The following is an excerpt from the 2020 CSR Impact Report. Cisco’s networking, security, collaboration, and cloud solutions help secure and protect the lifeblood of the global economy. More than 80 percent of the world’s web traffic travels securely across Cisco connections, and our software and solutions protect and keep private the data of over 500,000 organizations, from the public sector, to critical infrastructure, to the Fortune 500. Given the critical nature of the solutions we…

AV-Comparatives named Cisco a Strategic Leader in its EPR report Cisco Secure Endpoint (previously AMP for Endpoints) was named a Strategic Leader by AV -Comparatives in the Endpoint Prevention and Response (EPR) CyberRisk Quadrant in their inaugural EPR Comparative Report. AV-Comparatives is a leading independent endpoint security software testing organization withtwo decades of experience. The EPR report assessed how effective endpoint security products are at preventing, detecting, and responding to targeted attacks. It consists of…

Co-Authored by Fabio Hashimoto, Logicalis Insider threats—such as credential theft, criminal insiders, or even negligent employees—are growing dramatically and represent enormous risks for all companies. This is true around the world, as low-skilled, untrained workforces become especially vulnerable to cybercriminals, putting company assets at risk. Enabling remote access to a virtual workforce, for example, can create easy targets for cyber-attack. In response, a Latin America based team from Cisco Global Gold Certified Partner Logicalis took…

Gartner projects worldwide IT spending will total $3.9 trillion in 2021, an increase of 6.2% over 2020 when spending declined a little over 3%. All IT spending segments—from data-center systems to communications services—are forecast to return to growth in 2021, according to Gartner . Enterprise software is expected to have the strongest rebound, 8.8%, as remote work environments are expanded and improved. The devices segment will see the second highest growth in, 8%, and is…

This just in. The sixth annual #WeAreCisco #LoveWhereYouWork employee photo contest has officially launched! It’s one of our favorite times of the year because we get to adventure with you, meet your kids, pets, spouses (oh, and even house plants) through sharing your personal stories. If you’re new here, read just a few stories on this blog and you’ll notice people really do love their jobs.  This year, we’ve created some new contest categories that…