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Enterprises are consuming more business-critical cloud applications, and most connect to the cloud over the Internet. However, the Internet offers only best-effort connectivity with inconsistent network quality, which can impact application performance significantly.

NDR is even more relevant today with the growing network complexity and the evolving attacks. Despite investing a lot in security tools, the reality is that threats are able to get through. So how do you know that your digital enterprise is secure? How can you be sure that the security policies you have set up are doing what they are supposed to?

What we are experiencing in 2020 is more than a new normal, it’s really about our “next normal” because how we are using technology is evolving so quickly. Connectivity is accelerating the digital transformation paradigm, across all industries large and small. So today our reality check is centered in how prepared we are to adapt to sudden changes, as well as how flexible we have designed our infrastructure to support different types of services. This means IoT is more important than ever for continued business success, especially if we want to learn quickly and pivot effectively in a fast-changing world.

OSLO, Norway, and SAN JOSE, Calif., June 25, 2020 – Telenor and Cisco announced today the signing of the third iteration of the Joint Purpose Agreement between the companies, outlining areas where they will strengthen focus together including security, 5G, Open vRAN, B2B expansion, distributed cloud and furthering Telenor Group’s digital transformation to support its flexible working hours approach.

Cybercriminals have been refining their strategies and tactics for over twenty years and attacks have been getting more sophisticated. A successful cyberattack often involves a multi-step, coordinated effort. Research on successful breaches shows that hackers are very thorough with the information they collect and the comprehensive plans they execute to understand the environment, gain access, infect, move laterally, escalate privileges and steal data.

As Canadians grapple with the mental health effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Cisco Canada and the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Canada's largest mental health teaching hospital, are announcing today the successful expansion of virtual care to meet the demand for mental health services.

Then how do you keep your growing business secure in a world where cyber criminals have endless resources to attack your evolving applications?

Over the last few weeks, Cisco and IBM have launched a joint initiative to create free virtual classrooms for students affected by nationwide school closures. The aim is not only to connect teachers and students through interactive online classes, but to also help them use the technology more effectively.

NTT East To Offer New Managed SD-WAN Services for Enterprises with Cisco

I’m regularly asked by my former government colleagues about strategies they can implement to enhance their enterprise cybersecurity posture. Over the last few weeks, their concern has naturally shifted to the impacts remote working will have on security. Given that more Federal employees are teleworking there are now many more endpoints connecting beyond the traditional network perimeter. And for those agencies that haven’t yet adopted a Zero Trust approach, this shift to remote working will likely result in increased cybersecurity risks.