Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client empowers remote workers with frictionless, highly secure access to the enterprise network from any device, at any time, in any location while protecting the organization. For organizations of all sizes that need to protect sensitive data at scale, Duo is the user-friendly zero-trust security platform for. Anyconnect can make your network more secure by providing the feature of multi factor authentication. There is no restriction over the. The program is free to download, and the. There is also support available for macos mojave 10.14 and if you previously used cisco anyconnect 4.0, 4.1, 4.2 then you need to remove your amp.

The rise of malware created specifically for endpoints like mobile devices is forcing IT Security teams to focus increasingly on endpoint security solutions. According to a survey by the Ponemon Institute[1] published in January, 75 percent of respondents (an increase from 68 percent in last year’s study) believe their mobile endpoints have been the target of malware over the past 12 months.

This problem becomes exacerbated as users increasingly use mobile devices for personal usage as well as for accessing corporate applications. In the same study one of the major concerns highlighted was “…’employees’ use of commercial cloud applications in the Workplace…”

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One area where IT organizations are looking to provide consistent and secure access is implementing VPN technology on a wider range of endpoints being used to connect to corporate resources.

While remote VPNs on endpoints are critical for protecting and obfuscating data in flight, it doesn’t really do anything for protecting against malware. In fact, traffic in a VPN tunnel can even hide malware from inspection engines until the tunnel is terminated. This is usually done at the end or inside the network. Consequently, there is a false sense of security, where users never realize that their endpoint can still get infected and send compromised traffic back to corporate. VPNs can basically act as an express road into the inner reaches of the corporate network for malware if an endpoint is infected.

Just like traditional systems, customers need consistent malware protection regardless of how users get to company applications and data. IT organizations need to implement advanced malware analysis within the VPN tunnel itself before it can get too far into the network to do damage. The combination of VPN tunneling technology to protect data being sent from outside the network and malware analysis provides the level of security needed that is consistent with protection inside the corporate network itself.

Cisco is now offering the new AnyConnect Mobile Client 4.1 that includes the Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) Enabler for installing and launching Cisco AMP for Endpoints on demand. AMP for Endpoints can rapidly identify whether a VPN tunnel is hiding malware-infected traffic and then offer immediate remediation and protection.

AMP for Endpoints offers advanced threat protection for endpoints, whether connected to a protected network or roaming on the Internet, with continuous and integrated detection, response, and remediation capabilities. AMP uses big data analytics and continuous analysis to continuously analyze files after they are first seen to track changing threat levels. If a file with an unknown or previously deemed “good” disposition starts behaving badly, AMP will detect it and instantly alert security teams with an indication of compromise, or automatically remediate the malware based on policy controls.

For more information visit: http://www.cisco.com/go/anyconnect and http://www.cisco.com/go/amp

[1] Ponemon report: 2015 State of the Endpoint Report: User Centric Risk

There has been a lot of questions around the new AnyConnect licensing introduced with the AnyConnect 4.0 release. In summary, the older version of AnyConnect had many license options (TOO MANY!). So Cisco has consolidated these into two options, which are Plus and Apex. Below is a comparison of how the AnyConnect 3.1 compares to AnyConnect 4.0. Hope it helps!

Regarding the latest AnyConnect, Cisco just released the new version for AnyConnect 4.1 (data sheet found HERE). The highlights for this release are found below.

What’s New in AnyConnect 4.1 Release

The AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4.1 software release delivers new features in several key areas of the solution including:

Posture Enhancements: Together with ISE Posture, the AnyConnect ISE Posture will provide compliance validation and remediation for major patch management systems such as SCCM. Custom Posture checking (file, system, and process) on endpoint is extended to include Mac OS X for even greater levels of endpoint compliance across leading desktop operating systems.
Auto Public Proxy Detection (Mac OS X and Linux): Ability to automatically detect public proxy settings and use these servers for connection on Mac OS X and Linux. AnyConnect VPN connections will function in these environment and allow users to connect back to their corporate network.
Optional head-end CRL Checking (Windows): Good security practice says that when you are attempting to validate a certificate you should be checking the Revocation status of that certificate, unfortunately doing so causes problems for customers who do not have publicly accessible revocation lists. Government customers and good security practice dictate that we offer CRL functionality. Implementation of this feature requires the revocation list to be accessible publicly and will be optional to deal with this requirement.
AMP Enabler (Windows and OS X): Allows AnyConnect client to easily distribute AMP for Endpoints capabilities for additional threat protection services to AnyConnect enabled endpoints. The ability for the networking and/or security team to deploy Cisco AMP for Endpoint on demand to enterprise connected endpoint installed minimizes the risk of malware attacks and can accelerate remediation once malware is detected without having to rely on traditional desktop tools that may or may not be up to date or even active on the endpoint, be they local or remote.

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