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State-sponsored actors have a number of different techniques at their disposal to remotely gain access to social media and secure messaging applications. Starting in 2017 and continuing through 2018, Cisco Talos has seen different techniques being used to attack users and steal their private informa…

Facebook. Twitter. Instagram. LinkedIn. Snapchat. Can you imagine a time when these words didn’t exist? I can! In fact, when I started my career as a Recruiter – none of these platforms were even a twinkle in the tech world’s eye. Now, they’re some of the platforms I use daily to share why I love li…

“Love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life.” There’s scholarly discussion about how to attribute that quote, but I am sure that I know who LIVES that quote, and that’s me and my team and my colleagues and Cisco employees around the globe. How do I know this? Because today Cisco laun…

As an early adopter of Instagram, signing on for the first time in January 2011, I know how important photography is. Heck, I was a photographer in a past life! And it should be no surprise that on the WeAreCisco Instagram account, we’ve seen over and over how many great photographers Cisco ha…

Instagram. It’s a little ship that brands started jumping on board in 2013. In fact, in that year alone, brand adoption on Instagram jumped 80%. It was easy to pick up. Post a great photo, add a fun caption, hashtag, hashtag, hashtag, reap the rewards of organic reach then repeat. Brands were lightn…

Are you considering using video in your digital marketing strategy?  Here are a few statistics on the topic: Visitors who view product videos are 85% more likely to buy than visitors who do not. (Internet Retailer) More than 1 billion unique users visit YouTube each month. (YouTube) 92% of mobile v…

For the past four years, Cisco has been at the forefront of forecasting trends in global and regional data center traffic, data center virtualization, cloud computing and more. And in those years, a quick press release, perhaps a timed blog post and a bit of industry buzz have herald the arrival of…

Log on to most social media platforms and you’ll likely see a bunch of # signs floating around. No, they do not designate a phone number; instead, they’re an easy and useful way to grow your products and brand in a way that consumers are familiar with. Not sure what they mean or how they work? Stick…

Although I have only been working in Cisco Social Media for several months, I have discovered much about its impact and the strategies for leveraging it at both the corporate and personal level. With the growing popularity of video services such as YouTube, Vine, and Instagram, it was only a matter…