executive perspectives

November 21, 2018

PERSPECTIVES

We’re Listening – to people and communities in need

It’s Thanksgiving week in the U.S., a time for gratefulness and gathering. For most of us, having a safe place to live and enjoy time with friends and family is something we take for granted. Just like having a comfortable bed, a door that locks, food in the cupboard, and water that runs from a tap.…

October 22, 2018

PERSPECTIVES

Notice a Difference in our Field Notices?

As technology becomes more complex, and an exponential number of things become more connected, the underlying code that powers it all becomes more difficult to produce. As a result, hardware and software defects sometimes crop up, causing problems for our customers and headaches for our support team…

June 28, 2018

PERSPECTIVES

Licensed to thrill: One customer’s response to Cisco’s simplified software licensing

Organizations across the globe are increasingly harnessing the power of networks to fuel operations, serve clients, and achieve business outcomes. As they do so, they are employing the cloud, fortifying security defenses, creating valuable insights from vast amounts of data, automating tasks, creati…

February 21, 2018

SECURITY

Setting the Cybersecurity Bar Higher – Announcing the Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report

Today marks the launch of the Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report, which offers security industry data, analysis and insights about attacker behavior over the past year. This report – now in its 11th year – provides a view into the techniques that adversaries use to elude defenses and evade detec…

February 6, 2017

SECURITY

Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report: The Hidden Danger of Uninvestigated Threats

Responding to security threats requires time, talent and money — resources that most security professionals would agree are in seemingly short supply. As discussed in the Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR), security teams seek out strategies such as automated security solutions or cloud-ba…

January 31, 2017

SECURITY

Staying Ahead of the Evolving Threat – Announcing the Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report

I’m proud to announce the Cisco 2017 Annual Cybersecurity Report (ACR) available for download today. Now in its 10th year, this report delivers analysis on the evolving threats and trends from 2016, insights from a survey of more than 2900 security professionals worldwide, as well as guidance on how…

July 26, 2016

SECURITY

Time is of the Essence: Announcing the Cisco 2016 Midyear Cybersecurity Report

It’s time again for our Midyear Cybersecurity Report (MCR), providing updates from Cisco security researchers on the state of security from the first half of the year. The 2016 MCR supplements the 2016 Cisco Annual Security Report published in January with mid-year analysis and insights on the evolv…

January 19, 2016

SECURITY

Forewarned Is Forearmed: Announcing the 2016 Cisco Annual Security Report

Our just-released 2016 Cisco Annual Security Report (ASR) presents a challenging cybersecurity landscape: cyber defense teams are fighting to keep up with rapid global digitization while trying to integrate dozens of vendor solutions, speed up detection, and educate their organizations from top to b…