Cisco has launched its Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio in Canada, giving government, financial institutions, healthcare and other critical infrastructure providers greater control and choice over how they run their tech.
Cisco said Canadian customers now had access to a fully configurable portfolio which they could operate in their own air-gapped and ‘on-prem’ physical environments, meaning systems that sit in facilities they own and run with no connection to the outside internet.
“It spans Cisco’s core product lines, from routing, switching, and wireless, to collaboration, and select endpoint devices, enhanced by Cisco and Splunk security and observability solutions,” said the firm.
For governments, it added, this helps ensure mission-critical systems keep running under their own control, without depending on constant connection to the cloud.
“Every organization has different needs when it comes to control and choice over their infrastructure,” said Raj Juneja, President, Cisco Canada. “Sovereign Critical Infrastructure gives Canadian organizations a new way to meet those needs, building on Cisco Canada’s three decades of work helping these very organizations solve their most complex technology challenges.”
Cisco’s Sovereign Critical Infrastructure for Canada includes:
Cisco’s major product families across networking, security, compute, collaboration, and Splunk, configured for on-premises, air-gapped use.
Air-gapped, trust-based licensing: The Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio is configured to function in an air-gapped environment giving organizations control over access to systems and data, and autonomy over digital infrastructure.
Certifications: The majority of Cisco’s on-premises portfolio is IPv6-ready, FIPS 140-2/3 certified and Common Criteria certified, all global benchmarks for rigorous security. Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure is designed to align with Canadian specific frameworks like ITSG-33, providing the foundational security controls necessary to achieve Authority to Operate (ATO) for mission-critical services.
