Cisco Secure Client

Cisco Secure Client (formerly AnyConnect) is the unified endpoint agent for Cisco security and connectivity, delivering VPN, Zero Trust Network Access, endpoint posture, network visibility, and secure web access from a single installer. Programmatic interfaces are exposed indirectly through Cisco Secure Firewall (ASA, FTD), Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE), Cisco Secure Access, Umbrella, and Duo. There is no single public REST surface for the client itself; integration is achieved through profile XML packages, MDM-deployed configuration, and the management plane APIs exposed by these adjacent Cisco services.

Cisco Secure Client publishes 6 APIs on the APIs.io network, including AccessPolicies API, AccessRules API, Authentication API, and 3 more. Tagged areas include Endpoint Security, Remote Access, Security, VPN, and Zero Trust.

The Cisco Secure Client catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Cisco Secure Client’s developer surface includes authentication, developer portal, engineering blog, documentation, getting-started guide, changelog, support, and 11 more developer resources.

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28.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

AccessFreemiumSelf serve⚡ Free to try

1 APIs

Endpoint Security Remote Access Security VPN Zero Trust

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scored 2026-09-08 · rubric v0.20.0

Composite quality — 28.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 3.9 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 5.1 / 18

Access Clarity 4.7 / 18

Operational Transparency 1.8 / 12

Contract Governance 4.9 / 11

Discoverability 5.3 / 9

Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10

Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5

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APIs 11

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API

The Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API configures remote-access VPN gateways, group policies, and Secure Client profiles distributed to endpoints. Authentication uses a...

Cisco ISE ERS API

The Cisco Identity Services Engine External RESTful Services (ERS) API manages the network access control plane that Secure Client integrates with for posture assessment and pol...

Cisco Umbrella API

The Cisco Umbrella API exposes the cloud-delivered DNS, secure web gateway, and roaming protection services that integrate with the Secure Client Umbrella module. Authentication...

Cisco Duo Admin API

The Duo Admin API configures multi-factor authentication policies, users, groups, and integrations used by Secure Client deployments for ZTNA and adaptive authentication. Authen...

Cisco Secure Access API

The Cisco Secure Access API is the management interface for Cisco's converged SSE platform that Secure Client connects to as a SASE endpoint agent. Endpoints cover network tunne...

Cisco Secure Client AccessPolicies API

The AccessPolicies API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for accesspolicies.

Cisco Secure Client AccessRules API

The AccessRules API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for accessrules.

Cisco Secure Client Authentication API

The Authentication API from Cisco Secure Client — 2 operation(s) for authentication.

Cisco Secure Client Devices API

The Devices API from Cisco Secure Client — 2 operation(s) for devices.

Cisco Secure Client Hosts API

The Hosts API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for hosts.

Cisco Secure Client NetworkObjects API

The NetworkObjects API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for networkobjects.

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Open Collections 8

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API (Secure Client management plane) AccessPolicies API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API (Secure Client management plane) AccessPolicies AccessRules API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API (Secure Client management plane) AccessPolicies Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API (Secure Client management plane) AccessPolicies Devices API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API (Secure Client management plane) AccessPolicies Hosts API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API (Secure Client management plane) AccessPolicies NetworkObjects API

OPEN COLLECTION

Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API (Secure Client management plane)

OPEN COLLECTION

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Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Cisco Secure Client Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Cisco Secure Client Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Cisco Secure Client Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Cisco Secure Client Context

18 classes · 0 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Cisco Secure Client API Rules

5 rules · 3 errors 2 warnings

SPECTRAL

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Cisco Secure Client Authentication

apiKey/http · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Cisco Secure Client Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Cisco Secure Client Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Cisco Secure Client Agentic Access

15 operations · 9 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 2

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Portal

Portal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLD

JSONLD

Spectral

Spectral

Access & Security 3

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

Operate 4

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

ChangeLog

Support

StatusPage

Community

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

ParentCompany

ParentCompany

Source (apis.yml)

