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Cisco IT significantly reduces attack surface with ZTA

Cisco’s Zero Trust Access (ZTA) approach ensures secure, seamless access to apps and resources with zero trust. With ZTA, Cisco IT now has flexibility, visibility and protection for critical assets anywhere.

The business need

Cisco IT needed to reduce complexity, improve user experience and address the limitations of traditional VPN to enable secure and low-friction access to all applications across on-premise and remote environments.

Challenge

Cisco IT needed to meet the evolving demands of distributed work and address the following issues without compromising user experience:

  • Fragmented access control: The team had difficulty enforcing consistent security across remote, on-campus and branch locations.
  • Siloed policies: Managing separate policies for legacy VPN and modern ZTA applications created inefficiencies and security gaps.
  • Inconsistent experience: There was no ability to provide a seamless user experience across applications and locations.
  • Secure access: IT needed to ensure robust security without impacting performance.
  • Identity security: They had to overcome user resistance to authentication measures necessary for strong identity protection.

Solution

The team took an identity-centric approach to zero trust and integrated Cisco Secure Access with other core Cisco technologies to boost security, simplify operations and reduce user friction.


    Outcomes

    Frictionless zero trust access

    Unified access, identity and network enforcement enable a more secure, seamless and scalable zero trust environment.

    Minimised attack surface

    99% of logins are phishing-resistant with a significantly reduced attack surface.

    Seamless user experience

    92% of logins are automatically suppressed, fostering employee productivity with fewer login-related distractions.

    Increased efficiency

    Cisco IT now manages access policies more efficiently and resolves issues faster, freeing up time to focus on strategic initiatives.

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