secure supply chain

December 4, 2015

SECURITY

For Value Chain Security Collaboration, Use a Carrot With Your Stick

The Digital Economy is transforming the way that organizations operate. Deploying a secure, trustworthy infrastructure is no longer enough. Security must be designed into all facets of an enterprise’s network and its third party ecosystem. At the same time, enterprises of all sizes must shrink the a…

July 22, 2015

SECURITY

Securing the Supply Chain Throughout the Product Lifecycle

In this environment of advanced threats along every point of the value chain, I’d like to talk about what it means for you, our customers and partners, to have supply chain security throughout the product lifecycle. I’ve just finished a short video on this topic. I’d love to hear your feedback, insi…

June 18, 2015

SECURITY

Securing the Supply Chain is a Collaborative Effort

I’ve been thinking lately about how collaboration can work for the IT industry as we strive to address security. Cisco’s supply chain security capability focuses on three key exposures: taint, counterfeit and misuse of intellectual property. Specifically, I’ve been thinking about how we might detect…

February 25, 2015

SECURITY

The Proliferation of Mandates: A Growing Threat to Supply Chain Security

As the focus on securing Information and Communications Technology (ICT) supply chains intensifies, the number of standards and guidelines is increasing at a troubling pace. These well-intended efforts to provide a framework for security may very well be “cooking the global ICT supply chain go…