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Andrew Peters

Senior Manager for Product Marketing

Andrew Peters is Senior Manager for Product Marketing Engineering in the Cisco Secure Access and Mobility Products Group. Andrew has over 20 years of leadership experience in product marketing and product management at networking and security technology companies that includes Motorola, Extreme Networks, Sanmina, and Cisco in addition to start-ups Network Equipment Technologies, Rapid Engines, and WheelGroup. Andrew graduated from Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo and has completed post-graduate studies at Kellogg School of Management in finance.

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June 26, 2017

SECURITY

Cisco Extends Security Openness with McAfee Interoperability and New Technology Partners

Vendor “openness” drives better outcomes for the state of information security.  That’s why Cisco has invested and committed so heavily to our Cisco Security Technical Alliances (CSTA) program in recent years.  CSTA now has over 130 technology partners…a six-fold increase from where we started nearl…

January 24, 2017

SECURITY

pxGrid Turns 50 in Just Two Years!

Since its introduction in 2015, pxGrid has provided you an open, automated, and effective way for your disparate security technologies to work together.  In just two years we’ve added 50 separate products that you can integrate to see and stop threats faster, and demonstrate compliance. And we’re br…

December 1, 2016

HEALTHCARE

Protecting Clinical Devices – the Achilles Heel of Healthcare

Everyday, hackers and cybercriminals are infiltrating networks. And they are especially interested in healthcare. That’s because stolen medical records are profitable, selling up to 10 times more than credit card numbers on the black market. But even more lucrative than identity theft is a ransomwar…

September 26, 2016

SECURITY

2016 Forrester TEI Study Shows TrustSec Cuts Operations Costs up to 80%

Forrester Consulting recently conducted an analysis of customers using TrustSec software-defined segmentation in production networks and deduced the following: This matters today as network segmentation in the branch, campus and data center is a critical foundation for any network defense. Effectiv…

August 18, 2016

SECURITY

How Cisco ISE Customers Saved Over $17 Million

Today, thousands of Cisco customers are using the Identity Services Engine for guest and BYOD access. Naturally they want their users to have a great experience with great looking portals that’s consistent with their company brand. Custom portal creation typically requires technical and design exper…

June 15, 2016

SECURITY

pxGrid Keeps Growing

With ten new partners you know it’s not an illusion Do you remember that magic trick with the metal rings that seem linked together? The magician pulls and an audience member pulls and the rings seem to be solid – forming an unbreakable chain. But with sleight of hand they come apart. It’s just an i…

June 7, 2016

NETWORKING

If you’re transforming to digital you’d better have integrated security. Here’s why.

So you’re transforming to a digital network. Are you thinking your current security technologies are going to work? You might want to think twice, because all those new mobile and IoT devices on your network get infected with advanced threats pretty easily. And your old defenses probably aren’t as g…

March 2, 2016

SECURITY

Digitization Compels a Fresh Approach to Network Security

We know that organizations today must digitize to thrive, with the CIO and IT teams at the helm of the transformational journey.   Why does this matter?  Because businesses must find ways to deliver more modern business operations as well as satisfying customer and workplace experiences or quickly f…

May 14, 2015

NETWORKING

Cisco ISE Express Now Offers Enterprise Guest for Less

It’s a familiar scene – people sitting in a coffee shop or waiting room, fiddling with their mobile phones – punctuated by a single question. “Do you have Wi-Fi?”  As Wi-Fi has become ubiquitous in everyday life, customers have come to expect some level of access when visiting businesses – from coff…