Cisco Security Technical Alliances (CSTA) program

November 15, 2017

SECURITY

Enabling Collaborative Security Through Openness

Expanding the Cisco Security Technology Ecosystem Today we are delighted to announce that the Cisco Security Technology Alliance (CSTA) is adding 26 technology integrations to expand its partner ecosystem to over 140 partners representing 225+ product platform integrations. Some of these integration…

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…

November 29, 2016

SECURITY

To be Effective, Security Needs to Play Well with Others

Effective security is simple, open, and automated.  In the last blog, I described several efforts by Cisco to pursue simplicity.  Now let’s talk about how we are executing on the open part. Openness is about playing well with others. As a kid I heard it from my parents, and now I find myself saying…

September 28, 2016

SECURITY

Creating a “Kill Switch” in the Cybersecurity “Kill Chain”

“Kill chain,” a cybersecurity term coined by Lockheed Martin, is shorthand for how cyber criminals target, recon, develop, and eventually penetrate their targets.  It’s among the hottest buzzwords in the cybersecurity industry right now, with many security products talking about how they address the…

June 28, 2016

SECURITY

Better Security Through Openness and Multi-Vendor Integration

Cisco Further Expands Technology Partner Ecosystem – New Partners and New Tech Integration Areas  Security is an interconnected system, not a bunch of disparate boxes.  Like a school of fish, security should operate collaboratively to accomplish a goal. Not just for the sake of “integration”, but b…