Partner Solution Specializations

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE)

Help customers navigate their SASE journey

As demand for SASE explodes, customers seek guidance to integrate networking, security, and observability functions in the cloud. Earn the SASE Specialization to showcase your expertise and deliver unmatched Cisco-powered SASE solutions at scale.

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The SASE market opportunity

• 60% of enterprises will have explicit strategies for SASE adoption encompassing user, branch, and edge access by 2025.
• $15 billion. The market for SASE will reach nearly US$15 billion by 2025.
• 200%. Long-term remote work rates will remain at 200% above pre-pandemic levels.

^{Sources: 2021 Strategic Roadmap for SASE Convergence, Gartner, March 2021; Forecast Analysis: Secure Access Service Edge, Worldwide, Gartner, July 2021; Advanced Research Report: SASE Market Forecast, Vol. 2, No. 1, Dell’Oro Group, September 2021}

Why get the specialization?

• Outpace the competition by partnering with Cisco, the recognized leader in networking and security.
• Increase growth and profitability. Deliver SASE as a single offer and reap continued rewards with promotions and incentives.
• Serve as a trusted advisor. Use your deep knowledge of future networking trajectories to help customers chart a path forward.

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Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

Become a specialized leader in XDR

Enable customers to maximize productivity and drive simplicity with Cisco XDR. Earn the Cisco XDR Specialization and help your customers quickly analyze, prioritize, hunt for, and remediate threats, preventing data loss and security breaches.

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The XDR market opportunity

• 40% of organizations will have deployed an XDR platform by 2027.
• 44% say XDR will help consolidate security operations technologies into a common platform.
• 52% say XDR will supplement current security operations technologies.

_{Sources: CRN 10 Hot XDR companies to watch; ESG}

Why get the specialization?

• Meet demand by providing the most agile security solution while capitalizing on this market opportunity.
• Gain competitive edge by offering the fastest, broadest, AI-powered XDR security portfolio when you partner with Cisco.
• Demonstrate security capabilities with the most integrated set of XDR capabilities on the market.

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Core Security

Deliver smarter, stronger security

Improving cybersecurity is your customers’ top IT priority. As a Cisco Core Security Specialized partner, you’ll be recognized for your ability to protect their networks with Cisco’s best-in-class integrated security and networking solutions. Together, we can block 98% of malware threats without sacrificing network performance.

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The security market opportunity

• 83% of SMBs say cybersecurity is their #1 IT challenge, and almost 70% of B2B IT spending is for cloud-based infrastructure, software, and services.
• 48% of enterprise IT and security decision makers say their organizations were attacked in product environments, resulting in loss.
• 550 billion security events occur daily, and Cisco network security solutions block 98% of those malware threats.
  

_{Sources: TechValidate; Cisco Cloud-Native Security Survey; Miercom}

Why get the specialization?

• Unlock more benefits and incentives by achieving Select Integrator status. One specialization qualifies you for Select.
• Create recurring revenue with licensing and subscription models, plus take advantage of potential discount and rebate opportunities.
• Land new customers and get them up and running within minutes with cloud-managed or on-prem security solutions tailored to their needs.

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Secure Networking

Connect and protect with zero trust security

Help customers implement Cisco secure networking solutions to connect everyone and everything with AI-powered zero trust security. Get recognized for your ability to protect your customers’ data and resources from unauthorized access, misuse, malfunction, modification, destruction, or improper disclosure.

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The secure networking market opportunity

• 90% reduction in analyst effort per cybersecurity incident.
• 45–50% decreased risk and cost of a data breach with secure networking.
• 70% of IT leaders agree or strongly agree that managing a multi-vendor networking and security stack is too complex.

_{Source: Forrester Total Economic Impact (TEI) of Cisco SecureX, 2021; The Present and Future of Cloud SASE, 2022 Survey by Cisco, and Pulse}

Why get the specialization?

• Elevate your expert status, securely and seamlessly connecting users and devices at scale over a converged infrastructure.
• Boost customer satisfaction by reducing complexity and mitigating cyber threats in a world of hybrid work and multicloud.
• Beat the competition with secure networking solutions powered by the world’s best networking and security platforms from Cisco.

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Secure Network Management

Simplify network operations and improve user experiences

Help customers streamline network management and enhance system responsiveness for greater visibility and control. Get recognized for your deep expertise in maintaining secure, automated, and efficient operations with Cisco Meraki and Cisco secure network management solutions.

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The secure network management market opportunity

• 75% of organizations are actively pursuing a security vendor consolidation strategy.
  
• 10% of large enterprises will have a comprehensive, mature. and measurable zero trust program in place by 2026.

_{Source: Hype Cycle for Zero Trust Networking, Gartner, July 2023}

Why get the specialization?

• Deliver market-leading solutions with Cisco’s best-in-class networking platform solutions—Cisco SD-WAN, SASE, and ISE.
• Reap rewards. Unlock benefits, discounts, promotions, and incentives as a Cisco specialized security partner.
• Expand your business and increase revenue streams, capitalizing on the global zero trust security market’s exponential growth.

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Splunk Security

We are excited to announce the following Splunk Security specializations. These specializations recognize partners’ investments in Splunk Partnerverse Program Badges.

Earn these Splunk Partnerverse Program Badges:

• Splunk Security Solutions
• Splunk Enterprise Security Solutions
• Splunk SOAR

And be recognized in the current Cisco Partner Program as holding these new specializations:

• Splunk Security Solutions Specialization
• Splunk Enterprise Security Solutions Specialization
• Splunk SOAR Specialization  

Cisco partners: First join the Splunk Partnerverse Program, then earn Splunk Partnerverse Program Badges.

Splunk partners who hold these badges: Join the Cisco Partner Program to get recognized for achieving these specializations and take advantage of your new benefits.