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Explore how Cisco's next-generation secure routing solutions address the evolving demands of AI-driven enterprise networks in this 29-minute conference presentation. Learn about Cisco Secure Routers launching in 2025, which converge best-in-class networking with advanced security through the innovative Secure Networking Processor (SNP), an ARM-based chip delivering high throughput and capacity for future AI applications. Discover comprehensive on-box security capabilities including hybrid mesh firewalls with IPS/IDS, URL filtering, and AMP Threat Grid, alongside cloud security options for direct Internet access scenarios. Understand the significant performance improvements, including up to three times better IPsec performance and threat protection throughput reaching 11 Gbps with all security features enabled. Examine how Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) algorithms, specifically ML-CEM for key exchanges and quantum-resistant secure boot, future-proof networks against quantum computing threats by 2030, particularly crucial for public, healthcare, retail, and finance sectors. Investigate the enhanced power efficiency, increased WAN interface capacities supporting up to 100 Gbps, and dedicated AI/ML engines for local inferencing to handle escalating I/O demands of AI environments. Explore Cisco's AI-powered WAN operations tools, including "Branch as Code" with Cisco Validated Designs, CI/CD pipeline integration for automated deployments, and AI Assistant features in Catalyst SD-WAN Manager and Meraki dashboard. Learn about specific AI capabilities such as Predictive Path Recommendations analyzing historical network behavior, Bandwidth Forecasting for circuit upgrade planning, and Anomaly Detection monitoring network attributes like round-trip time, jitter, and loss to proactively identify issues and reduce troubleshooting time.
