Samir Kumar Mishra, 
Director, Security Business - Cisco India & SAARC

Security is foundational to everything Cisco does and customers insist on explicit trust. Cisco weaves security into the very fabric of its business — securing data, processes, products, services, and employees to deliver true pervasive security and demonstrate trust every day

DRIVING BUSINESS-ORIENTED GOALS
As the threat landscape continues to expand and become more complex, Cisco remains committed to delivering the most comprehensive security solution platform for threat prevention, detection, investigation, and response for organizations of any size, utilizing cloud, network, and endpoint traffic for unparalleled visibility. The company continues to invest in AI and leverage its capabilities to provide security that’s better for users, easier for IT, and optimized for DevOps.

Cisco has recently announced a series of innovations including Hypershield and AI Assistant for Security to help organizations make informed decisions, augment their tool capabilities and automate complex tasks to stay protected. It’s unified, AI-driven, cross-domain security platform helps companies better protect their applications, devices, users and data as well as detect, respond, and recover faster from incidents.
Over the years, Cisco has also bolstered its capabilities by acquiring companies like Valtix, Armorblox and Isovalent. The latest acquisition of Splunk, which remains the biggest till date for Cisco, has strengthened its ability to help customers make informed security decisions with contextual insights from an unmatched network footprint. 

SECURITY DRIVING IT INDUSTRY
To tackle the challenges of the hyper-distributed digital landscape effectively, companies must be able to anticipate, identify, and withstand cyber threats, and if breached, rapidly recover from one. Going forward, security is going to be the main driver for IT growth. The need for security controls and alignment to compliance regulations will also mandate security to be a core component of any new innovation, and users and customers of those services will demand it too. As threats continue to intensify, cybersecurity resilience, preparedness, and response must be at the forefront of the organizations’ IT strategy.

REINFORCING CUSTOMER BELIEF
Security is foundational to everything Cisco does and customers insist on explicit trust. Cisco weaves security into the very fabric of its business — securing data, processes, products, services, and employees to deliver true pervasive security and demonstrate trust every day. It strives to earn customer trust by being trustworthy, transparent, and accountable and with its focus on innovation, Cisco is tipping the scales in favor of defenders.

CAPITALIZING ON INNOVATION AND R&D
Cisco is delivering on its promise of the AI-driven Cisco Security Cloud to simplify cybersecurity and empower people to do their best work from anywhere, regardless of the increasingly sophisticated threat landscape. Through significant investments in cutting-edge advancements in AI and ML, Cisco is empowering security teams by simplifying operations and increasing efficacy.

Cisco is re-architecting how it harnesses and protects AI and other modern workloads with industry-first, Cisco Hypershield. AI-native security helps customers stay protected with minimal interruption and instantaneously protects their system without a patch and zero downtime.
Moreover, new innovations across Firewall, Multi-Cloud, and Application Security further deliver on Cisco’s Security Cloud platform vision. All these steps are centered around Cisco’s vision of helping build a trusted and resilient future for the nation.

POSITIONING FOR EXCELLENCE
Cisco is the only provider that can holistically protect and connect customers from end to end, by meeting the customer where they are. Because of its security and networking strength, Cisco is in a unique position to be customers’ trusted, enterprise-class, advisor for hybrid and multi-cloud security and connectivity. From identity management, zero trust, workload management and protection to DNS and remote work, Cisco ensures its customers to be connected and protected.