Cisco Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client v2.x Getting Started Guide
At-a-Glance
Empower your employees to work from anywhere, on corporate laptops
as well as personal mobile devices, regardless of physical location. And
provide the security necessary to help ensure that your organization’s
data is safe and protected. That’s what you get with the Cisco
AnyConnect® Secure Mobility Client (Figure 1). Cisco AnyConnect
is a unified agent that delivers multiple security services to protect
the enterprise. It provides the visibility and the control you need to
identify who and what are accessing the extended enterprise before,
during, and after an attack. The AnyConnect® Secure Mobility Client
offers a comprehensive endpoint security platform with remote access
functionality, posture enforcement, web security features, and off-
network security protection. It gives your IT department all the secure-
access features necessary to provide a robust, user-friendly, and highly
secure mobile experience.
as well as personal mobile devices, regardless of physical location. And
provide the security necessary to help ensure that your organization’s
data is safe and protected. That’s what you get with the Cisco
AnyConnect® Secure Mobility Client (Figure 1). Cisco AnyConnect
is a unified agent that delivers multiple security services to protect
the enterprise. It provides the visibility and the control you need to
identify who and what are accessing the extended enterprise before,
during, and after an attack. The AnyConnect® Secure Mobility Client
offers a comprehensive endpoint security platform with remote access
functionality, posture enforcement, web security features, and off-
network security protection. It gives your IT department all the secure-
access features necessary to provide a robust, user-friendly, and highly
secure mobile experience.
Figure 1. AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client
Cisco AnyConnect: Way More Than VPN
Cisco AnyConnect Features
Cisco AnyConnect®
Integration with Other Cisco® Solutions
Adaptive Security
Appliance (ASA)
Integrated
Services
Router (ISR)
Aggregation and
Cloud Services
Routers (ASR/CSR)
Identity
Services
Engine (ISE)
Web Security
NetFlow
Collectors
Switches and
Wireless
Controllers
Inspection
Services
Basic
VPN
Advanced
VPN
Endpoint
Compliance
Enterprise
Access
Threat
Protection
Network
Visibility
CCNS
Plugin
Features and Benefits
The industry-leading AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client is a multifaceted
endpoint software product. That means it not only provides VPN access
through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IPsec IKEv2 but also offers
enhanced security through various built-in modules. These modules
provide services that include compliance through the VPN and Cisco®
Identity Services Engine (ISE) posture along with web security, network
visibility, off-network protection, and the Network Access Manager.
AnyConnect clients are available across a broad set of platforms,
including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone,
BlackBerry, and Google Chrome.
endpoint software product. That means it not only provides VPN access
through Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) and IPsec IKEv2 but also offers
enhanced security through various built-in modules. These modules
provide services that include compliance through the VPN and Cisco®
Identity Services Engine (ISE) posture along with web security, network
visibility, off-network protection, and the Network Access Manager.
AnyConnect clients are available across a broad set of platforms,
including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows Phone,
BlackBerry, and Google Chrome.
Cisco AnyConnect
Secure Mobility Client
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Benefits
For End Users
• Highly secure mobility across a
popular mobile device platform
• Consistent user experience
• Intelligent, dependable, and
• Intelligent, dependable, and
always-on connectivity
For Security Administrators
• Higher productivity, low total
cost of ownership through a
single client
single client
• Context-aware, comprehensive,
and easy secure-access policy
enforcement
enforcement
• Flexible policy-driven access
to corporate resources and
applications for each user group
and device across wired and
wireless networks and VPNs
applications for each user group
and device across wired and
wireless networks and VPNs