Simple Monitoring with Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
We use Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics as netflow monitoring of our network. This tool helps us monitor east/west and north/south traffic between all our network devices. From there we take advantage of the alerting Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics provides if it be anomalies or other areas of concern with traffic between all our assets. Once alerted we mitigate and escalate the issues to our support / infrastructure staff to investigate in more detail and remediate any issues that came up.
Pros
- Netflow
- Alerting / Watchlists
- Reporting
Cons
- More integrations with other Cisco tools or 3rd party vendors
- Add description of NetFlow probe, so you know which device it's configured on without logging into the actual switch
- Updated UI
Return on Investment
- Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics has helped us mitigate network security issues
- Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics has provided us with detailed reporting on what are needs are in regards to network stability
- UI is stale and could use an update
Alternatives Considered
Cisco Secure Endpoint, Cisco Umbrella, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco Vulnerability Management
Other Software Used
Microsoft Intune, Schneider Electric EcoStruxure, Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
