Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure gives customers complete control over infrastructure

"Sovereignty is not just an issue that cloud providers have to deal with. Suppliers offering a whole portfolio of on-prem products are also being asked questions about it. That was also the case for Cisco, according to CEO Chuck Robbins. And Cisco says it has listened. The result: Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure. It's a mouthful, but it's also a whole portfolio of products for customers with specific sovereignty requirements."

"The Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure portfolio does not necessarily consist of new products. That may not be quite what you expected based on the introduction. Today's announcement is primarily the announcement of a new type of license for parts of the existing (and future) portfolio. A new license may not sound that interesting, but we think it is. Because Cisco is linking the licenses to completely air-gapped products. This means that the license does its job without products being online or reporting their status."

"During the launch, Cisco promises that products from across the company's range will be part of Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure. Specifically, Cisco mentions that the offering will include routers, switches, access points, and collaboration products. Cisco refers to these as its own core product lines. Compute is not included. It is not part of the Sovereign Critical Infrastructure offering. So it really is about the basis of the infrastructure."

Cisco created Cisco Sovereign Critical Infrastructure, a portfolio of on-premises products and licenses for customers with specific sovereignty requirements. The portfolio primarily uses existing and future products combined with a new license type that supports completely air-gapped deployments. The air-gapped license enables licensing to function without products being online or reporting status, while hardware remains functionally identical to regular offerings. The portfolio covers core networking and collaboration lines including routers, switches, access points, and collaboration products; compute is explicitly excluded. Target customers include governments and regulated sectors such as banking and healthcare, with full on-premises customer management and control.

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