Cisco Secure Client

  • Cisco offers two quite different downloads of its Secure Client for macOS. The one most commonly used by Mac Admins is the “predeploy”. Cisco Secure Client is now a suite of security agents. There are now ten components installed by default when using a predeploy package from Cisco. However, it is doubtful that an organization…

  • Since the last time I wrote, Cisco Secure Client continues to evolve. Here’s a survey of important changes since 5.0.02075 that affect Mac Admins. New modules Cisco has added three new modules to Secure Client: Name Installer choice identifier New in ThousandEyes choice_thousandeyes 5.0.05040 Duo choice_duo 5.1.0.136 Zero Trust Access choice_zta 5.1.0.136 ThousandEyes installs components…

  • In my last post I considered the changes in Cisco Secure Client 5. In its default configuration, AnyConnect/Secure Client is a user-facing application. As a VPN client, it’s an important part of our remote and hybrid work environments. While the process of logging onto VPN with Secure Client is unchanged from AnyConnect, the name and…

  • Cisco has announced the end-of-life for Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Client 4 as March 31, 2024. Over the next year, customers should move to its replacement: Cisco Secure Client 5. While Cisco Secure Client 5 will upgrade AnyConnect 4.x in-place, this action is more of a migration than an in-place upgrade because so many of…

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