5 Reasons Why Developers Should Attend Security Conferences

5 Reasons Why Developers Should Attend Security Conferences

On the first night of BlackHat USA, I made conversation with a few friendly penetration testers who were perplexed when I told them I was a developer. Why would I be at a cybersecurity conference? …What was I hoping to get out of it? My general (and perhaps vague) response to them, and to others I’d meet who would be perplexed by my attendance at both BlackHat and DefCon, was that I wanted a better…

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The Critical Intersection of AI and Security: A Partnership Imperative

The Critical Intersection of AI and Security: A Partnership Imperative

In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a transformative force—driving innovation and efficiency across countless industries. However, as we integrate AI deeper into our way of living, we must pause and consider a crucial question: What is AI without security? Think of AI without security as a vault filled with treasures but left unlocked. It’s a high-speed train barreling down the tracks with no conductor aboard. In essence, it’s a…

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Cisco Hypershield: Security reimagined — hyper-distributed security for the AI-scale data center

Cisco Hypershield: Security reimagined — hyper-distributed security for the AI-scale data center

Today we introduced the most consequential security product in Cisco’s history: Cisco Hypershield. It’s a cloud-native, AI-powered approach to highly distributed security for AI-scale data centers that’s built into the fabric of the network. It’s the most radically different security innovation I’ve been a part of in my career. Part of the Cisco Security Cloud, Cisco Hypershield literally turns the network security model upside down, bringing the power of hyperscaler security and connectivity to the…

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Cisco Hypershield: A New Era of Distributed, AI-Native Security

Cisco Hypershield: A New Era of Distributed, AI-Native Security

AI is transformative, driving huge productivity gains. The engine of AI — the data center — will grow substantially, maybe an order of magnitude or more over the coming years. The industry went through a change like this in the past, when the likes of Amazon, Google and Microsoft got so big they couldn’t use enterprise data center systems. Instead, they wrote infrastructure software and embraced a scale out model where that software could run…

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Cisco Hypershield: Reimagining Security

Cisco Hypershield: Reimagining Security

It is no secret that cybersecurity defenders struggle to keep up with the volume and craftiness of current-day cyber-attacks. A significant reason for the struggle is that security infrastructure has yet to evolve to effectively and efficiently stymie modern attacks. The security infrastructure is either too unwieldy and slow or too destructive. When the security infrastructure is slow and unwieldy, the attackers have likely succeeded by the time the defenders react. When security actions are…

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