Andrew Merica

Security Solutions Engineer

Andrew Merica is a Security Solutions Engineer at Cisco focused on helping organizations build security architectures that are secure by default, observable by design, and resilient under pressure. His work spans network security, identity, secure access, and threat defense, with an emphasis on layered controls, high-fidelity telemetry, and security operations that improve prevention, accelerate detection, and strengthen response across distributed enterprise infrastructure.

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Andrew Merica

Admin in the Loop: Firewalls and the Agentic SOC

Discover how Cisco Secure Firewall and Cloud Control stream structured Snort 3 and EVE telemetry into Splunk ES to power the .conf26 Agentic SOC pipeline.

October 8, 2026 • 4 min read

security