Small business=heldSince September 2026: 2% → 2%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
2%from 2% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 8 → 10 of 52
Cisco · 3 categories · RankedCisco Secure Access
88Judge labels
6First choices
27Negative labels
14 / 14Models named it
3Categories
October 2026 Edition. Every number here is derived from the raw labels under vendor table v2026-10.8, every buyer segment counted.
Best standing
4% in SASE for small business buyers
Rank 14 of 45 in the mid-market standingcriticized challenger
0 of 14 models made it the first choice on the direct prompt; 29% of its 14 labels there were negative.
What the models named instead of Cisco Secure Access →By buyer segmentRead the same way at every buyer size.
Small business6 of 57
4%13 labels
criticized challenger
Mid-market14 of 45
0%14 labels
criticized challenger
Enterprise13 of 48
0%18 labels
accepted challenger
In sase · each standing computed within its segment · bars are 0 to 100 · the accent bar is the product's own best reading
Standing by category
Every category where a model named Cisco Secure Access for a mid-market B2B company. Share is first choices across the direct, paraphrase, budget and scale prompts; rank is within every product named in that category.
| Category | Function | Share | Rank | Negative rate | Labels | Quadrant | Since September 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASE platforms | Network and edge | 0% | 14 of 45 | 29% | 14 | criticized challenger | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| Zero trust network access | Network and edge | 0% | 13 of 66 | 0% | 7 | under 10 labels · led by Twingate at 39% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. |
| DNS filtering | Network and edge | 0% | 26 of 94 | 0% | 1 | under 10 labels · led by DNSFilter at 59% |
Movement
Since September 2026, Cisco Secure Access held within the floor in all two categories: no change cleared 11 points.
Best category · SASE · by segment
Mid-market=heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 0% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 11 pointsRank 12 → 14 of 43
Enterprise▼−2Since September 2026: 2% → 0%, −2 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked.
0%from 2% in September 2026
Inside the floor by 9 pointsRank 8 → 12 of 46
All categories · Mid-market
| Category | September 2026 | Now | Change | Reading | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SASE | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 12 → 14 of 45 |
| ZTNA | 0% | 0% | =heldSince September 2026: 0% → 0%, ±0 points. Inside the 11-point floor: within noise. Read over the models both editions asked. | Within noise | Rank 11 → 13 of 66 |
Shares here are read over the models both editions asked, so they can differ by a point or two from the standing above, which counts every model in this edition.
The floor is 11 points of share, measured: how far the models move a leader on their own when the same questions are asked twice with nothing changed. A larger change is movement; a smaller one is noise, and both are shown. Movement is read over the twelve models both editions asked; GPT-6 Luna, Muse Glimmer 30B joined this edition and are in the standing but not yet in the comparison. How the floor is measured · The editions
By model
How each model treated Cisco Secure Access across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.ShowHide
By model
How each model treated Cisco Secure Access across every prompt where it was named for a mid-market B2B company. Fourteen models, six prompts per category.
ShowHide| Model | First choice | Alternative | Mention | Negative | Labels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claude Haiku 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-5.4 mini | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Perplexity Sonar | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Grok 4.20 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mistral Small | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| DeepSeek V4 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Llama 4 Maverick | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Qwen 3.7 Flash | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Kimi K2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GLM 4.7 FlashX | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| MiniMax M2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GPT-6 Luna | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Muse Glimmer 30B | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
By framing
Which of the six questions produced the naming. By model says how often; this says asked what. The first-choice count on the right carries the marks of the models that produced it.
FramingLabels by classFirst choices
Direct14 labels2
Paraphrase14 labels4
Comparative30 labels1not counted in share
Budget-constrained7 labelsNone
Scale-constrained3 labelsNone
Negative20 labelsNone
First choiceAlternativeMentionNegative88 labels in all, every segment counted; 6 of the 7 first choices count toward share, since the comparative and negative framings do not. The bar is one segment per label class, to scale within the framing.
What the models said for it
Verbatim evidence the judge attached to positive labels.
“If your company already uses Cisco heavily, Cisco Secure Access / Duo-based options are also strong mid-market fits” Perplexity Sonar · ZTNA · direct prompt · alternative
“A unified SASE offering that converges Cisco's networking (SD-WAN) and security (Umbrella/ISE) products.” GLM 4.7 FlashX · ZTNA · comparative prompt · alternative
“3. Cisco Secure Access: A SASE solution that delivers unified networking and security” Llama 4 Maverick · SASE · paraphrase prompt · alternative
“Best for Cisco-aligned estates: Cisco Secure Access, a cloud-delivered SSE platform” Muse Glimmer 30B · SASE · comparative prompt · alternative
And against it
Verbatim evidence attached to negative labels. A warning on a product with few labels is a warning; on a product with many, it is one voice among them.
