Encrypted traffic doesn’t always mean secure traffic, but how can an organization understand what’s going on with encrypted traffic without decrypting the data? That’s the goal of Cisco’s Encrypted Traffic Analytics offering, which became generally available on Jan. 10.
Cisco announced ETA as a preview technology in June 2017 as part of the company’s wider intent-based networking initiative. ETA was initially only available for early field trials on a limited set of Cisco campus switches. Cisco is now making it generally available for all of its customers across multiple switch and routing platforms, including the Catalyst 9300 and 9400, ISR 4000 and 5000, and ASR 1000, as well as the Cloud Services Router 1000V.
