Comments on: Cisco, The Security Company

By: Blogalicious -- Technology and Information Society -- Steve Damron's Blog

Blogalicious -- Technology and Information Society -- Steve Damron's Blog — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Cisco has been a security company from the begining. You don’t even know how importantly routing is for infrastructure and system security. The have firewalls, IDS/IPS, host IPS (very powerful), anomaly detection systems, and several security services.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

Man Om, when you get it wrong you really go off into the weeds don’t you? Anybody that has been watching the Internet router or Internet security fields for more than 18 months could tell you that Cisco was doing security before Juniper got started. The Cisco PIX Firewall has been one of the top products in the market since the late 90s.

By: Kevin Stone

Kevin Stone — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

This is part of an overall industry direction. You cannot sell products without a security strategy, even MS. As a network admin I spent approximately 30% of my time on security issues. The two fields(security and networking) are merging and will, in the very near future become one and the same.

By: Om Malik

Om Malik — Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

kevin i totally agree. i think as we get even more connected the security concerns are going to increase exponentially. i think you are right - networking and security are one and the same, and basically that’s a real challege for standalone security guys. i am thinking a lot about these guys