AAA

AAA (authentication, authorization, and accounting) controls who accesses devices and networks and logs their actions, via TACACS+ or RADIUS. SCOR covers configuring AAA for device and network access.

Related Terms

All 350-701 Terms

Cisco Secure Firewall

Cisco Secure Firewall (formerly Firepower) is Cisco's next-generation firewall providing stateful inspection, IPS, and application control managed by FMC or cloud.

NGIPS

A Next-Generation Intrusion Prevention System (NGIPS) inspects traffic against threat signatures and behavioral rules to block attacks inline.

Snort

Snort is the open-source intrusion-detection and prevention engine that powers Cisco's IPS with signature-based rules.

Cisco Umbrella

Cisco Umbrella is a cloud-delivered security service that enforces DNS-layer protection before connections are established and adds secure web gateway inspection in the web traffic path.

Secure Web Appliance

The Cisco Secure Web Appliance (formerly WSA) is a web proxy that enforces URL filtering, malware scanning, and acceptable-use policy.

AnyConnect

Cisco Secure Client (formerly AnyConnect) is the endpoint agent that establishes remote-access VPNs and delivers posture and security modules.

VPN

A Virtual Private Network (VPN) secures traffic over untrusted networks using encryption, covering site-to-site (IPsec) and remote-access designs.

TrustSec

Cisco TrustSec enforces software-defined segmentation using Security Group Tags (SGTs) instead of IP-based ACLs.

ISE

The Identity Services Engine (ISE) is Cisco's policy engine for authentication, authorization, and network access control using 802.

AAA

AAA (authentication, authorization, and accounting) controls who accesses devices and networks and logs their actions, via TACACS+ or RADIUS.

Posture Assessment

Posture Assessment evaluates an endpoint's compliance (patches, antimalware, configuration) before granting network access.

Cisco Secure Endpoint

Cisco Secure Endpoint (formerly AMP for Endpoints) provides endpoint antimalware, EDR, and retrospective detection.

EDR

Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) continuously monitors endpoints to detect, investigate, and respond to threats, going beyond preventive EPP.

CASB

A Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) enforces visibility, compliance, and threat protection for cloud application usage.

Cloud Security

Cloud Security in SCOR covers the shared responsibility model, DevSecOps, and protecting applications and data across IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS.