Why modernize your campus?
As AI becomes embedded in daily workflows, campus networks must evolve—becoming simpler to operate, secure by design, and built for real-time performance—to support the growing demands of users, devices, and applications.
Today's demands strain traditional networks
Networks built for email and file sharing aren't equipped to meet current expectations, including AI agents, smart building systems, edge inferencing, hybrid classrooms, and real-time collaboration.
Users expect seamless experiences
Consumer demands are intensifying. Devices are multiplying. Threats are evolving. It's time to modernize scale, intelligence, and security.
From chaos to clarity: Address what's holding you back
Operational complexity
Disparate tools, manual fixes, and siloed systems slow everything down. Campus IT teams are stretched thin, struggling to maintain performance and respond fast.
Device sprawl, porous border
From laptops to smart lights and AI agents, devices connect nonstop. With no clear perimeter, attackers can easily slip in, impersonate users, and move across systems.
Real-time and AI app demands
Today's technology moves fast. Legacy networks don't. AI apps, automation, and immersive learning require speed, precision, and reliability with no room for delays.
Future-proof your campus network—watch the webinar
Is your campus network ready for AI, IoT, and hybrid work? Learn how Cisco integrates security, simplifies operations, and protects users, devices, and data—no matter where they are.
Simplified operations, powered by AgenticOps
The Cisco Unified Platform streamlines the full lifecycle of configuration, monitoring, diagnosis, and resolution—bringing together unified management, multilayer assurance, and AgenticOps to simplify operations in the AI era.
Unified management
Start with a single interface to manage WLAN, switching, and routing with flexible deployment across cloud or on-premises environments, reducing operational complexity and accelerating deployment.
Learn MoreMultilayer assurance
Build on this foundation with deep visibility across owned and unowned networks. Powered by ThousandEyes and embedded telemetry, multilayer assurance helps teams detect issues faster and pinpoint root cause from user to application.
Learn MoreAgenticOps
AgenticOps further enhances operations through agentic capabilities that combine cross-domain telemetry with AI reasoning powered by the Cisco Deep Network Model to autonomously troubleshoot issues, continuously optimize network performance, and validate remediation actions before they are safely applied.
Learn MoreScalable devices ready for AI
Get the performance needed for AI-driven innovation like edge inferencing and smart automation with platforms engineered for the demands of the AI era.
Cisco C9350 Series Smart Switches
Get AI-ready scale with deterministic latency, Silicon One power, and MACsec in a fixed access switch.
Learn MoreCisco C9610 Series Smart Switches
Unlock ultra-low latency for AI with a modular campus backbone switch built for performance.
Learn MoreCisco Catalyst 9200 Series Switches
Empower your network with built-in encryption and advanced AI/ML for continuous zero-trust security.
Learn MoreCisco C9550 Series Smart Switches
Power your enterprise fabric with secure, scalable, fixed core Smart Switches.
Learn MoreCisco Wi-Fi 7 access points
Future-proof your campus with intelligent, secure access points that simplify deployment and scale.
Outdoor and industrial access points
Keep campus operations smooth with fast, secure wireless, such as Wi-Fi 7, and ultra-reliable backhaul.
Cisco Campus Gateway
Scale smarter with cloud-managed wireless that's secure, easy to deploy, and built for campus mobility.
Cisco Catalyst 9800 Series Controllers
Take command of your campus network with smart wireless controllers that simplify management and boost performance.
Cisco 8000 Series Secure Routers
Protect your campus WAN with platform-level security, high performance, and flexible management.
Cisco 8300 Series Secure Routers
Support complex campus environments with secure, high-performance routing that scales with demand.
Cisco 8400 Series Secure Routers
Drive campus network efficiency with robust performance, smart management, and built-in threat protection.
Meraki MG Fixed Wireless Access
Speed up campus 5G rollouts with cloud eSIM, instant connectivity, and 5G Standalone support.
Security fused into the network
In modern campus environments—where thousands of users, devices, and IoT systems connect every day—security can't be bolted on or centralized. Cisco fuses security directly into the campus network so identity, policy, and enforcement exist wherever traffic flows.
Securing network devices
Security begins with the campus infrastructure itself. Cisco embeds protection directly into switches, routers, and wireless access points with trusted boot and runtime protections that prevent infrastructure compromise.
Securing network traffic
Traffic is protected in motion with MACsec and IPsec encryption across campus and internal network paths, with post-quantum-ready cryptography protecting traffic today and in the future.
Managing the explosion of entities
Modern campuses connect employees, guests, IoT devices, cameras, sensors, and AI-enabled systems.
Authorizing every entity
Every entity is identified the moment it connects. Identity—not location—defines what communication is allowed, preventing lateral movement across the campus network.
Implementing identity-based segmentation
Cisco enforces this through identity-based segmentation using Security Group Tags and Software-Defined Access policies orchestrated by Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE).
Verifying trust continuously
Zero trust requires continuous enforcement—not a one-time decision.
Protecting inside the enterprise
Campus users and devices access applications across data centers, cloud services, and AI platforms. Hybrid-mesh firewalling provides coordinated policy enforcement across campus, data center, and cloud—ensuring every flow is verified and stopping unauthorized lateral movement.
Connecting remote users to applications safely
Zero Trust Access and SASE secure connectivity to applications and the internet from anywhere.
