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INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Enterprise Security
RABIH DABBOUSSI General Manager , Cisco UAE

CISCO upgrades to Next-Generation Firewall

With global companies embracing new digital business opportunities , cybersecurity is regularly cited as a top concern impeding growth and innovation . To give businesses the confidence to pursue digital opportunities to enable growth , Cisco recently announced that it has made security a top priority and is today announcing innovations to its flagship Next-Generation Firewall . The goal : to deliver leading protection to keep organizations safer .

Cisco ’ s first fully integrated , threatfocused Next-Generation Firewall ( NGFW ) marks a significant departure from the focus of legacy NGFWs on application control . By focusing instead on threat defense , Cisco will help organizations better manage and minimize risk . Think of it as legacy NGFWs protecting “ homes ” by securing windows and doors , whereas Cisco ’ s approach is to identify , detect and protect against would-be burglars no matter how they try to gain access to a property .
Cisco is also introducing the Cisco Security Segmentation Service , an advisory service that helps organizations create security controls that enhance compliance , breach containment , threat detection , content security and data loss prevention across their IT infrastructure .
Both offerings are aimed at protecting against bold and resilient threats from increasingly sophisticated cyberattacks .
“ Attackers are getting bolder and coordinating their efforts . The industrialization of hacking is putting UAE businesses on the defensive against a growing group of adversaries that steal information for profit . In the last three years , Cisco has spent billions in strategic cybersecurity acquisitions and internal innovations to help stay ahead of the world ’ s most malicious attacks that threaten organizations . For businesses in the UAE to get real value and manage risk as they implement digital operational models , their security platforms need to integrate into the business and support growth opportunities . This means taking a threat-centric approach , with protection from the mobile endpoint to the cloud ,” said Rabih Dabboussi , General Manager , Cisco UAE .
“ The Cisco Firepower NGFW acts as a unifying platform , integrating Cisco and third-party security solutions for increased correlation and context . The result is better protection , and faster detection and response to advanced threats . The Cisco Segmentation Service will help our UAE customers build a dynamic , resilient secure infrastructure to combat threats in real-time ,” concluded Dabboussi .
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