How Saint Fox Simplified Secure Access for a Global Enterprise with Cisco Secure Access
Saint Fox partnered with a global enterprise to modernize its secure access architecture by migrating users from multiple legacy security tools to Cisco Secure Access. The project consolidated six separate solutions into a single unified platform, successfully migrating 80,000 users in just 87 days with zero downtime, while significantly improving user experience, reducing operational overhead, and strengthening security governance.
The client's secure access environment had evolved over time into a fragmented ecosystem of multiple VPNs, gateways, and endpoint agents. Managing numerous disconnected tools increased operational complexity, impacted productivity, and made policy enforcement inconsistent across the organization.
Key challenges included:
- More than six separate secure access tools to manage
- Multiple endpoint agents installed across devices, creating administrative overhead
- Inconsistent user experience across VPNs and gateways
- Fragmented security policies leading to enforcement gaps
- Significant productivity loss due to slow and inconsistent application access
Saint Fox designed and executed a phased migration strategy to consolidate the organization's secure access infrastructure onto Cisco Secure Access with minimal disruption.
The engagement included:
- Development of a network-aware migration strategy
- Creation of custom deployment packages for diverse operating environments
- Automation of agent removal and Cisco Secure Access deployment across thousands of endpoints
- Deployment of automated scripts to reduce rollout effort and accelerate adoption
- Standardization of security policies and role-based access across the enterprise
- Continuous monitoring throughout the migration to ensure business continuity and zero downtime
The migration successfully transformed the organization's secure access infrastructure into a unified, modern platform while delivering measurable business and operational benefits.
Key outcomes included:
- Successfully migrated 80,000 users in 87 days, ahead of the 90-day target
- Achieved zero downtime throughout the migration
- Consolidated six legacy security tools into a single Cisco Secure Access platform
- Reduced application access time by up to 50%, saving approximately 16,000 productive hours every month
- Lowered IT operational overhead by 40%, delivering an estimated $1.2 million in annual savings
- Achieved consistent policy enforcement across all environments with 100% user adoption
- Removed over 2,500 unnecessary privileged access assignments, strengthening overall security governance
Representative pattern. Outcome is a Planning target, not a guaranteed result.