Cisco and ORDR Identity-First Segmentation
Cisco and ORDR have partnered to deliver identity-first microsegmentation for enterprises struggling to secure unmanaged, IoT, OT, and legacy devices that can't be patched. ORDR's AI-driven platform integrates natively with the Cisco security stack — ISE, Meraki, Catalyst, FMC/FTD, and more — to discover every device, classify it with hundreds of attributes, and automatically generate and enforce segmentation policies. The solution works within existing infrastructure, requires no network redesign, and moves organizations from visibility to enforcement in days rather than months. Its AI (ORDR IQ) compresses access control rules by ~44% and allows teams to simulate policies before pushing them live, reducing risk and maintenance burden.
What you'll learn
- Segmentation fails without device identity. Most projects stall because teams lack accurate profiles for unmanaged devices. ORDR solves this with AI classification across hundreds of attributes per device.
- No rip-and-replace required. The solution layers onto existing Cisco infrastructure — firewalls, ISE, Meraki, wireless — and supports non-Cisco systems too, so there's no need to redesign the network.
- Speed matters: days, not months. One-click policy push to ISE, SDA, FMC/FTD, and Meraki, with a simulate-first mode to validate impact before any policy goes live.
- Zero Trust becomes measurable. Rather than a framework on paper, ORDR makes Zero Trust enforceable and auditable through actual access controls tied to real device behavior.
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Cisco and ORDR Identity-First Segmentation
- Do we need to replace our existing network infrastructure to use this?
- No. ORDR integrates with your current Cisco (and non-Cisco) environment — switches, wireless, firewalls, ISE — without requiring a redesign. It works with what you already have.
- How does ORDR handle devices that can't be patched or updated?
- For IoT, OT, and legacy devices where remediation isn't possible, ORDR enforces least-privilege segmentation policies to contain risk and limit lateral movement, even if the device itself can never be updated.
- How long does it take to go from deployment to enforced policies?
- ORDR is designed for days to enforcement, not months. It auto-discovers and classifies devices, generates AI-written policies, lets you simulate impact first, then pushes to enforcement with one click.
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