Cisco promotes Secure Firewall 200 Series for branch security with EVE, SnortML and SD-WAN integration
A Cisco blog post by Kajal Sharma promotes the Cisco Secure Firewall 200 Series as a branch-office firewall for AI-enabled applications, cloud services and hybrid work. It is vendor product marketing and reports no incident, vulnerability or threat activity. The post argues that branches are attractive targets because they have limited on-site IT support and need consistent policy. It highlights four capabilities: encrypted traffic visibility, ML-based exploit detection, SD-WAN connectivity and centralized management.
Technical Details
- The Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) uses AI and machine learning to analyze encrypted traffic, including TLS 1.3, without full decryption.
- SnortML extends Snort 3 intrusion prevention with ML-based exploit detection, aiming to catch emerging threats before signatures exist.
- Integration with Cisco SD-WAN provides Zero-Touch Provisioning, reusable device templates, Direct Internet Access and dynamic path monitoring.
- Cisco Cloud Control provides centralized, multitenant policy management and analytics, including for MSPs.
- The Secure Firewall 220 delivers up to 1.5 Gbps of throughput with next-generation firewall features enabled. The 240P adds interfaces and integrated PoE+.
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Cisco promotes Secure Firewall 200 Series for branch security with EVE, SnortML and SD-WAN integration
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A Cisco blog post by Kajal Sharma promotes the Cisco Secure Firewall 200 Series as a branch-office firewall for AI-enabled applications, cloud services and hybrid work. It is vendor product marketing and reports no incident, vulnerability or threat activity. The post argues that branches are attractive targets because they have limited on-site IT support and need consistent policy. It highlights four capabilities: encrypted traffic visibility, ML-based exploit detection, SD-WAN connectivity and centralized management.
Technical Details
- The Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) uses AI and machine learning to analyze encrypted traffic, including TLS 1.3, without full decryption.
- SnortML extends Snort 3 intrusion prevention with ML-based exploit detection, aiming to catch emerging threats before signatures exist.
- Integration with Cisco SD-WAN provides Zero-Touch Provisioning, reusable device templates, Direct Internet Access and dynamic path monitoring.
- Cisco Cloud Control provides centralized, multitenant policy management and analytics, including for MSPs.
- The Secure Firewall 220 delivers up to 1.5 Gbps of throughput with next-generation firewall features enabled. The 240P adds interfaces and integrated PoE+.