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    Akamai Guardicore Segmentation

    Score9.3 out of 10
    N/AGuardicore is a segmentation company, now part of Akamai since the late 2021 acquisition, aiming to displace legacy firewalls. The Guardiocre software-only approach is decoupled from the physical network to provide a faster alternative to firewalls. It is built for the agile enterprise that offers greater security and visibility in the cloud, data-center and endpoint.N/A

    Cisco Secure Workload

    Score9.1 out of 10
    N/AThe Cisco Secure Workload (formerly Tetration) platform offers holistic workload protection for multicloud data centers by enabling a zero-trust model using segmentation. This approach allows users to identify security incidents faster, contain lateral movement, and reduce the attack surface. Tetration's infrastructure-agnostic approach supports both on-premises and public cloud workloads.N/A
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    Free Trial
    NoNo
    Free/Freemium Version
    NoNo
    Premium Consulting/Integration Services
    NoYes
    Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
    Additional DetailsCisco Secure Workload software is licensed based on the number of workload equivalents or devices (endpoints) depending on the agent or sensor type being used. Telemetry data can be collected using agents, supported by other supported sensors or collectors, in any combination. Policy enforcement is enabled through agents with enforcement capability with infrastructure enforcement delivered through Cisco Secure Firewall Integration, Application Delivery Controllers (ADCs), and Security Groups in public cloud infrastructure or orchestrated via streamed Kafka policy. Workload is defined as a virtual machine, bare-metal server, or container host and includes server and desktop operating systems.
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    User Ratings
    Akamai Guardicore SegmentationCisco Secure Workload
    Likelihood to Recommend
    8.0
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    7.3
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    Usability
    9.0
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    Support Rating
    9.0
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    User Testimonials
    Akamai Guardicore SegmentationCisco Secure Workload
    Likelihood to Recommend
    Akamai
    This is the best possible solution for enterprise-level organizations where server counts will be in the thousands. To manage these and understand the communication can be very cumbersome without this tool. Ease of creation map zone and application-wise can be relaxing to OS teams and support teams as well. There is no limit to labeling schema of servers and it gives the freedom to do so.
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    Cisco
    The biggest challenge with this product is it crosses lines. You need somebody who can support servers as well as somebody who supports the infrastructure. And that's usually two different jobs, two different job titles, two different departments. So if you have a lot of silos within your organization and you have groups that don't work particularly well together between the server team and the network team, you will have problems developing and working on this product. If your server team and your network team work well together, then you'll have a lot fewer problems, it'll work pretty well. But if your server team and your network team are like oil and water don't bother.
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    Pros
    Akamai
    • Network traffic flow within environment of organization.
    • Creating maps for visibility and drill down is a key feature.
    • Labelling of servers can be done via running script.
    • Alerts can be sensitized for the traffic not seen.
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    Cons
    Akamai
    • Limited support to legacy infrastructure.
    • Integration with third party is a bit tedious.
    • Awaiting support for Kubernetes in the next version.
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    Usability
    Akamai
    The solution is deployed throughout the organization. Teams are working and integrating it with the help desk tool wherever required. Helps in identifying the network traffic flows in lateral movement and east and west as well. Allows policies by default and later fine-tuning to be done to narrow it and enforce blocking action. Exporting reports from the tool is easy and can be observed for any issues.
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    Cisco
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    Support Rating
    Akamai
    Support has been available 24*7. It also depends on criticality but support is available. Also, the right expertise from the team helps in identifying the issue quickly and this helps in less production downtime if required. The ticket is resolved with RCA.
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    Cisco
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    Alternatives Considered
    Akamai
    1) No limit to labeling schema. 2) Ease of creating maps with respect to zone, environment, subnets, etc. 3) Ease of creating policies and publishing the same. 4) Deception 5) Integration with monitoring tool (grafana) 6) Changes in the agent can be considered if there are legacy systems, time-consuming but can be achieved with the right information.
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    Cisco
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    Return on Investment
    Akamai
    • Blocking unwarranted traffic can really boost security of organization.
    • Alerts can be triggered to SIEM servers and help in timely action.
    • Need to be very careful before configuring and publishing block policies in the production environment.
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    Cisco Secure Workload Screenshots

    Screenshot of Secure Workload DashboardScreenshot of Secure Workload Policy CanvasScreenshot of Secure Workload Flow Logs and Telemetry