Cisco To Embed Security Into Every Network Device
Cisco (NSDQ:CSCO) believes the network is where corporate security begins and ends and plans to build defenses against hackers and cybercriminals across its portfolio of networking gear, the vendor's new security executive said.
Chris Young, Cisco's first senior vice president responsible for the company's security strategy, spoke at the Cisco Media Day, held at a San Francisco hotel a few blocks away from the RSA Conference.
Young defined the three major trends Cisco sees among customers: mobile security, controlling access to applications running in the cloud, and battling sophisticated attacks that seek to steal information from specific individuals within an organization. The common thread that runs through these trends is the network, and Cisco intends to continue building on its $1.5 billion security business to deliver the technology to protect corporate assets, Young said.
