3 Takeaways from NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show

3 Takeaways from NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show

It’s been a few weeks since Cisco joined more than 40,000 retail industry leaders in New York City for NRF: Retail’s Big Show.  This event is consistently the pulse of the evolving retail landscape and serves as a central hub for what’s next in the industry. The 2025 event featured the theme “Game Changer,” and throughout the event experience, three game–changing takeaways stood out above the rest:  AI is driving new capabilities in personalized engagement…

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Unlock the AI Skills to Transform Your Data Center

Unlock the AI Skills to Transform Your Data Center

In today’s fast-paced world, where technology is advancing at lightning speed, staying ahead of the curve is more crucial than ever. That’s why Cisco U. is thrilled to introduce our groundbreaking AI essentials course, now available for a limited time in Cisco U. Free. But with AI training seemingly everywhere, you might wonder what sets Cisco U. apart from the rest. Why infrastructure focus is so important While Moore’s Law might not be as rigidly…

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AI Threat Intelligence Roundup: February 2025

AI Threat Intelligence Roundup: February 2025

At Cisco, AI threat research is fundamental to informing the ways we evaluate and protect models. In a space that is dynamic and rapidly evolving, these efforts help ensure that our customers are protected against emerging vulnerabilities and adversarial techniques. This regular threat roundup shares useful highlights and critical intelligence from third-party threat research with the broader AI security community. As always, please remember that this is not an exhaustive or all-inclusive list of AI…

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Navigating the AI Era as a CCIE

Navigating the AI Era as a CCIE

Well, it seems that we have arrived in a new era of networking, and boy, did it come up on us quickly.  Wasn’t it just five years ago we were navigating the “Programmability Age?” Network automation, cloud, and NetDevOps were all the rage, and we were celebrating the launch of the Cisco DevNet Certifications. Network engineers around the world were learning the joy of Python, APIs, and Ansible… Wait… it was just five years ago……

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Cybersecurity risks organizations need to address this year

Cybersecurity risks organizations need to address this year

As organizations navigate a new year, they face a fundamental truth: traditional perimeter-based security has failed. The modern enterprise isn’t defined by its devices and users but by its digital assets — the crown jewels that power operations and drive value. Yet most security approaches remain stuck in an outdated paradigm, focusing on protecting devices and user accounts while overlooking the dynamic web of service accounts, APIs and machine identities that actually access and manage…

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Shadow AI: The silent threat to enterprise data security

Shadow AI: The silent threat to enterprise data security

Just as IT departments have started to get a handle on shadow IT by setting policies for oversight and permissions on the use of applications, a new challenge has emerged — shadow AI. The rapid adoption of AI-powered workplace tools introduces an unprecedented level of risk.  While AI promises to supercharge employee productivity, the unsanctioned use of generative AI (GenAI) tools significantly increases the risk of data breaches. Organizations already struggling to get control of…

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Maximizing Impact with the Cisco 360 Partner Program Value Index

Maximizing Impact with the Cisco 360 Partner Program Value Index

In today’s fast-evolving technology landscape, differentiation is key. That’s why Cisco is redefining how we measure and ultimately reward your impact with the new Partner Value Index. This groundbreaking approach, part of the new Cisco 360 Partner Program, establishes a new standard for recognizing the unique ways you drive value for customers.  A fresh perspective on value The Partner Value Index was created to highlight what makes your business unique. As Cisco’s strategy for working…

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Will deepfake threats undermine cybersecurity in 2025?

Will deepfake threats undermine cybersecurity in 2025?

Deepfake technology is a new and unsettling reality. When embedded within phishing emails and collaboration chats, deepfakes represent a vicious and growing threat. To combat deepfakes, organizations urgently need to implement fresh approaches to both employee education and cybersecurity. To convey the gravitas of the situation, in February of 2024, a Singapore-based company lost $25 million due to deepfake impersonation of the firm’s CFO and other high-level executives. An employee mistakenly believed the deepfake ruse…

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Achieve Transformative Network Security With Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall

Achieve Transformative Network Security With Cisco Hybrid Mesh Firewall

The need for a robust, and flexible network security architecture has never been more pressing. The distributed nature of modern applications, the complexity of networks, and the explosion of AI applications is preventing progress through complexity. As these hindering complexities shift and grow, our approach to security must evolve to meet them head-on. In the previous blog, we talked about our overall approach to zero trust with Universal ZTNA and Hybrid Mesh Firewall. At Cisco,…

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Cisco and Wiz Collaborate to Enhance Cloud Security: Tackling AI-Generating Threats in Complex IT Infrastructures

Cisco and Wiz Collaborate to Enhance Cloud Security: Tackling AI-Generating Threats in Complex IT Infrastructures

A Growing Challenge in Cloud Security In today’s fast-paced digital world, enterprises face a new urgency in cloud security. AI-driven tools have drastically reduced the time it takes to develop exploit kits, from 15 days to under 5. However, enterprise teams often need over 60 days to patch vulnerabilities across varied environments. This leaves a significant gap where businesses are vulnerable to malicious actors. Cisco and Wiz: Better Together In response to this critical challenge,…

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