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Outage in Cisco Secure Access

[Cisco Secure Access] – Firewall Policy Enforcement Issue - Global

Resolved Minor
August 28, 2026 - Started 10 days ago - Lasted about 4 hours
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Incident Report

Summary AI Generated

Cisco Secure Access experienced a 3.7-hour Firewall Policy Enforcement issue where URL-based security policies were applied with default or unknown category verdicts, and some TLS decryption decisions were affected globally. The root cause was identified and a mitigation was applied, restoring Policy Enforcement across affected regions. The incident was fully resolved following production validation, with no customer escalations reported and no customer action required.

We are currently investigating an issue affecting Firewall Policy Enforcement service in Cisco Secure Access. Our engineering team is actively working to restore normal service. Customers may see URL-based security policies applied with a default or unknown category verdict. TLS decryption decisions may also be affected for some traffic. All other functions remain operational. No customer action is required at this time. We will provide further updates as more information becomes available. We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.

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RESOLVED 9 days ago - at 08/28/2026 03:36PM

The incident affecting Firewall as a Service has been resolved following successful production validation. No customer reports or escalations were received, and no customer action is required.

MONITORING 9 days ago - at 08/28/2026 03:20PM

The mitigation has been applied, and Policy Enforcement has recovered across the affected regions. We are monitoring service stability and validating URL categorization and TLS decryption decisions.

IDENTIFIED 9 days ago - at 08/28/2026 02:32PM

We have identified the root cause affecting Policy Enforcement and are applying a mitigation while monitoring recovery. Customers may see URL-based security policies applied with default or unknown category verdicts, and some TLS decryption decisions may be affected.

INVESTIGATING 9 days ago - at 08/28/2026 01:09PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue

INVESTIGATING 10 days ago - at 08/28/2026 12:45PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue

INVESTIGATING 10 days ago - at 08/28/2026 12:42PM

We are continuing to investigate this issue

INVESTIGATING 10 days ago - at 08/28/2026 11:57AM

We are currently investigating an issue affecting Firewall Policy Enforcement service in Cisco Secure Access. Our engineering team is actively working to restore normal service.

Customers may see URL-based security policies applied with a default or unknown category verdict. TLS decryption decisions may also be affected for some traffic. All other functions remain operational. No customer action is required at this time.

We will provide further updates as more information becomes available.

We sincerely appreciate your patience and understanding.

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