Cisco's security lineup aims to support IT consumerization
Cisco Systems will roll out a "borderless security" architecture and a set of products to go along with it at the RSA security confab in San Francisco.
The goal: Enterprises have been skeptical about the consumerization of IT and mobile workers with their own devices. The biggest reason: Security.
Kevin Kennedy, Cisco's product marketing manager, outlined the borderless security push arguing that the old architecture of "mobile brick walls" doesn't work. Kennedy said the general idea is to combine the features of virtual private networks and mobile security so a company can secure everything from the cloud to the data center to end devices.
Among the key parts:
Those products will launch in the first week of April and throughout the second quarter. Cisco is looking to combine products like its AnyConnect remote access software with its IronPort security appliances. Other items from Cisco will include Web application controls, software as a service (SaaS) single sign-ons,
Cisco's positioning is likely to be mirrored at other security vendors in various forms looking to secure the network and cloud applications.
"Things like SaaS and mobility are good for business but they are a security risk and the enterprise lacks control or visibility," said Kennedy. "Security has to enable the consumerization of IT not just say no to it."
Cisco will push an architecture that turns the equation into something like this:
