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Steve Caimi

Industry Solutions Specialist

US Public Sector Cybersecurity

Steve Caimi is Cisco’s Industry Solutions Specialist, focused on the needs of the US Public Sector. His career spans over twenty years of diverse experience in information security, computer networking, and telecommunications.

Today he drives broader market awareness and accelerates demand for Cisco’s industry-leading security solutions through thought leadership and clear market messaging. Prior to joining Cisco, Steve held various product management, engineering, and solution architecture positions at HP Enterprise Security, CA Technologies, UUNET Technologies, and Citigroup.

He earned a Master of Business Administration from Virginia Tech and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Penn State University.

He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Articles

September 14, 2021

GOVERNMENT

Critical Software Security and the Cyber Executive Order

3 min read

Executive Order 14028 directs NIST to define critical software and key security measures. Get NIST’s latest guidance and how Cisco can help.

July 15, 2021

SECURITY

Why Implementation Groups Are So Important to CIS Controls v8

3 min read

We forgive you if you didn’t notice Implementation Groups as part of the CIS Controls before, but you should definitely know about them now.

May 24, 2021

SECURITY

Exposing hidden cyber supply chain risks

3 min read

This blog covers cyber supply chain risks, including the software and island hopping attacks. Register for the Supply Chain Summit on May 26.

March 17, 2021

SECURITY

MITRE ATT&CK: The Magic of Application Mitigations

5 min read

This blog supports our ATT&CK thought leadership material by focusing on our application and workload security story, including how we at Cisco protect our own software.

January 22, 2021

SECURITY

MITRE ATT&CK: The Magic of Segmentation

4 min read

It's easy to overlook essential suppliers, partners, and service providers as possible pathways for cyberattacks. But the shocking cyberattack discovered in December shined a bright light on supply chain vulnerabilities, showing how trust can be exploited.

September 28, 2020

SECURITY

MITRE ATT&CK: The Magic of User Training

4 min read

How magical can user training be? You'll be surprised at what Cisco and MITRE ATT&CK make possible. Shared responsibility is what really matters.

September 17, 2020

SECURITY

MITRE ATT&CK: The Magic of Endpoint Protection

4 min read

In our first blog, we introduced the Magic of Mitigations. They’re the key to getting started with MITRE ATT&CK. Now let’s look at some of the most magical ones, starting today with Behavior Prevention on Endpoint (M1040), Exploit Protection (M1050) and Execution Prevention (M1038). Wait, what’s the difference? At a quick glance, they might all […]

August 19, 2020

SECURITY

MITRE ATT&CK: The Magic of Mitigations

3 min read

When learning new things, sometimes we need to slow down and take it all in. For me, understanding MITRE ATT&CK was like that. Sure, the notion of thinking like an attacker made sense, and its structure was clear. Then came the “now what?” moment. Soon I discovered the key to getting started. May I share it with you?

August 17, 2020

SECURITY

Vote of Confidence: Securing the 2020 Election

2 min read

Trust in election results begins with faith in our election systems   US mail in the spotlight  Absentee ballots, also called voting by mail, is a hot topic. The pandemic is forcing everyone to re-think what they’ll do this year. Many states expanded mail-in voting and, according to the Washington Post, up to 77% of Americans can now vote by mail. The […]

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