Cisco Multicloud Defense protects all of your cloud environments using a single software-as-a-service (SaaS) control plane, eliminating inefficient, complex, and costly point solutions. -Simplify multicloud security - Manage security across public and private clouds from one place. Create, enforce, and update policies across all your clouds in real time. -Increase operational efficiency - Automate underlying cloud network constructs and integrate with infrastructure as code (IaC) for greater agility, flexibility, and scale. -Gain multidirectional protection - Ingress, egress, and east-west protection stops inbound threats, blocks command and control, data exfiltration, and prevents lateral movement. -Reduce risk, maintain compliance - Proactively close security gaps within your cloud environment using real-time asset discovery.