Scan. Analyze. Improve! Reduce Risk and Improve Network Health with a Free Cloud-based Service
Efrat Noy, Manager Product Management @efratnoy
Michael Whitley, Manager Software Development @mtwhitley
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Dimension Data Barometer Report 2015*
#1 Recommendation from the report:
Know your devices and their lifecycle stages
of all Network Devices are now Aging or Obsolete
53%
* http://www.dimensiondata.com/networkbarometer
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Global State of Information Security® Survey 2015*
What this means:
Secure your Network!
Make use of Cisco’s security capabilities
Security Incidents
42.8MLoss per Incident
$2.5M
* http://www.pwc.com/gx/en/issues/cyber-security/information-security-survey.html
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Dimension Data Barometer Report 2015*
What this means:
Incidents are potentially avoidable!
Make a plan to apply Best Practices.
of all Incidents come from Human Error
30%
* http://www.dimensiondata.com/networkbarometer
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The Good, The Bad and the Ugly…
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Cisco Active AdvisorAutomated and Personalized Advisories
• Personalized Info on:
• Security Advisories (PSIRTs and Field Notices)
• End-of-life & End-of-support dates
• Warranty & service contract status
• Best Practices Advisories
• Improves and secures the network
• Actionable recommendations
• Free, Cloud based service
• Agentless – nothing to download or install
• Accessible at: www.CiscoActiveAdvisor.com
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3 Reasons for Cisco Active AdvisorCustomer Benefits
Improve and Secure
Personalized network health analysis
Compare to Cisco’s recommended best practices
Utilize built-in security capabilities
Reduce Risk
Automated discovery of:
Published security vulnerabilities (PSIRTs)
End-of-life products
Coverage Status
Free
Easily online access
Automatic Inventory collection
Covers 500+ part numbers
Configuration Conversion for Day0
Save Time & Money
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Before using Active Advisor:• CIO’s team spent 2 weeks to create and monitor
their Cisco inventory
• Required to perform this analysis every 6 months
• Faced inaccuracies in complied data
• Evaluated solutions costing >$4500
After Cisco Active Advisor:
• Inventory discovered and profiled in under 2 hours
• Information more accurate than other tools
• OpEx (time) reduced by 8% yearly
• OpEx budget reduced by $9000 yearly
Case Study – Winton-Ireland, Strom & Green
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Cisco Active AdvisorPartner Benefits
Eliminate Guesswork
Get visibility into a customer’s network
Know End of Life opportunities
Find uncovered devices
Visibility into non-compliant devices
Uncover new sales opportunities
Upsell new services for compliancy and best practices
Become a trusted advisor with best practices
Effective Pre-Sales
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Partner servicing a Petroleum company operating in the North Sea
Before using Active Advisor:• charter a boat once every 3 months to visit
each of the 14 oil derricks.
• Majority of the time was spent on planning the boat trips, traveling, inventorying, and optimizing the network.
After Cisco Active Advisor:
• Visit oil derricks every 6 months
• OpEx reduced by 50%
Key Use Cases – Advise in the North Sea
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Cisco Active Advisor and Smart Net Total CareCisco Active Advisor Smart Net Total Care Portal
End of Life/Sale
Security Advisories
Assessment ReportsBest Practices
based on CVDs
Readiness checks,
Threat Awareness
TAC Support, OS Upgrades,
H/W replacements
InstallationNone (web scanner) or
Simple Windows installRequired CSPC Collector
Network scanning Manual / On-demand Automated / Scheduled
Network Size Small to medium enterprises Medium to large enterprises
Supported ProductsAll Cisco Switches, Routers, ASAs,
Wireless APs and ControllersAll Cisco Products
Availability Free!Included with for-fee subscription support
service
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What you’ll see today
Scan your network devices
Analyze your network lifecycle
Improve your network health
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How does scanning work?
Discovery is Local
Secure & Private
It’s Read-Only
SSH, Telnet, HTTP,
CDP, or SNMP
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Why scan your network?
AdvisoriesContract End of Life HealthRegistration
Scan
File Upload
Backup
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Lifecycle analysis?
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How does lifecycle analysis work?
Contract Details
Matching Security Alerts
Hardware & Software
End of Life
Chassis & Modules
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“Take SCE to Aux”
John AaronElectrical & Environmental Flight Controller
November 14, 1969
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How do health assessments work?
Highly Contextual
Cisco Validated Designs
Fully Customizable
Interactive Results
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What Customers are saying…
“I don’t remember life before Cisco Active Advisor”
“It takes us two days to generate a network inventory
and contract coverage report and we’re required to do
it every 6 weeks. It sounds like Active Advisor will be
able to do it in minutes!
“This is exactly what I need!”
“Where have you guys been last week? Because that’s what I spent all of last week doing…”
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What Partners are saying…
“I’m going to use this to find upsell
opportunity and new revenue
streams for my customers”
“No sh*t? This is badass!”
“This is awesome! Where have you guys
been?”“I’m Active Advisoring all my customers now!”
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How much time does Cisco Active Advisor save?
If everyone used Cisco Active Advisor to discover all the Switches, Routers and Wireless Access Points Cisco shipped in the last 5 years, you would save
13 million person-hours
What would you do with all that time?
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Next Steps – How You Can Use Cisco Active Advisor
Improve Create a plan to adopt Cisco’s Best Practices
Scan the network at CiscoActiveAdvisor.comScan
Review network’s inventory and healthAnalyze
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www.cisco.com/go/activeadvisor
How-Tos, Help articles, Usage, General help: help.ciscoactiveadvisor.com
Questions, Comments, Concerns, Feature requests? Use the Feedback button on Cisco Active Advisor
Send an email to [email protected]
Find out how much time Active Advisor can save here: http://www.cisco.com/web/global/assets/pdf/active-advisor.pdf and here: http://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/cisco-active-
advisor-network-maintenance-and-improvement-made-easy
Blogs:
Scan. Analyze. Secure! http://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/scan-analyze-secure
Scan. Analyze. Improve! http://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/scan-analyze-improve-introducing-switching-and-wireless-best-
practices-on-cisco-active-advisor
Get the most from your networks http://blogs.cisco.com/enterprise/cisco-active-advisor-get-the-most-from-your-enterprise-
network
More Information
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• Complete your session surveys through the Cisco Live mobile app or from the Session Catalog on CiscoLive.com/us.
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Continue Your Education
• Demos in the Cisco campus
• Walk-in Self-Paced Labs
• Lunch & Learn
• Meet the Engineer 1:1 meetings
• Related sessions
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References
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• Small-n-flat by Paomedia, Creative Commons License
Photography
• Apollo 12, courtesy NASA
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