aid: cisco-secure-client
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Freemium · Self-serve signup
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  - security
  generated: '2026-09-03'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/cisco-secure-client.png
name: Cisco Secure Client
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cisco-secure-client/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-08-19'
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consuming
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- Endpoint Security
- Remote Access
- Security
- VPN
- Zero Trust
description: Cisco Secure Client (formerly AnyConnect) is the unified endpoint agent for Cisco security and connectivity,
  delivering VPN, Zero Trust Network Access, endpoint posture, network visibility, and secure web access from a single installer.
  Programmatic interfaces are exposed indirectly through Cisco Secure Firewall (ASA, FTD), Cisco Identity Services Engine
  (ISE), Cisco Secure Access, Umbrella, and Duo. There is no single public REST surface for the client itself; integration
  is achieved through profile XML packages, MDM-deployed configuration, and the management plane APIs exposed by these adjacent
  Cisco services.
apis:
- aid: cisco-secure-client:secure-firewall-management-api
  name: Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API
  tags:
  - ASA
  - Firewall
  - FTD
  - Management
  - VPN
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center API configures remote-access VPN gateways, group policies, and
    Secure Client profiles distributed to endpoints. Authentication uses a token generated via the generatetoken endpoint
    and passed as the X-auth-access-token header on subsequent calls.
- aid: cisco-secure-client:ise-ers-api
  name: Cisco ISE ERS API
  tags:
  - e-RS
  - Identity
  - ISE
  - NAC
  - Posture
  tags_raw:
  - ERS
  - Identity
  - ISE
  - NAC
  - Posture
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/identity-services-engine/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/identity-services-engine/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Cisco Identity Services Engine External RESTful Services (ERS) API manages the network access control plane
    that Secure Client integrates with for posture assessment and policy enforcement. Endpoints cover endpoint identity groups,
    posture conditions, and authorization policies.
- aid: cisco-secure-client:umbrella-api
  name: Cisco Umbrella API
  tags:
  - DNS
  - Roaming
  - Secure Web Gateway
  - Umbrella
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  baseURL: https://api.umbrella.com
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/cloud-security/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/cloud-security/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Cisco Umbrella API exposes the cloud-delivered DNS, secure web gateway, and roaming protection services
    that integrate with the Secure Client Umbrella module. Authentication uses OAuth 2.0 client credentials and endpoints
    cover deployments, policies, reports, and destination lists.
- aid: cisco-secure-client:duo-admin-api
  name: Cisco Duo Admin API
  tags:
  - Authentication
  - Duo
  - MFA
  - Zero Trust
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://duo.com/docs/adminapi
  properties:
  - url: https://duo.com/docs/adminapi
    type: Documentation
  description: The Duo Admin API configures multi-factor authentication policies, users, groups, and integrations used by
    Secure Client deployments for ZTNA and adaptive authentication. Authentication uses an HMAC signature scheme over the
    request and integration keys.
- aid: cisco-secure-client:secure-access-api
  name: Cisco Secure Access API
  tags:
  - SASE
  - Secure Access
  - SSE
  - ZTNA
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/cloud-security/secure-access/
  properties:
  - url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/cloud-security/secure-access/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Cisco Secure Access API is the management interface for Cisco's converged SSE platform that Secure Client
    connects to as a SASE endpoint agent. Endpoints cover network tunnels, ZTNA application definitions, posture profiles,
    and reporting.
- aid: cisco-secure-client:cisco-secure-client-accesspolicies-api
  name: Cisco Secure Client AccessPolicies API
  description: The AccessPolicies API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for accesspolicies.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
  baseURL: https://api.umbrella.com
  tags:
  - Access Policies
  tags_raw:
  - AccessPolicies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-secure-client-accesspolicies-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cisco-secure-client:cisco-secure-client-accessrules-api
  name: Cisco Secure Client AccessRules API
  description: The AccessRules API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for accessrules.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
  baseURL: https://api.umbrella.com
  tags:
  - Access Rules
  tags_raw:
  - AccessRules
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-secure-client-accessrules-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cisco-secure-client:cisco-secure-client-authentication-api
  name: Cisco Secure Client Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from Cisco Secure Client — 2 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
  baseURL: https://api.umbrella.com
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-secure-client-authentication-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cisco-secure-client:cisco-secure-client-devices-api
  name: Cisco Secure Client Devices API
  description: The Devices API from Cisco Secure Client — 2 operation(s) for devices.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
  baseURL: https://api.umbrella.com
  tags:
  - Devices
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-secure-client-devices-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cisco-secure-client:cisco-secure-client-hosts-api
  name: Cisco Secure Client Hosts API
  description: The Hosts API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for hosts.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
  baseURL: https://api.umbrella.com
  tags:
  - Hosts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-secure-client-hosts-api-openapi.yml
- aid: cisco-secure-client:cisco-secure-client-networkobjects-api
  name: Cisco Secure Client NetworkObjects API
  description: The NetworkObjects API from Cisco Secure Client — 1 operation(s) for networkobjects.
  humanURL: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-firewall-management-center-api/
  baseURL: https://api.umbrella.com
  tags:
  - NetworkObjects
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/cisco-secure-client-networkobjects-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.cisco.com/
- type: ParentCompany
  url: https://apis.io/providers/cisco/
  name: Cisco
  x-relationship: product
  x-generated-by: cisco-family:2026-08-19
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/cisco-secure-client-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/cisco-secure-client-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/cisco-secure-client-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/cisco-secure-client-authentication.yml
- type: Portal
  url: https://developer.cisco.com/
- url: https://blogs.cisco.com/tag/anyconnect/feed
  type: Blog
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/security/secure-client-5/series.html
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/secure-client/getting-started/
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/vpn_client/anyconnect/Cisco-Secure-Client-5/release/notes/release-notes-cisco-secure-client-5.html
- type: Support
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/index.html
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.cisco.com/
- type: Community
  url: https://community.cisco.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/cloud-and-software/end-user-license-agreement.html
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/about/legal/privacy-full.html
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/cisco-secure-client-context.jsonld
- type: Spectral
  url: rules/cisco-secure-client-rules.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
x-parent: cisco
x-relationship: product

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