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Traditional security and networking approaches don’t support or protect today’s hybrid and distributed workforce, which requires secure user access anywhere, anytime. The solution? A cloud-managed and delivered convergence of networking and security function, which Forrester calls the Zero Trust edge (ZTE) model. Forrester predicts that in its final form, ZTE will fully combine networking and security with Zero Trust security principles and software-defined networking for an integrated set of cloud-delivered and managed services 

With less budget, fewer resources, and more employees working from home than ever, it’s time to look for a better way to enhance your digital security. In this ebook we’ll look at the challenges facing today’s security professionals and share some simple actions you can take to reduce malware, simplify security and secure a growing population of remote and roaming workers, without overburdening your staff.

Today, securing your network is more challenging than ever — you need to secure users, devices, apps, and data at the point of access, working at the cloud edge to deliver protection and performance. Choosing the right partner for your cloud journey can help your business thrive, while choosing the wrong one might mean falling short on your goals. Let us tell you what’s missing and how we can help.

View this session to learn about the four key components of a robust, forward-thinking cloud strategy: simplicity, security, scalability, and support. You’ll learn how Cisco delivers on each of these components with a single cloud-delivered service for strong security protection and performance you can rely on for your critical business needs.

“No matter where our employees work, we know they’re protected when they’re connecting directly to the internet, and we have full visibility into all the web traffic from Umbrella’s secure web gateway.”

-David Wang, Network and Security Engineering Manager, Vicinity Centres

Radicati Market Quadrants are designed to identify top vendors within specific technology markets. Get this report to learn why Cisco Umbrella is ranked as a Top Player by Radicati and compare strengths and weaknesses against other web security leaders. This report includes:

• Reviews of current cybersecurity leaders that offer both breadth and depth in their cloud security solutions
• The options available for fast and flexible deployment
• The ease behind on-prem to cloud migration

How Cisco Umbrella “ensures there are no gaps off the network, over non-web ports and protocols, and for all locations”

Radicati says “Cisco Umbrella delivers a broad set of web security capabilities in a single platform, that normally requires separate solutions.”

For the majority of 2020, in the face of a global pandemic, the entire world has been grappling with massive change — in how we live, how we work, how we connect. But one area that’s always been dynamic and rapidly evolving is the cyber threat landscape.

Here at Cisco, we’ve seen firsthand how commonplace threats have quickly evolved into complex, multi-stage attacks that use tried-and-true malware methodology paired with innovative new tactics to cover their tracks. In the face of these new threats, InfoSec teams are feeling increasingly overwhelmed. The right information, however, can prepare you for what’s out there.

Cisco Umbrella has identified a number of major threat trends that will have serious implications far beyond 2020:

• Trend #1: Trojans and droppers are getting a second life as new forms of malware delivery.
• Trend #2: Orchestrated, multi-staged, evasive attacks are becoming the norm.
• Trend #3: Cryptomining is opening the door to other types of cyber threats.
• Trend #4: Attackers are taking advantage of pandemic-related content to propagate threats.

Learn about why you’ll need machine speed and predictive threat intelligence to counter these rising trends.

Today, “the office” can be anywhere, and traditional security just can’t keep up. That’s where Cisco Umbrella comes in. Powered by predictive intelligence, Umbrella acts as your first line of defense against threats. Read this ebook to learn how this unique advantage can make a difference for your organization.

Get proven success factors for your security program based on data from 4,800 security experts

We asked respondents about their organization’s adherence to 25 security practices spanning governance, strategy, spending, architecture, and operations.

We then asked about each program’s level of success across roughly a dozen high-level security objectives or outcomes organized into three main categories:

• Enabling the business
• Managing risk
• Operating efficiently

Next, we conducted extensive multivariate analysis to identify security practices that correlate strongly with successful program-level outcomes.

We’ve broken down their answers into best practices, and determined which have the most impact on security outcomes and objectives.

In other words: based on what your organization wants to achieve in security, these are things you should be doing to increase your chances of success. You’ll learn which security practices rank most effective, and which are making the least difference. We found quite a few unexpected correlations. Get the study to learn more.

Are you using vulnerable cloud apps that open the door to ransomware, malware, or other types of network attacks? Our Cisco Umbrella infographic reveals the three riskiest ones in 2021.

An astonishing 98% of cloud services are adopted without any IT oversight.

And when your employees act as their own tech professionals to use their favorite chat, cloud storage, and other insecure apps, that’s more than just conducting shadow IT, it’s directly putting your network at risk.

Your challenge? Protecting your network against ransomware, malware, and other attacks. In 3 steps to managing shadow IT, you’ll learn how to:

• Gain full visibility of apps used across your network
• Analyze the risk involved with each cloud app or service
• Protect your company from data loss, breaches, and other attacks

In 3 steps to managing shadow IT, we highlight the app security tools you need to block threats from streaming, messaging, and other insecure apps. Use these tips to keep your network, data, and workers safe.