“An independent 2025 SSE test rated the tested products from these vendors "Caution" after finding failures in critical tests.” GPT-6 Luna · SASE · negative prompt · soft negative
“Still perceived as more of a stacked/packaged solution than a truly unified single-codebase platform; integration complexity” DeepSeek V4 Flash · SASE · comparative prompt · soft negative
“Platform to Approach with Caution: Cisco Secure Access. ... deployment as fragmented and difficult to troubleshoot” Qwen 3.7 Flash · SASE · negative prompt · soft negative
“mid-market users often find Cisco fs architecture bloated compared to newer entrants” Qwen 3.7 Flash · SASE · direct prompt · soft negative
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Cisco Secure Access, over the 88 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Cisco Secure Access was named but was not.ShowHide
Named alongside
The products named in the same answers as Cisco Secure Access, over the 88 answers that named it. Took the first choice instead counts the answers where the other product was the first choice and Cisco Secure Access was named but was not.
ShowHideProductSame answerTook the first choice insteadHead to head
A head-to-head page exists where both products are among a category's top eight. The other rows are the same fact without a page behind them, so they link to the product instead.
What carried it into the answer
The sites and pages cited by the answers that named Cisco Secure Access. A fact about retrieval, not a lever on the model.
Citations exist only for the models that return a source list, five of the fourteen in this edition, so these counts come from 86 of the 88 answers that named Cisco Secure Access and are not a share of its labels.
Domains cited
fortinet.com29
guideflow.com24
expertinsights.com23
en.softonic.com22
cyberpress.org21
cisco.comYour site20
cybersecuritynews.com20
g2.com20
netskope.com20
zscaler.com20
199 of the 219 domain citations in answers naming Cisco Secure Access came from somebody else's page.
Pages cited
Pages are listed as the models cited them.
Search and answers
Where Cisco Secure Access stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.ShowHide
Search and answers
Where Cisco Secure Access stands in Google search beside where it stands in the models' answers.
ShowHideIn search
Google, US estimates- Searches for its name, Google
- 2,400 a month (“cisco secure access”)
- AI search demand for its name, est.
- 80 a month
- Its own site
- It sits on Cisco's site (cisco.com), so there are no site figures for it alone
In answers
This editionShare of first choices
0%
rank 14 of 45 in SASE
Segment leader
35%
Cato Networks
- First choices
- 6 across its categories
- Named in
- 88 answers
- Its own site cited
- in 86 of the answers that named it
Search figures are US estimates from DataForSEO, read September 28, 2026; AI search demand is its modeled, directional estimate, not a count of queries to any assistant. The answers are this edition's. Two measurements side by side: neither is read as the cause of the other.
Names read as Cisco Secure Access
What the judge wrote, as written, with how often. The vendor table decides that these count as Cisco Secure Access; a claim can dispute any of them.
Cisco Secure Access (SASE) 1Cisco Secure Access (Umbrella + SD-WAN) 1Cisco Secure Access (formerly Duo) 1Cisco Secure Access + Catalyst SD-WAN 1Cisco Secure Access / Cisco SASE 1Cisco Secure Access / Duo 1Cisco Secure Access / Duo-based options 1Cisco Secure Access / SASE 1Cisco Secure Access / Secure Private Access 1
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The company
Cisco is the company behind Cisco Secure Access.ShowHide
The company
Cisco is the company behind Cisco Secure Access.
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Company records- Also from Cisco
- Cisco ACE, Cisco ACI, Cisco ACI / Tetration, Cisco AI Defense, Cisco ASA/Firepower, Cisco AnyConnect, Cisco AppDynamics, Cisco Application Centric Infrastructure and 68 more
In its own words
Stated by the vendor, not checked- Certifications
- Cisco Connected Physical Security SpecialistMilestone Advanced Certification for XProtect Enterprise and CorporateOcularis Basic (On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. (OnSSI))iPro Certified Reseller (Panasonic iPro)
- Customers named
- LogicalisUS
- Not stated on the pages read
- Positioning, who it is for, price, starting price, free plan or trial, integrations, hosting
What Cisco Secure Access's own pages state, read September 28, 2026: talentbridge.cisco.com/organization/cisco, research.cisco.com/cybersecurity/ai-for-security, talentbridge.cisco.com/job/lead-security-technician-56091, talentbridge.cisco.com/job/network-security-engineer-senior-56110, talentbridge.cisco.com/job/solution-architect-physical-security-56098. A claimed page can correct any of them.
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A new claim receives the current edition's vendor brief for Cisco Secure Access by email, built from the raw record of the edition. It shows:
- where Cisco Secure Access is named, by buyer and by framing, and which cells hold its first choices;
- the claims the models make when they name it, ranked, with the strongest and the weakest quoted;
- its vocabulary against the segment leader's, and the pages the models cited;
- who was chosen in the answers that did not name Cisco Secure Access, and every reason the record gives;
- a battlecard for each top rival: the head-to-head split, why they win, and the reservation quoted against them;
- one page of published figures cleared to show a buyer.