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Anthony Grieco

SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Security and Trust Organization

As Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco, Anthony Grieco leads an organization that defends the company, its partners, and customers from information security threats 7x24. It innovates and adopts the most effective security technologies and policies, reflects them in Cisco’s people, solutions, and services, and shares with customers. Anthony’s organization also includes the Trust Office, the team responsible for ensuring Cisco and its customers embed security, trust, and privacy into future strategies, solutions, and business models. The team instigates and incubates future challenges and opportunities in cybersecurity and privacy. Risk governance, next generation architectures, as well as supply chain security, are all efforts focused on ensuring security, trust, and privacy remains core to the future of digital business. Under Anthony’s leadership, Cisco has built strong partnerships with customers, governments, and partners globally to enable business growth and transformation by accelerating the use of trusted technology, development and implementation of secure processes, policies, and culture. Over his 20+ years at Cisco, he has held a variety of leadership roles in development engineering, product management, marketing, and strategic planning. Anthony is a trusted security advisor to industry, customers, and startups worldwide. Anthony has made multiple contributions to industry standards through his time spent with working groups at the World Economic Forum, National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the Communications, Security, Reliability, and Interoperability Council. As a trusted advisor he is regularly asked to share insights at industry events and is sought out by global governments and industry leaders for his perspective on cybersecurity trends and best practices. Anthony earned a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering at the University of Alabama Birmingham and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. He lives in Raleigh, North Carolina with his wife and daughter.

Articles

October 10, 2023

SECURITY

Stay Focused – Don’t Be Distracted by Bright, Shiny Objects

This year marks the 30th anniversary of National Cyber Security Awareness Month. While much has changed over the last 30 years, some things remain true.

September 29, 2021

SECURITY

The New Trust Standard

The internet is fundamental to maintain livelihoods, conduct business, and stay connected. Managing associated risks requires transparency, accountability, social responsibility, resiliency, and privacy. It requires a new standard of trust.

February 11, 2021

SECURITY

Growing the Next Generation of Cybersecurity Talent

Cybersecurity is a team sport. When a community rises, we all rise. We are honored to support programs that ensure the next generation rises with cybersecurity expertise.

November 30, 2020

SECURITY

Embedding Trust at the Core of Critical Infrastructure

Embedding trust and resilience into critical infrastructure is a moving target. We must focus on the trustworthiness and integrity of the technology and processes that run these critical systems.

October 1, 2020

SECURITY

Find Your Resilience in Trusted Partners

Many organizations are taking on cyber risk driven by current disruption and the pressure to ‘keep things going.’ We must ensure our new technology dependence is appropriately understood and managed.

March 20, 2020

SECURITY

Cisco Wins Global Excellence for Cybersecurity Education and Awareness

This award for our Keep Cisco Safe campaign represents our relentless effort to drive pervasive security, trust, data protection, and privacy into everything we do at Cisco.

September 24, 2019

SECURITY

Cybersecurity is a Team Sport

Our first Center of Excellence and Co-Innovation focusing on cybersecurity and privacy will open in Milan in 2020, bringing together public and private sector experts to research unique solutions.

May 8, 2019

SECURITY

Customers Deserve Transparency to Manage Risk

Regardless of how they are found, all vulnerabilities are investigated and publicly reported per our policies.