, including threat protection, policy enforcement, and monitoring to safeguard internet-bound traffic.


Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN edge devices support routing, security, and other LAN access features that can be managed centrally. On high-end devices, you can enable all these features while providing the scale and performance required by large enterprises. However, on lower-end devices, enabling all the security features simultaneously can degrade performance. To avoid the performance degradation, integrate lower-end devices with Secure Internet Gateways (SIG) that do most of the processing to secure enterprise traffic. When you integrate a Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN edge device with a SIG, all client internet traffic, based on routing or policy, is forwarded to the SIG.