From the course: Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Foundations

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Network segmentation

Network segmentation

- [Presenter] Traffic Isolation is a key part of the security strategy of any company these days. Network segmentation allows the network to isolate different lines of business or users from each other unless a specific policy allows communication between them. A few common network segmentation use cases are a company wants to keep traffic from different business verticals separate; an organization wants to keep guest users separate from authenticated users; to allow extranet partners to access selective part of the network; to separate networks due to regulatory requirements. By segmenting the control and data planes, the capability to build display topologies per network segment presents itself as well. With the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Solution, network segmentation is accomplished via VPNs. There are three different types of VPNs in the Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Solution: transport VPN, service VPN, management VPN. By…

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