Cisco Secure Access and How Cloudbrink Compares

Cisco Secure Access is Cisco’s Security Service Edge (SSE) platform. Cisco describes it as “a converged cloud security solution, grounded in zero trust.” With Umbrella SIG and DNS reaching end of sale on January 31, 2027, it is the product Cisco is moving Umbrella customers to.

What Cisco Secure Access includes

• •Core SSE: ZTNA, Secure Web Gateway (SWG), CASB and Firewall as a Service (FWaaS)
• •Extended capabilities: data loss prevention, remote browser isolation, VPN-as-a-Service and DNS-layer security
• •Client: Cisco Secure Client, supporting Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and Linux
• •Management: a single cloud-managed console with centralized policy and aggregated reporting

Secure Access is licensed per covered user on 12, 36 or 60 month terms. See our Cisco pricing comparison for more detail.

How Cloudbrink compares

Cisco Secure Access is a broad security stack. Cloudbrink Personal SASE focuses on giving hybrid workers fast, secure access from anywhere, combining high-performance ZTNA with Internet Security.

• •Software-only: no VPN servers or appliances to deploy
• •FAST Edges: created automatically close to each user, with the ability to scale to thousands
• •Moving target defense: security certificates rotate multiple times a day
• •Proven performance: Broadband Testing found Cloudbrink improved application performance over unreliable connections by 30x or more, in tests that included products from Cisco

If user experience matters as much as security, request a demo and see Cloudbrink side by side with Cisco Secure Access.