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Cisco's John Chambers beats his security drum
Security will move to the network, pardon me, will be plastered all over the network, according to Cisco CEO John Chambers. He has been saying that for a while now, but this year at his keynote at RSA Conference came up with the perfect analogy: a network should be like the human body: different devices working together to further the stability and well being of the overall network.
It's hardly a misconception anymore that security stops at the perimeter. And as the world's leading router and switch manufacturer, Cisco is certainly in a good position to use its hold on the network to stop badware.
But that very dominance is also cause for concern. You don't want to create a single point of failure – even Cisco routers have occasional security bugs. I'm not saying that we shouldn't trust Cisco, but we also should rely on the router vendor too much.
Tags: Cisco, John chambers, rsa 2006, RSA conference, security
February 16, 2006 at 02:43 AM | Permalink
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