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As your wide area network evolves, you might need to enable direct Internet access at the branch, secure connectivity to the cloud, and protect all users and devices from threats without compromising the user experience. Easier said than done, right?
Actually, with Cisco software-defined WAN (SD-WAN), you can handle all these demands without ever leaving security behind.
Discover how to protect your users, devices, and applications when using the Internet as your WAN.

1. Secure automated WAN: Because of increasing demands on today’s networks, IT organizations need to migrate away from traditional, operationally complex WANs to an agile controller-based WAN with robust security features.

• Addresses the compliance requirements in every major vertical, including highly regulated industries such as financial services, healthcare, utilities, and government.
• Provides the ability to segment and securely isolate enterprise infrastructure such as guest wireless, business lines, business partners, and more.
• A single WAN fabric for simpler and easier security and policy maintenance across thousands of sites.
• Automated zero-touch equipment installations for easier deployment of SD-WAN and simplified software image management.

2. Application performance optimization: Design a global network where the critical enterprise applications always maintain the highest service level agreements (SLAs) and optimal performance, even if problems occur in the network.

• Sophisticated monitoring of the SD-WAN fabric to detect issues in real-time.
• Centralized application policies that automatically steer critical applications around network problems.
• A single dashboard to provide in-depth analytics for visualization and historical insights for troubleshooting and future mitigation.

3. Secure, direct Internet access (DIA): DIA enables branch employees and guests to connect to the Internet locally, offloading traffic through the WAN while increasing security and improving Internet performance. The result is efficient and cost-effective access to the Internet with direct access from the branch.

• Automated cloud security configuration to make it easier to manage and secure Internet access at the branch.

4. Branch multi-cloud access: Connect users to cloud applications and infrastructure seamlessly with unified visibility and management.
5. Regional hub multi-cloud access: Simplify multi-cloud adoption by consolidating cloud access and security policies into regional colocation facilities close to all major SaaS and public cloud providers.

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