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Stacy Cannady

Market Manager, Technical Marketing

STO Strategic Communications

Stacy Cannady currently works for Cisco Systems as a specialist in cyber resilience and mitigation of cyber risk. He is a veteran of 35 years in the Information Technology industry.

Early in his career he held technical responsibilities in IT administration, security operations, and in building, deploying and protecting servers, networks and endpoints.

For the last 18 years, Stacy has specialized in cyber security. He has provided professional services support to federal agencies and the defense industrial base as well as technical product marketing and portfolio management for cyber security products and services.

Most recently, Stacy works as a subject matter expert in cyber governance and resilience for Cisco, specifically in marketing communications.

Stacy regularly speaks and writes on cyber governance and on security of IoT, Cloud and other cyber security issues.

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January 31, 2019

SECURITY

Why Business Leaders Should Care About Quantum Computing

In the tech sector, pundits are always hyping the next, disruptive technology on the verge of changing, well, everything. “Embrace this transformative new force or ignore it at your peril,” they warn. Sometimes, they even get it right. Quantum computing may very likely be one of those times. If you…

October 3, 2018

SECURITY

Phishing 101: Protection for Everyone

Every October, we celebrate National Cybsersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM). This NCSAM, the five weeks of October are focused on five separate cybersecurity themes: simple steps to online safety, cybersecurity in the workplace, prediction for tomorrow’s internet, consider a career in cybersecurity,…

October 20, 2017

SECURITY

Ransomware – What it is, how to avoid it and what to do if it gets you

Ransomware has been all over the news since 2015. You’d think we would all know how to deal with it and the fad would be dying by now.  Well, that’s what I would think.  It turns out that ransomware generates a lot of cash for criminals, an estimated $1 billion in 2016.  It also has a low cost struc…

October 10, 2017

SECURITY

Phish? Everyone’s on the hook.

There’s no doubt that general awareness for cybersecurity has been on the rise in recent years. The importance of using strong passwords, for example, is now common knowledge. But one very popular and effective threat continues to fly largely under the public’s radar: phishing. Why phishing? Researc…