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

Minor Impact Resolved Duration: 3h 42m August 28, 2026
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Current answer

Cisco Secure Access experienced a minor incident: [Cisco Secure Access] – Firewall Policy Enforcement Issue - Global. ServiceAlert observed recovery on Aug 28, 2026.

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Incident Lifecycle

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Affected Components
Policy Enforcement

Incident Timeline

Monitoring
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.
Aug 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM UTC
Identified
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.
Aug 28, 2026 at 2:32 PM UTC
Investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue
Aug 28, 2026 at 1:09 PM UTC
Investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue
Aug 28, 2026 at 12:45 PM UTC
Investigating
We are continuing to investigate this issue
Aug 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM UTC
Investigating
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....
Aug 28, 2026 at 11:57 AM UTC
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