In today’s increasingly interconnected world, businesses are constantly exposed to the risk of digital attacks. Managed Safety Service Providers (MSSPs) occupy a strategic role in protecting organisations from the ever-changing landscape of cybersecurity threats. Despite their own success, MSSPs confront crucial challenges, including operational intricacies and surging costs. To succeed in this rapidly evolving landscape, Managed Service Providers (MSSPs) must harness the power of innovative technologies to fuel business growth, boost efficiency, and reduce costs.
Enter Cisco Protection Orchestrator (CPO), a cloud-based management platform designed to orchestrate Cisco secure firewalls across various types of components, from cloud to hardware. Building upon a solid foundation, Cisco has introduced innovative CDO RESTful APIs, enabling managed security service providers (MSSPs) to seamlessly integrate with CDO and unlock substantial gains in operational efficiency.
CDO simplifies tenant administration, introducing a suite of API endpoints that streamline onboarding new tenants into the CDO MSSP Portal, assigning admin customers, and integrating Lively Listing teams. This intuitive solution automates and optimizes operations for MSSPs, ensuring a seamless and eco-friendly experience in managing multiple tenants.
Streamline firewall administration by leveraging CDO APIs, providing comprehensive endpoints for seamless integration with CDO, cdFMC, and managed FTDs. The seamless integration significantly streamlines programmability, thereby obviating the need for DevSecOps teams to toggle between FTD and FMC API interfaces. CDO’s Proxy Request endpoints seamlessly automate workflows, thereby streamlining processes, while the RESTful architecture of CDO APIs minimizes the learning curve for developers, enhancing overall efficiency and collaboration.
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CDO APIs streamline incident response processes, thereby reducing Mean Time To Respond (MTTR) by automating tasks related to alert triage, investigation, and response execution. Automated programmes can continuously monitor safety incidents, perform near-real-time threat assessments, and execute pre-defined playbooks around the clock, significantly reducing the need for manual intervention and thereby accelerating mean time to resolve (MTTR).
APIs facilitate seamless communication between disparate software systems. Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) can seamlessly integrate with their clients’ safety and administrative frameworks using CDO APIs, thereby creating a harmonious and comprehensive environment. The integration streamlines collaborative efforts between managed security service providers (MSSPs) and their clients’ information technology teams, thereby fortifying the joint capacity to investigate and prioritize potential threats effectively.
By consolidating control over multiple firewalls into a single interface, managed security service providers (MSSPs) can seamlessly scale their operations. CDO APIs encompass a range of firewall management use cases, including onboarding new devices, making bulk configuration changes, and updating and upgrading images. Effective automation of robust reporting and auditing processes enables efficient fulfillment of diverse use cases, further streamlining operational workflows.
Automation of repetitive tasks significantly boosts workflow efficiency by minimizing human mistakes. By freeing safety analysts from routine tasks, Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) can redeploy their most valuable resources to more complex roles that demand critical thinking and high-level strategy development. This shift not only improves operational efficiency but also reduces total cost of ownership (TCO).
The Firewall-as-a-Service (FWaaS) market is set to experience significant growth, with a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR). Forecasts suggest that more than a third (over 35%) of in-house IT teams responsible for overseeing departmental workplace firewalls are expected to migrate their management duties to Firewall as-a-Service (FWaaS) by the end of 2027. By capitalizing on the rapidly growing market, Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs) can significantly reduce their operational expenses (OPEX) and enhance efficiency through the strategic utilization of Cisco’s Cloud Development Platform (CDO) APIs, which enable streamlined firewall lifecycle management, seamless integration with third-party systems, and automated incident response capabilities.
Don’t let opportunities slip away – transform your managed security services provider (MSSP) operations today. Harness the power of Cisco’s Cloud and Data Office (CDO) APIs to drive innovation in the dynamic cybersecurity landscape, unlocking new avenues for achieving success and staying ahead of emerging threats.
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