Networking giant Cisco has unveiled a plan to simplify security operations, including the debut of an open security platform called Security Cloud, designed as a unified platform for end-to-end security in hybrid multicloud environments.
The platform offers threat prevention, detection, response and remediation capabilities, as well as less intrusive methods of risk-based authentication, including a Wi-Fi fingerprint.
Cisco also emphasizes intelligent user and device identity checks that run continuously and in the background.
Horizontal coverage
TK Keanini, CTO of Cisco Secure, explains that at a time when organizations are protecting assets across multiple clouds – be it Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS or Google Cloud Platform – security teams are struggling to provide unified, horizontal coverage of this infrastructure.
“We’re trying to abstract network and security to a layer that extends completely horizontally across what you’re protecting – …
