Vectra combines more than two decades of Cisco experience with modern network and cyber capability. From Catalyst and Meraki to Secure Firewall, Secure Access, Duo, Hypershield and AI Defense, we help customers design infrastructure that is easier to operate and harder to attack.
The older way of describing Cisco was simple: switches, routers, wireless, Meraki and firewalls. Those technologies still matter, but Cisco’s current architecture brings networking, identity, secure access, cloud protection, distributed enforcement and AI security much closer together.
For customers, that creates an opportunity to simplify architecture—but only if the platform is designed around the environment rather than around a product catalogue.
Vectra starts with the network, users, applications and risk. Then we decide which Cisco capabilities actually belong in the architecture.
Vectra focuses on the Cisco capabilities that make sense together. That may be a pure networking project, a firewall refresh, a SASE transformation or a broader architecture that uses Cisco controls across multiple layers.
Build resilient campus, branch, wireless and WAN environments with enterprise or cloud-managed operating models.
Apply consistent security policy across physical firewalls, cloud environments and distributed workloads.
Converge cloud-delivered access and security controls for users connecting to internet, SaaS and private applications.
Verify user identity and device trust with security-first IAM, phishing-resistant authentication and adaptive access.
Discover AI use, assess AI assets and apply controls around employees, AI applications, models and autonomous agents.
Cisco is bringing AI-aware controls into the network and access layers rather than treating AI security as a standalone point product. That matters because AI applications and agents create new traffic patterns, identities and access decisions across the existing enterprise environment.
Best suited to organisations that want simple cloud operations across switches, wireless, SD-WAN and distributed locations without building a large network-management overhead.
For environments that need enterprise-scale switching, wireless, segmentation and resilient campus design, with increasingly flexible cloud-management options.
Replace ageing perimeter and data-centre firewalls with current threat prevention, encrypted-traffic visibility and cloud-assisted management.
Combine identity, device trust and cloud-delivered security for users accessing SaaS, internet and private applications from anywhere.
Extend policy and segmentation into cloud and workload environments where traditional perimeter controls are no longer enough.
Add visibility and protection around workforce AI use, internally developed AI applications, models and emerging agentic workflows.
Review current network, access, cloud, security and operational requirements before selecting the target Cisco architecture.
Design and deploy switching, wireless, routing, Meraki and SD-WAN environments with clear migration and cutover planning.
Move from legacy firewall platforms to Cisco Secure Firewall with controlled policy migration, testing and validation.
Implement Secure Access, Duo and identity-aware controls around hybrid users, SaaS and private applications.
Use Cisco cloud and workload controls where they provide stronger segmentation, exploit protection and policy consistency.
Assess enterprise AI use and determine where Cisco AI Defense and agentic access controls fit into the wider security architecture.
Vectra can remain involved after deployment through support, lifecycle management, network operations and broader managed services. The exact operating model depends on the customer environment and the technology in scope.
Use cloud management, automation and standardised architecture to reduce day-to-day network complexity.
Make identity and device trust part of how users reach business applications.
Modernise ageing firewall environments while reducing duplicate rules and configuration debt.
Bring network, cloud and access policy into a more connected operational view.
Apply stronger controls around data-centre and workload communication without relying solely on perimeter security.
Give security teams visibility and policy around AI use, AI applications and emerging agentic identities.
Design networks around performance, availability, lifecycle and security rather than hardware replacement alone.
Use Vectra for architecture, implementation, cyber integration and ongoing operational support.
Compare network-security architecture across strategic platforms.
Explore →Modernise access for distributed users, SaaS and private applications.
Explore →Design resilient networking, compute and hybrid infrastructure with security built in.
Explore →Bring supported infrastructure into a broader managed IT and cyber operating model.
Explore →Yes. Vectra has worked with Cisco for more than two decades and provides Cisco architecture, procurement, implementation, migration, support and broader managed-service capability across supported technologies.
Yes. Vectra can design and deploy Cisco Meraki networking for distributed, branch and cloud-managed environments, including supported switching, wireless, SD-WAN and security use cases.
Yes. Vectra can assess the existing firewall environment, design the target architecture, migrate policy and connectivity, test the new controls and coordinate production cutover.
Cisco Secure Access is Cisco’s cloud-delivered Security Service Edge platform. It brings capabilities including Zero Trust Network Access, secure web gateway, CASB, DLP, firewall as a service, DNS security and digital experience monitoring into a converged access architecture.
Cisco Duo is Cisco’s security-first identity and access management platform. It combines multi-factor authentication, single sign-on, device trust and adaptive access controls to verify users and devices before access is granted.
Cisco Hypershield is an AI-native distributed security architecture for modern data centres and workloads. It is designed for segmentation, vulnerability protection and controlled software and policy updates across distributed enforcement points.
Cisco AI Defense protects organisations that use or develop AI. It can discover third-party AI use and enterprise AI assets, assess models, protect sensitive interactions and apply runtime guardrails around AI applications and emerging agentic workflows.
Yes, for supported technologies and agreed service scopes. Vectra can provide ongoing support, lifecycle management, monitoring, change coordination, vendor escalation and integration into broader managed IT or cybersecurity services.
Talk to Vectra about Cisco networking, Meraki, Secure Firewall, SASE, Duo, Hypershield, AI Defense or modernising an existing Cisco estate.
