Cisco
is
honored
to
be
this
year’s
winner
of
the
Best
Next
Generation
Firewall
Award
in
the
SE
Labs
2023
Annual
Report.
This
industry
recognition
validates
Cisco’s
continuous
push
towards
harmonizing
network,
workload,
and
application
security
across
hybrid
and
multicloud
environments.
I’m
incredibly
proud
of
the Cisco
Secure
Firewall team
and
am
thankful
for
our
amazing
customers
who
continue
to
trust
Cisco
and
develop
their
network
security
around
our
capabilities.
SE
Labs,
a
cybersecurity
testing
and
evaluation
firm,
provides
impartial
and
independent
assessments
of
various
cybersecurity
products
and
solutions.
In
their
2023
Annual
Report,
SE
Labs
states:
“Our
Annual
Security
Awards
recognizes
security
vendors
that
notonly
do
well
in
our
tests,
but
perform
well
in
the
real
world
withreal
customers.
These
awards
are
the
only
in
the
industry
thatrecognize
strong
lab
work
combined
with
practical
success.”
SE
Labs
Testing
Methodology
SE
Labs performs tests on
behalf
of customers seeking
independent proof-of-value assistance, as
well
as security
vendors. At
Cisco,
we use
third-party
evaluations from
multiple
sources,
including
SE
Labs, to
augment
our
internal
testing
and
to
drive
product
improvement.
Winners
were
determined
after
months
of
in-depth
testing,
based
on
a
combination
of
continual
public
testing,
private
assessments
and
feedback
from
corporate
clients
who
use
SE
Labs
to
help
choose
security
products
and
services.
The
award
further
validates
that our
customers
can
expect
superior
threat
protection
and
performance
with
Cisco
Secure
Firewall.
SE
Labs’
reports
use
the
MITRE
ATT&CK
framework,
employing
both
common
“commodity”
malware
samples
and
sophisticated,
targeted
attacks.
Their
network
security
testing
uses
full
attack
chains
to
assess
the
detection
and
protection
abilities
of
network
devices
and
combinations
of
network
and
endpoint
solutions.
SE
Labs
publishes
its
testing
methodologies
and
is
BS
EN
ISO
9001:
2015
certified
for
The
Provision
of
IT
Security
Product
Testing.
As
a
worldwide
leader
in
networking
and
security,
Cisco
is
better
positioned
than
any
other
security
vendor
to
incorporate
effective
firewall
controls
into
our
customers’
infrastructure
—
anywhere
data
and
applications
reside.
We
offer
a
comprehensive
threat
defense
with
industry-leading
Snort
3
IPS
to
protect
users,
applications,
and
data
from
continuously
evolving
threats.
Our
solutions
also
leverage
machine
learning
and
advanced
threat
intelligence
from
Cisco
Talos,
one
of
the
world’s
largest
commercial
threat
intelligence
teams.
Cisco
Secure
Firewall
Key
Features
-
Cisco
Secure
Firewall’s
threat-focused
architecture
enables
superior
visibility
and
control
of
network
traffic.
Many
security
practitioners
today
struggle
with
a
lack
of
visibility
into
encrypted
traffic,
which
is
why
Cisco
has
developed
the
differentiated
Encrypted
Visibility
Engine
that
detects
threats
in
encrypted
traffic
–
with
minimal
to
no
decryption.
Secure
Firewall’s
detailed
analysis,
visibility,
and
reporting
enable
organizations
to
rapidly
gain
insights
into
their
network
traffic,
applications,
and
assets. -
Cisco
Secure
Firewall
capabilities
provide
a
unified
security
posture
across
the
entire
network.
This
is
achieved
through
its
tight
integration
with
workload,
web,
email,
and
cloud
security
through
our
SecureX
XDR
platform.
This
integration
increases
the
efficiency
of
the
SecOps
team,
by
accelerating
threat
investigation
and
response
time. -
Designed
to
be
adaptive
and
highly
scalable
in
dynamic
environments,
Cisco
Secure
Firewall
is
expressly
designed
to
reduce
total
cost
of
ownership.
It
helps
teams
save
time
with
consistent
policy
enforcement,
helping
our
customers
realize
up
to
a
195%
return
on
investment
over
three
years,
as
noted
in
the
third-party
research
we
commissioned
with
Forrester
Consulting.
In
the
constantly
evolving
world
of
cybersecurity,
it
is
important
to
have
access
to
the
latest
and
most
advanced
technologies
to
stay
ahead
of
threats.
Whether
you
are
an
enterprise,
government,
healthcare,
or
a
service
provider
organization,
Cisco
Secure
Firewall
provides
top-ranked
security.
When
you
invest
in
Cisco
Secure
Firewall,
you
are
investing
in
award-winning
threat
defense
with
capabilities
that
are
built
for
the
real
world.
Learn
more
about
SE
Labs
2023
Annual
Report,
Cisco
Secure
Firewall
and
how
you
can
refresh
your
firewall.
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love
to
hear
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think.
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