security

August 13, 2016

RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY

Becoming a “Retailer of the Future” with Customer Experience

More than ever before, today’s consumers have more options about what to buy and where to buy it. With each interaction, they choose which retailers they support with time, attention, personal data, dollars and social capital. That’s no small investment to make, and as a result customers turn to ret…

August 11, 2016

MANUFACTURING

“Security Seven”: Ways to Defend Your Factory – Part 2

In the first blog of this series, we talked about some of the unique security challenges that manufacturers face. The more connected your environment becomes, the more difficult it is to integrate your enterprise IT with your industrial technologies.  Here are the rest of the Security 7: Play zone…

August 10, 2016

SECURITY

Building Bridges to Our Customers – Michelle Dennedy, Michelle Fleury, Edna Conway Win 2016 Golden Bridge Awards

I have an incredible team, and we achieve incredible things together. It’s rewarding to see each and every one of them succeed, and for that success to be realized externally. Today, I’m proud to share that the 2016 Golden Bridge Business and Innovation Awards recognized three members of our Cisco S…

August 8, 2016

GOVERNMENT

#ConnectedConventions By the Numbers

If you’ve been paying attention to the news, you might have realized that the U.S. National Conventions happened last month. As the Official Network Provider for both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, Cisco helped transform Cleveland and Philadelphia into mini smart, connected citi…

August 8, 2016

EDUCATION

Cybersecurity for Education: Learn from the Experts

Previously on the blog, we’ve discussed why cybersecurity is such an important topic in the education space, including the different types of attacks schools, colleges and universities might face, such as ransomware. But cybersecurity can be daunting – where do you begin? That’s easy – call in the e…

August 5, 2016

COLLABORATION

Ramping up our FedRAMP Solutions

Introducing Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution for Government Security has never been more important. This is especially true for our U.S. federal, state and local government customers. Their employees and their constituents have become more mobile and more virtual. They expect communications beyon…

The New Face of Digital Piracy: Part One

By Ted Rose, Operational Security, Service Provider Video Software and Solutions, Cisco Our security team already blogged about the complex realities of securing digital video content back in April, when attendees of the National Association of Broadcasters gathered in Las Vegas for their annual mee…

August 3, 2016

EDUCATION

Cybersecurity in Education: Threats Impacting K-12 and Higher Education

As schools, colleges, and universities become more connected, it opens up a world of possibilities for students. The IT market suggests today we have around 15 billion devices utilizing an IP address, and that number is expected to grow to approximately 500 billion devices by 2030. Everything from t…

August 2, 2016

GOVERNMENT

Cybersecurity for Defense: Insider Threat Part 1

The term “insider threat” is thrown around a great deal in the security world without much clarity. It’s a great marketing buzzword, but what exactly is an “insider threat” security program and how does it affect the Department of Defense? To start with, the National Counterintelligence and Security…