NEWS SUMMARY:
- Finding the balance between usability and security is now easier than ever with the general availability of Risk-based authentication – giving users the access they need, ensured by real-time contextual signals
- Cisco Introduces Significant Advancement In Its Applications Strategy, An Industry First Enterprise risk observabilityan enhancement to Cisco’s Full-Stack Observability application security solution
- While the technology to secure devices is widely adopted, initial findings from the first Cisco study Cybersecurity Readiness Index revealed that more progress is needed to protect identity. networks and applications
AMSTERDAM, February 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — CISCO LIVE — Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) customers can now access new risk-based capabilities across the entire Cisco security portfolio to better protect hybrid work and multi-cloud environments. These advances demonstrate progress toward realizing the full vision of Cisco Security Cloud that will protect the integrity of an organization’s entire IT ecosystem.
“Security products must provide a frictionless user experience while minimizing risk to the organization,” said Jeetu Patel, executive vice president and general manager of Security and Collaboration at Cisco. “At the same time, organizations must consider their security resiliency holistically. That’s why Cisco is building a comprehensive portfolio of security solutions and integrating them into a single platform. We’re excited to share the latest innovations around the world.” . zero trust, application security and secure connectivity as we move towards our vision.”
Cisco also presented the initial findings of the first Cybersecurity Readiness Index focused on five basic pillars of security protection: identity, devices, network, applications, and data. While the technology to secure devices is widely adopted, more progress is needed to protect identity, networks, and applications.
zero trust
Respondents ranked identity and device management as two of the top three cybersecurity threats. Along with the widespread adoption of technology like multi-factor authentication (MFA), criminals are increasingly focusing on solutions that protect users and devices.
Unfortunately, while we are seeing impressive levels of adoption when it comes to device protection, there is still a lot of work to be done when it comes to identity. The highest level of readiness that companies have worldwide is in device protection, with almost half of companies located in the “mature” (31 percent) or “progressive” (13 percent) adoption stages. ). On the other hand, significant progress is needed to meet the challenge of identity verification, with only 20 percent of organizations in the ‘mature’ category and more than half in the ‘starter’ category (20 percent). or ‘formative’ (38). percent) stages.
Not only are these attacks becoming more frequent and current risk-based signals are failing, but authentication controls are also inflexible, creating too much friction. Security gets in the way, creating usability issues. various features of Duo Risk-Based Authentication Designed to reduce user friction and increase security effectiveness in a hybrid world of work are now available:
- Users can now authenticate less frequently in trusted situations without compromising privacy. remembered devices and patent pending Wi-Fi Fingerprint Allow users to stay connected when using familiar apps, devices and networks, without collecting personal or private location information.
- Protect yourself against authentication phishing attacks with the new verified push ability. In risky situations where Duo can recognize behavior from known attack patterns, it requires the user to enter a code, rather than simply pressing a button to confirm.
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Single sign-on (SSO)) capabilities that fit modern businesses and improve productivity by notifying and allowing users to reset their passwords before they expire.
application security
According to the Cyber Security Readiness Index, enterprises urgently need to act on the security posture of their applications and related workloads. Only 12% are in a state of mature application security readiness, while 65% are in the early or formative stages. Cisco’s application strategy aims to ensure greater resilience against the growing attack surface of the experience economy, where applications are no longer an add-on, but the business itself.
A significant advance in its applications strategy, Cisco has announced the introduction of the first industry Enterprise risk observability, an enhancement to Cisco’s Full-Stack Observability application security solution. available through Cisco Secure Appwhich is integrated with Cisco AppDynamics, provides an enterprise risk scoring solution that brings together the scoring distribution of Kenna Risk Meter and Cisco AppDynamics Business Transactions, and also integrates with Panoptica for security APIs and Talos for threat intelligence.
secure connectivity
The complexity of IT and the complexity of managing a highly distributed workforce has introduced risks to the organization and increased operating costs. Most enterprise networks cannot support the change in traffic patterns driven by SaaS and hybrid work. Only 19 percent of companies are in the mature stage of network protection, while more than 50 percent are in the formative or beginner stages.
To provide secure access to anything from anywhere, organizations are increasingly adopting Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) architectures. Cisco is pleased to announce that Cisco+ Secure Connection, the industry’s first and leading unified SASE solution from a single vendor, is expanding support for Cisco SD-WAN powered by Viptela. Cisco+ Secure Connect uniquely converges Cisco SD-WAN fabrics and leading Cisco cloud security services to provide secure access to anything from anywhere.
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