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Cisco Evolving Into A Security Company

Posted by Zonk on from the the-more-things-change dept.

ChipGuy writes "Om Malik has an opinion piece stating his opinion that Cisco Systems is slowly becoming a security company, a move which may prove problematic for traditional security vendors like Symantec. Cisco has bought its way into the market, worried about the security moves of its main rival, Juniper Networks. The company expects to make major announcements at the RSA Conference later this week. "

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  1. competition - not a bad thing by ngc.for.life · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "a move which may prove problematic for traditional security vendors like Symantec."

    Which means competition and is therefore good for the user.

    Apart from that, another company concerned about security is no bad thing.

  2. Cisco has hardware by rkcallaghan · · Score: 5, Insightful

    And some pretty good stuff, I might add. Popular with PHBs, too. Can we say "No one ever got fired for buying [Cisco]." yet?

    This is going to be their major advantage when it comes to security, even down to the linksys brand for home users.

    Good, proactive hardware provides real security. Bloaty, reactive software (Norton AV) goes down with the sinking ship (an exploding windows box).

    Software, and security software has its purpose and can have value, but Cisco's advantage doesn't lie there.

    ~Rebecca

  3. SSH by cyberkahn · · Score: 5, Interesting



    And it took them how long to get SSH into the IOS? Give me a break. They are going to have to move at a lot faster pace if they want to be a security company.

  4. Re:Kind of like by In-Doge · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Indeed.