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Speaking to more than 500 C-level executives and information security professionals at the Cisco Systems Security Summit 2004, Mr. Boston shared his experience in managing the security of Cisco's global network and how Cisco's self-defence network initiative has been applied to Cisco's own integrated voice/data/video infrastructure. The Self-Defending Network is Cisco’s vision to dramatically improve the network’s ability to identify, prevent, and respond to security threats. “The strategy behind Cisco’s Self-Defending Network is to integrate security services throughout Internet Protocol (IP) networks by delivering new system-level threat defense capabilities. The proactive deployment of self-defending, and self-healing networks, and building advanced security into the network infrastructure will provide secure enterprise solutions that enable customers to reduce risk, drive productivity, and lower costs in the long run,” said Mr. Boston. The Cisco Systems Security Summit 2004 is the industry’s most important security event of the year. The two-day conference featured some of the country’s leading experts in data and network protection. Themed “A Demonstration of the Latest Self-Defence Techniques for your Network”, the Cisco Systems Security Summit 2004 revolved around a series of technical sessions that examined every aspect of IP and network security, covering issues like specific perimeter systems, network loopholes, endpoint security and best practices, to help decision-makers plan and build self-defending networks. The Summit also featured Cisco partners demonstrating the latest in network security technologies, including solutions from HP, Network Associates, Trend Micro, Datacraft, CSA and VADS. . |