Connect, Secure, Assure Every Digital Experience Everywhere

Connect, Secure, Assure Every Digital Experience Everywhere

Today at Cisco Live Amsterdam we’re excited to announce Cisco Secure Access Experience Insights, powered by ThousandEyes — an integrated solution to deliver unparalleled visibility into the digital experience of your securely connected employees and sites. In today’s digital-first world, business productivity depends on ensuring hybrid workers can securely access any application — web, SaaS, or enterprise private applications — from anywhere. As network complexity and attack surfaces expand, delivering excellent digital experience means not…

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Cisco User Protection Suite Provides MSSPs a Comprehensive and Compelling Package

Cisco User Protection Suite Provides MSSPs a Comprehensive and Compelling Package

In August 2023, I authored a blog on Cisco Secure Access, where I discussed the advantages of utilizing a comprehensive, single vendor, Security Service Edge (SSE) packages for both customers and Managed Security Services Providers (MSSPs). Since then, Cisco has launched three security-focused suites that address key customer use cases for the user, for the cloud, and for breach protection. In this blog, we’ll explore the Cisco User Protection Suite, specifically, to understand what it…

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Navigating the Complex Cybersecurity Landscape: Kyndryl and Cisco's Innovative Security Edge Services

Navigating the Complex Cybersecurity Landscape: Kyndryl and Cisco's Innovative Security Edge Services

I often hear in today’s cybersecurity landscape are “intricate,” “daunting,” and “complex.” However, the fundamental idea behind security is straightforward – safeguard individuals during their interactions with applications and proactively stop threats before they can compromise users or networks. Establishing a unified and comprehensive security framework in a multicloud, hybrid work environment is challenging. Attackers are more sophisticated than ever, coupled with a need to constantly ingest new vendors and new tools—we are at an…

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Cisco Extends SSE innovation with Mobile Zero Trust and Flexible Resource Connectors

Cisco Extends SSE innovation with Mobile Zero Trust and Flexible Resource Connectors

Recently, when I speak with business and IT leaders around the globe, there is a common question that permeates the discussion. How can I provide the additional security necessary to protect my distributed workforce without burdening end users and slowing down the business? This isn’t a simple question to answer, especially with the significant changes in the typical IT environment over the last couple of years. To address this challenge, Cisco has developed innovative ways…

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Cisco Secure Access Extends SSE Innovation with Mobile Zero Trust and Flexible Resource Connectors

Cisco Extends SSE innovation with Mobile Zero Trust and Flexible Resource Connectors

Recently, when I speak with business and IT leaders around the globe, there is a common question that permeates the discussion. How can I provide the additional security necessary to protect my distributed workforce without burdening end users and slowing down the business? This isn’t a simple question to answer, especially with the significant changes in the typical IT environment over the last couple of years. To address this challenge, Cisco has developed innovative ways…

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Cisco Security + Partners = Greater Together

Cisco Security + Partners = Greater Together

It’s hard to believe that Cisco Partner Summit 2023 is right around the corner in Miami Beach, Florida on November 6th – 9th. Yes, you read that correctly. For the first time since 2017, we’re in a new location—lovely Miami Beach. It’s shaping up to be a great event, and I’m thrilled to get the opportunity to meet with many of our security partners onsite. The theme for this year is “Greater Together,” which really…

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Evolve to Cloud-Enforced Security to Empower Your Anywhere Workforce

Evolve to Cloud-Enforced Security to Empower Your Anywhere Workforce

Part 4 of the six-part series – The 2023 Global Networking Trends Report series The next generation of enterprise architecture has arrived. Organizations are moving away from a complex patchwork of best-of-breed point solutions to a single-vendor strategy for a more consistent, secure networking platform that allows their distributed workforce to access hybrid cloud and multicloud applications more efficiently, reliably, and securely. In recent years, the software-defined WAN (SD-WAN) has been favored for its ability…

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