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Sanjay Raja

Director, Product and Solution Marketing

Secure Access and Mobility, Cisco Security Business Group

Sanjay Raja is Director of Product and Solutions Marketing at Cisco for Secure Access and Mobility Products. Sanjay has more than 19 years of experience in product marketing, product management, alliances and engineering in IT security, networking, cloud technologies, and storage. Prior to joining Cisco, Sanjay was Director of Product Marketing for HP's Network and Virtualization Security solutions at HP. Previously, Sanjay has also worked at Cabletron Systems, 3Com, Nexsi Systems, Caw (Spirent) Networks, Top Layer Networks, and Crossbeam Systems. Sanjay holds a B.S.EE and an MBA from Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Sanjay is also a CISSP.

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June 10, 2015

SECURITY

Delivering Advanced Threat Protection with AnyConnect 4.1

2 min read

The rise of malware created specifically for endpoints like mobile devices is forcing IT Security teams to focus increasingly on endpoint security solutions. According to a survey by the Ponemon Institute[1] published in January, 75 percent of respondents (an increase from 68 percent in last year’s study) believe their mobile endpoints have been the target […]

June 8, 2015

SECURITY

Leveraging the Network as a Security Sensor and Policy Enforcer

3 min read

The topic of cybersecurity has become so ubiquitous that it’s almost a daily occurrence to read or hear about security breaches in the news. Cisco understands this paradigm shift within the nature of computing, that the Digital Economy and the Internet of Everything now requires what we are calling Security Everywhere. Security has to span […]

February 11, 2015

SECURITY

Cisco Annual Security Report 2015: Secure Access for Defending Against Threats

2 min read

Cisco recently published their Annual Security Report (ASR) for 2015 and there was quite a bit of interesting information on what happened in 2014, but also trends for 2015. We saw the rise in the number of highly publicized attacks in 2014 and the fact that C-Level Executives are under a lot of pressure to […]

February 4, 2015

SECURITY

Deliver Stronger Secure Mobility with Cisco and Samsung

2 min read

The growing use of mobility is a new threat vector in the extended network. It’s particularly complex to secure and manage when tablets and smartphones are used for both personal and business needs. The Ponemon 2014 Security Impact of Mobile Device Use by Employees study notes that 66 percent of users download mobile apps without […]

January 13, 2015

SECURITY

New IT Harvest White Paper: How Policy-Based Software Defined Segmentation and Cisco TrustSec Improve Security

1 min read

IT-Harvest, founded by renowned security expert and industry analyst Richard Stiennon, provides reports, analysis, and advisory services on trends in emerging threats and the technology to counter them. Richard Stiennon is one of the most followed and well-respected IT security analysts and authors in the world. His recent white paper discusses why network segmentation is […]

October 1, 2014

SECURITY

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) Further Expands Technology Partner Ecosystem

2 min read

It’s the 25th anniversary of the film Field of Dreams, the movie about an Iowa farmer who hears a whisper that says, “If you build it, he will come.” Given the need for control with context for secure access initiatives, we did build it–and they have come. After its introduction last year, momentum has continued […]

September 23, 2014

SECURITY

Part 1: Why Is Enabling Only Authorized Users So Complex?

2 min read

In the past, a critical component of preventing threats was understanding and controlling network access and access to network resources based on role, while also denying access for unauthorized users and devices. However, assuring this secure network access has been increasingly difficult due to: Complexity in understanding more than just who, but how, by what, […]