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Anthony Grieco

Trust Strategy Officer

Security & Trust Organization

As Trust Strategy Officer, Anthony Grieco is responsible for ensuring Cisco and its customers embed security, trust, data protection and privacy in to future strategies, solutions, and business models.

Under his leadership, Cisco has built strong partnerships with customers, governments, and partners globally to enable business growth and transformation by accelerating the use of trusted technology, development and implementation of secure processes, policies and culture.

Over his 20 years at Cisco, Anthony has held a variety of leadership roles in development engineering, product management, marketing, and strategic planning. He is a trusted security advisor to industry, customers and startups worldwide.

Articles

September 24, 2019

SECURITY

Cybersecurity is a Team Sport

The world is facing a collective challenge with a growing cyber threat landscape. Trends like the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G are expanding the attack surface with over 40 billion devices expected online within five years. A new wave of advanced ransomware may cost our global economy up to $20 b…

May 8, 2019

SECURITY

Customers Deserve Transparency to Manage Risk

Our commitment to customers is to be open and transparent, especially as it relates to issues that could negatively impact their business. At Cisco, our leadership made the decision over twenty years ago that we would clearly communicate with customers about technical or other issues that could pote…

April 25, 2019

SECURITY

Trust is Not a Light Switch

We frequently get asked about our competitors and, more specifically, about the security implications of those competitors. Our response always consists of two facts. First, you don’t decide overnight to be trustworthy, transparent and accountable. Second, security, trust, data protection and privac…

November 14, 2018

SECURITY

Thinking Global and Acting Local to Close the Skills Gap

Cybersecurity empowers organizations to enable trust, move faster, add value and grow. In order for cybersecurity to live up to that promise, it will require an increase in talent and new skills to take on the volume and sophistication of today’s threat landscape. According to industry analysts, the…

October 15, 2018

SECURITY

Disruption on High: Managing Cyber Risk in a Multicloud World

Digital transformation is happening and with it comes the pain of disruption. For many organizations around the world, it looks like this: your workforce is increasingly mobile, employees are using a variety of devices to access your network, and utilizing potentially an unknown amount of cloud serv…

September 26, 2018

SECURITY

Securing Critical Infrastructure in the Digital Age

We know adversaries have the expertise and tools necessary to take down critical infrastructure and systems that cripple entire regions. These critical systems are essential to our global economy, physical security, and health. We rely on them to provide electricity in our homes; transportation to w…

July 9, 2018

SECURITY

Transparency and the CLOUD Act: The Importance of Evolving Transparency Reports

As organizations navigate the rapid and constant change of digital transformation, they look for vendors who can deliver and partners they can trust to guide them on the journey. Transparency is undoubtedly one of the most critical aspects to building customer relationships and trust in the digital…

May 17, 2018

SECURITY

Joining the Charter of Trust

Today, I had the honor of representing Cisco as we officially joined the Charter of Trust Initiative. The Charter consists of multiple global organizations working together to outline key cybersecurity principles for establishing a new charter of trust between society, world governments, business pa…

February 6, 2018

SECURITY

The Role of Transparency in our Digital Economy

It’s no surprise the world is going digital. With this transition comes the opportunity for economic growth, job creation and global competitiveness but also the risk of cyber-attacks for monetary or political gain, and disruption of service. In conversations with customers all over the world, it’s…