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Cisco Study Reveals Alarming Deficiencies in European Cybersecurity Readiness

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Cisco Study Reveals Alarming Deficiencies in European Cybersecurity Readiness

According to Cisco’s 2025 Cybersecurity Readiness Index, only 3 percent of organizations in Europe have achieved the ‘Mature’ level of readiness required to effectively withstand today’s cyber threats, as hyperconnectivity and AI introduce new complexities. The European Union has adopted regulatory frameworks that address critical infrastructure security (NIS2) and product security (Cyber Resilience Act, CRA), but progress has been critically held back by inconsistent implementation and irregular roadmaps for compliance. The EU has signaled cybersecurity…

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Revolutionizing AI Security and Cyber Resilience with Open-Source Innovation and Risk Management Solutions

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Revolutionizing AI Security and Cyber Resilience with Open-Source Innovation and Risk Management Solutions

Foundation AI: Open-Source Innovations for Secure AI To address new and complex cybersecurity challenges introduced by the rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (AI), Cisco launches Foundation AI, a team of leading experts in AI and cybersecurity. This group is fully dedicated to solving major security challenges of the AI era by developing advanced tools and technologies that tackle these core issues. This new approach reflects the pressing need to balance rapid AI adoption with robust…

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Delivering Defence Digital Transformation: Let’s Get Ambitious

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Delivering Defence Digital Transformation: Let’s Get Ambitious

Recently, the Royal United Services Institute, RUSI, launched a report analysing defence technology priorities in Poland, France, Germany, the UK, and Spain highlighting some of Europe’s most critical defence challenges. This blog dives into how nations should invest, scale and accelerate their digital defence transformation.   The RUSI report coincides with the European Commission’s White paper for European defence – Readiness 2030, which suggests significant investments in critical defence capabilities, including AI, quantum and cybersecurity. Digital technologies (such…

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Reaping the Benefits of the Digital Healthcare Revolution

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Reaping the Benefits of the Digital Healthcare Revolution

The European healthcare system grapples with an ageing population, increasing pressure on public health budgets and rising costs, as well as acute shortages of healthcare workers post-Covid-19. Like in many other sectors, the pandemic was a catalyst for the digital transformation of healthcare, rapidly accelerating the adoption of telehealth and remote care solutions across Europe. In Ireland, for instance, the use of telemedicine has been multiplied by five since March 2020, with 20% of the…

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AI Defense: A Vision to Securely Harness AI

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AI Defense: A Vision to Securely Harness AI

The stakes of something going wrong with AI are incredibly high. Only 29% of organizations feel fully equipped to detect and prevent unauthorized tampering with AI[1]. With AI, emerging risks target different stages of the AI lifecycle, while responsibility lies with different owners including developers, end users and vendors. As AI becomes ubiquitous, enterprises will use and develop hundreds if not thousands of AI applications. Developers need AI security and safety guardrails that work for…

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Securing Ireland's Technology Future

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Securing Ireland's Technology Future

Shaping AI Governance and Securing the Digital Age As Ireland gears up for the election this week, here at Cisco, we’ve been reflecting on the pivotal role technology now plays across the issues politicians talk about when they knock on doors and make pitches to the electorate. Whether defining Ireland’s economic growth prospects, changing the way we work, or delivering more innovative and secure public services; the way we use new technologies underpins so many…

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Securing Ireland's Technology Future

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Securing Ireland's Technology Future

As Ireland gears up for the election this week, here at Cisco, we’ve been reflecting on the pivotal role technology now plays across the issues politicians talk about when they knock on doors and make pitches to the electorate. Whether defining Ireland’s economic growth prospects, changing the way we work, or delivering more innovative and secure public services; the way we use new technologies underpins so many of the issues voters in Ireland care about…

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European Cyber Resilience: How the EU Can Patch the Weak Spots in its Collective Armour

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European Cyber Resilience: How the EU Can Patch the Weak Spots in its Collective Armour

In the thrust and parry of cyber resilience, the European Union (EU) has forged a legal framework made of many pieces to fortify its digital defences. Yet, there remain two clear weak spots in Europe’s collective armour: the presence of unsupported connected devices within critical infrastructure networks and the opacity surrounding the handling of newly discovered, or obtained, vulnerabilities by government agencies. In this blog, I delve into these two crucial issues for EU policymakers…

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Rebooting Europe’s Sustainable Growth and Connectivity with Cisco’s Policy Roadmap

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Rebooting Europe’s Sustainable Growth and Connectivity with Cisco’s Policy Roadmap

On Sunday, like 185 million of my fellow European citizens, I headed to my local polling station to vote in the European elections. As the banners come down, and the corks and confetti are swept up, the buzz of campaigning will now shift to practical policy making. When our elected MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) head to Strasbourg for their first session in July, over half of them will be newcomers. The beginning of…

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Critical Steps to Bolster UK's Cyber Resilience: Insights for Policy Makers from Cisco’s Cyber Readiness Index

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Critical Steps to Bolster UK's Cyber Resilience: Insights for Policy Makers from Cisco’s Cyber Readiness Index

Recognising the vital role digital technologies now play in the delivery of economic prosperity, public services and national security, the UK Government rightly strives to be a global leader in innovation and technology. There are many aspects that are important to meeting this goal, but it is increasingly clear that a robust and resilient approach to cybersecurity across the economy is non-negotiable. In the face of growing cybersecurity threats, the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation…

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