Installing an SEC Using a Security Cloud Control Image

The Secure Event Connector (SEC) forwards events from ASA and FTD to the Cisco cloud so that you can view them in the Event Logging page and investigate them with Secure Cloud Analytics, depending on your licensing.

You can install more than one Secure Event Connector (SEC) on your tenant and direct events from your ASAs and FDM-managed devices to any of the SECs you install. Having multiple SECs allows you to have SECs installed in different locations and distribute the work of sending events to the Cisco cloud.

Installing an SEC is a two part process:

  1. Install a Security Cloud Control Connector, to Support a Secure Event Connector, Using a Security Cloud Control VM Image You need one Security Cloud Control Connector for every SEC you install. The Security Cloud Control Connector is different than a Secure Device Connector (SDC).

  2. Install the Secure Event Connector on your Security Cloud Control Connector Virtual Machine.

Note

If you want to create a Security Cloud Control Connector by creating your own VM, see Install Multiple SECs for Your Tenant Using a VM Image you Create.

What to do next:

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