Meraki anyconnect driver#
Meraki anyconnect license#

SSL encryption accounts for more than 85% of all internet traffic today and security providers argue that if you canвЂ™t see whatвЂ™s within the SSL session, you are actually only securing a small percentage of your web traffic. The entry-level devices for Meraki SD-WAN seem more than capable of securing a small edge, however, their inability to deliver SSL inspection highlights the effect of limited processing power. In order for small appliances to be able to scale, they simply have to avoid resource-intensive security features. Meraki UTM does all the security processing at the edge, drawing from the resource capability of the edge appliance. With Meraki should you require high availability, which is most likely in the case of larger sites like the 30 user example, you will need to deploy a second appliance and UTM license. There are some very clear differences between the solutions that have a lot to do with the transformation between edge and cloud security architectures.Д«ecause Zscaler is cloud-based with over 120 POPвЂ™s worldwide, high availability is a part of the solution design allowing each branch, regardless of size, to connect to a primary and secondary node. This cost vs security trade-off is specific to the customerвЂ™s appetite for risk. And in scenarios where there were few branch office sites and high volumes of users per site, Meraki UTM makes more financial sense - albeit compromising some key security services such as SSL inspection and mobile user policy enforcement.

Where large organisations have many branches with a user count less than 20 per branch, Zscaler proves to be the leader in both features and cost. We have found clear business cases where using a Meraki and Zscaler bundle was the logical choice for both security and cost, as well as cases where it was better to consider adding the Meraki UTM license.

Meraki anyconnect license#

Some may argue that they donвЂ™t compete with the feature-rich SD-WAN vendors like VeloCloud, Citrix and their sister Cisco Viptela, but many others agree that it ticks all the key requirements for an SD-WAN project.ДЄnd when it comes to securing your SD-WAN edge from the Internet, the question is should a Meraki customer opt for the Meraki UTM license on the edge appliance, or ZscalerвЂ™s cloud security which processes all security in the cloud? At almost half the cost of alternate SD-WAN solutions, Meraki is gaining traction with service providers and large branch customers in sub-Saharan Africa.

Meraki anyconnect driver#

In this article, we cover why this combination works well for large network deployments, and unpack why clients are choosing Zscaler as the security overlay for such deployments.ДЄ significant driver for SD-WAN adoption is network cost reduction, and very few products achieve that as well as Cisco Meraki. Meraki is emerging as the leading choice for SD-WAN, and Zscaler has been the undisputed leader in cloud security for the last eight years. If youвЂ™re in the market for a reasonably priced SD-WAN, with a no-compromise feature-rich security combination, then Cisco Meraki and Zscaler Internet Access is the perfect marriage - delivering a highly competitive business case bundle for large branch networks. By Stuart Hardy, Managing Director OneSecure, sub-Saharan Africa