By Devin Creer,
Publication Date: 2026-08-20 15:00:00
What happens when internet connectivity is interrupted at a hospital in the middle of running live diagnostics? What about a retailer processing thousands of transactions? Or a global conference streaming live to millions? In each scenario, business stops. Internet access becomes the single point of failure for the applications and services that keep the business running.
When the internet is the primary path to your applications, a connection failure isn’t just an IT issue. As the standard for connecting branch users and applications, direct internet access (DIA) requires resilient connectivity and robust security to ensure uninterrupted productivity and uptime.
AI-driven workloads, cloud services, and distributed teams are pushing more business-critical traffic directly onto the internet. As that traffic grows, the demand for performance and resilience accelerates.
Bringing networking and security together at the edge, Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers are built to meet this…
