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  Guest Author: Scott Brown, Senior Vice-President of Worldwide Collaboration Sales at Cisco   In May, Cisco was proud to host our first-ever summit for the U.S. Federal government to share lessons and a path forward for digital transformation across federal agencies. Hundreds of Federal leaders joined us for FedFWD: A Roadmap to Digital Transformation. In this second blog in our series recapping the event, we’ll discuss some of the incredible insights on Enterprise as…

In the world of business, what is considered essential changes over time. Most businesses haven’t used paper accounting ledgers, fax machines, or phone books for years, for example. And now, in many cases, office space isn’t even essential. The move to remote work caused by the pandemic led many organizations to invest in modern networking and security technologies. And protecting digital assets is becoming increasingly urgent as security threats such as ransomware continue to escalate…

Most companies have plans to run or move a certain percentage of new and existing applications to the cloud in the next few years. While the cloud offers many compelling benefits, consuming cloud resources is often not as easy as IT departments might expect. The complex list of challenges to be considered when moving to the cloud are enumerated in the cloud adoption frameworks from cloud providers. One of the major challenges to be surmounted…

Simultaneously secure and save with new 7.0 features and subscription models Organizations rely on Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Virtual (formerly FTDv/NGFWv), Cisco’s proven network firewall with IPS, URL filtering, and malware defense that protects virtualized environments in private and public clouds. In addition to the improved IPS performance with Snort 3 and the new support for Hyperconverged Infrastructure platforms, our 7.0 release brings a wealth of other visibility, management and performance enhancements. This includes…

Intelligent machines have helped humans in achieving great endeavors. Artificial Intelligence (AI) combined with human experiences have resulted in quick wins for stakeholders across multiple industries, with use cases ranging from finance to healthcare to marketing to operations and more. There is no denying the fact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has helped in quicker product innovation and an enriching user experience. However, few of these use cases include context-aware marketing, sales forecasting, conversational analytics, fraud…

It is a reality that most enterprise customers are moving from a private data center model to a hybrid multi-cloud model. They are either moving some of their existing applications or developing newer applications in a cloud native way to deploy in the public clouds. Customers are wary about sticking to just a single public cloud provider for fear of vendor lock-in. Hence, we are seeing a very high percentage of customers adopting a multi…

You may have heard of a recent network security advisory that has made its way through the new cycles and you may have questions. The good news is Cisco has answers and you can find them in our comprehensive new FAQ. If you’re not sure what I’m talking about and want to understand what’s been going on, this blog will serve as a primer. But to get the full scoop, I urge you to take…

Bruce Brody I’m delighted to announce the latest member of my CISO Advisors team, Bruce Brody.  Bruce  joins us with three decades of proven security leadership under his belt. He was the first executive-level CISO at the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Energy, and has had more recent success as CISO at Cubic Corporation and DRS Technologies. Bruce’s role will be to help Cisco’s customers refine their security strategies, calling on his experiences and insights…

Cisco is excited to share that we have been recognized by TrustRadius with Top Rated awards for many of our networking solutions. Customer ratings and reviews are so important to us, and we know sharing them can help leaders see the real-time value and use cases when they are in a pre-purchase product evaluation period. With all the changes that have come our way in the past year, we strive to be consistent and reliable…

By Jon Green, Vice President and Chief Security Technologist Recent high-profile attacks have disrupted global commerce across the world, bringing home the critical importance of maintaining a robust IT security program. The recent ransomware attacks on the Colonial Pipeline, the largest petroleum pipeline in the US, and meat supplier JBS, highlight the cascading, society-disrupting havoc these types of attacks can create. Those concerns increasingly extend to IoT devices, as evidenced by the recent hack of…