{"id":460,"date":"2020-08-13T15:48:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T15:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ptp.cloud\/ptp\/?p=460"},"modified":"2024-04-28T00:46:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-28T04:46:32","slug":"meraki-advanced-security-feature-set-vs-enterprise-licensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptp.cloud\/meraki-advanced-security-feature-set-vs-enterprise-licensing\/","title":{"rendered":"Meraki Advanced Security Feature Set vs. Enterprise Licensing"},"content":{"rendered":"[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” da_disable_devices=”off|off|off” global_colors_info=”{}” da_is_popup=”off” da_exit_intent=”off” da_has_close=”on” da_alt_close=”off” da_dark_close=”off” da_not_modal=”on” da_is_singular=”off” da_with_loader=”off” da_has_shadow=”on”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#2f348d” text_font_size=”18px” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

“What is the value of Cisco Meraki Advanced Security Feature Set vs. Enterprise Licensing?”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

\"\"<\/a>This is a question that comes up frequently in discussions with customers. When deciding whether or not to pay for the advanced feature set, you need to understand what the differences are between the licensing modes and more importantly, why would you need\/want to use the more advanced features.<\/p>\n

The Enterprise License for Meraki<\/a> provides valuable features involving management, API support, Stateful Firewalling, full-mesh Auto-VPN, High Availability (HA) failover and more. Most of the additional features are centered around security. Security has many layers\/aspects so it is important to consider a) the risks that the organization faces, and b) what the Advanced Security Features are and how they might play into the enterprise.<\/p>\n

Traditionalists would mostly commonly consider Perimeter Security and Endpoint Security as the two important starting points for protecting data in an environment. However, as time has gone on, companies both large and small are subjected to an increasing quantity and complexity of threats from adversaries. These include DNS Hijacking, Phishing emails with Malware embedded in them or bogus website links, Command-and-Control attacks, Website Redirection as well as Ransomware.<\/p>\n

Cisco\/Meraki\u2019s advanced feature set helps to deal with many of these issues before they get into the environment, meaning at the edge of the network. It doesn\u2019t mean that one should ignore endpoint protection but that is the subject of another blog.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at four key features of the Advanced Security Features and what they do:<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.25.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_margin=”||-1px|||” global_colors_info=”{}”]\n

1. Geo-based firewall rules<\/strong> – If you\u2019ve been in the industry or looked at firewall logs or even ACL hits on devices in the cloud, you will see that there are a lot of people out there scanning and probing for access to devices and that many of them are not from the country you are operating in. This feature allows an enterprise to restrict, specifically block source countries that you would never have a legitimate based business need for.<\/p>\n