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Erosion of the traditional network perimeter and the transition to work-from-anywhere have conspired to bring an unprecedented threat level to endpoint devices, users, and applications, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told the online audience at the virtual RSA Conference 2021.
Such threats are exacerbated by the fact that over 3,500 vendors offer security products and services that many customers patchwork together, creating complexity that makes it hard for many to build an effective security position, Robbins said.
Against that backdrop, Cisco announced a number of security moves to further integrate and upgrade its own overarching offerings with new features and services.
For example, the company added new device-inventory and endpoint-security features to its SecureX service that integrates myriad Cisco security components. Cisco describes it as an open, cloud-native system to detect and remediate threats across Cisco and third-party products from a single inte
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Cisco CEO on security: no perimeter in the enterprise to defend anymore
At RSA, technology giant announces new features for SecureX, Secure Endpoint, and Umbrella, plus integration between Meraki Wi-Fi and Cisco SD-WAN
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Erosion of the traditional network perimeter and the transition to work-from-anywhere have conspired to bring an unprecedented threat level to endpoint devices, users, and applications, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told the online audience at the virtual
RSA Conference 2021.
Cisco CEO on security: There is really no perimeter in the enterprise to defend anymore networkworld.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from networkworld.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Encrypted traffic, and today’s constantly changing application environments, make network security more challenging. iStock
There has been massive growth in the encryption of Internet traffic from 50% in January 2014 to 95% as of March 20, 2021, according to Google’s Transparency Report.
This rise is a double-edged sword. It’s a good thing that organizations are using encryption to protect critical network data. However, adversaries are also using the technology. They’re increasingly encrypting their attacks, using protocols like Transport Layer Security (TLS) to hide malware in network traffic.
The sheer volume of encrypted traffic has made it difficult to gain visibility into threats.