Manage Network and Service Objects

Cisco Secure Access supports creating collections of reusable Network and Service Objects. In a Secure Access organization, you can create collections of Network and Service Objects in object groups.

A Network Object describes an internet capable entity that is managed by your organization. A Service Object represents an internet or private destination. You can aggregate Network Objects in Network Object Groups and Service Objects in Service Object Groups. You can also include groups in groups to share unique resources within the organization.

Once you add objects for the organization's resources in Secure Access, you can select these objects on the private access rules in the Access policy and secure and protect the resources. For more information about the Access policy, see Manage the Access Policy.

Network Object Groups

A Network Object Group is a collection of Network Objects and other Network Object Groups. In Secure Access, add Network Objects to a Network Object Group. You can also select other Network Object Groups to add on a Network Object Group.

Network Objects and Network Object Groups are available on both the source and destination components of private access rules.

Note: A Network Object Group can include other Network Object Groups. From a Network Object Group, Secure Access supports three levels of nested groups. For more information, see Add Network Object Groups.

Service Object Groups

A Service Object Group is a collection of Service Objects and other Service Object Groups. In Secure Access, add Service Objects to a Service Object Group. You can also select other Service Object Groups to add on a Service Object Group.

Service Objects and Service Object Groups are available only on destination components in private access rules.

Note: A Service Object Group can include other Service Object Groups. From a Service Object Group, Secure Access supports three levels of nested groups. For more information, see Add Service Object Groups.

Start Building Collections of Reusable Objects

Begin to assemble the reusable Network and Service Objects for the organization in Secure Access.

For information about Network Objects, see Manage Network Objects.
For information about Service Objects, see Manage Service Objects.

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