Protect Your Entire Digital Self

How much time do you spend at work?

For some the answer is too much! No matter how much time you spend, I’m willing to guess that it’s an important part of your week. Your work is part of who you are, where you go, and what you do.

That is why Cisco is proud to join the National Cybersecurity Alliance in its support of White House efforts to improve online security. Today’s announcement will educate and raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity topics at home, and at work.

Our businesses help create the jobs, innovation, and economy that will underpin our future. Our homes help us foster the relationships that are the foundation of our society. As technology pushes both forward, it is clear that cybersecurity in one, without the other, is impossible.

Every day, our home and work lives get closer together. Smartphones and online collaboration services, like Cisco WebEx and Spark, increasingly allow us to work and play from anywhere. And with this added flexibility comes a shared responsibility to protect yourself and your colleagues.

Cybersecurity techniques, like Two Factor Authentication, may look a little different in the business world. At home you will receive a code in an email or SMS to access an online service or social media account. These same techniques are used by our OpenDNS and Meraki services. But at work you might supplement your network password with a security token or a smartcard.

Multifactor authentication can also be directly integrated into work tools. Cisco’s collaboration products are a great example, as they support standards-based identity authentication and authorization exchange techniques. These allow our customers to quickly and securely integrate these services into their existing identity-proofing methods.

Because our home and work lives get closer every day, we support the President’s focus on increasing general cybersecurity awareness. Stop. Think. Connect. is the common thread, and describes the basic steps needed to ensure our entire digital selves can remain safe and secure.