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Anthony Grieco

SVP & Chief Security & Trust Officer

Security and Trust Organization

As Chief Security & Trust Officer at Cisco, Anthony Grieco leads an organization of security and privacy experts that manage risk, build resilient digital infrastructure, protect Cisco’s enterprise, and enable customer and partner success. It drives cyber resilience across the company’s operations, people, products, and services that aims to provide a secure foundation for our digital world. 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 25 years at Cisco, he has held a variety of leadership roles in development engineering, product management, marketing, and strategic planning. 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

July 27, 2015

SECURITY

The Best Defense is a Good Offense? Why Cisco Security Researchers Attack Cisco Technologies

1 min read

This week, Cisco provided comments on the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) proposed cybersecurity regulations. These comments reflect the realities of how Cisco looks to protect both our customers and our products. They also emphasize the critical role that security researches, access to tools, and qualified talent have in cybersecurity. Cisco has […]

June 3, 2015

SECURITY

Trust and Transparency

2 min read

“In our increasingly interconnected world, the Internet of Everything is making trust a critical element of how people use network-connected devices to work, play, live, and learn. The relentless rise in information security breaches underscores the deep need for enterprises to trust that their systems, data, business partners, customers, and citizens are safe.” – John […]

April 23, 2015

SECURITY

Industry Recognition for Security Excellence

1 min read

Cybersecurity is a company-wide initiative. It touches every line of business, the technology, the fabric of the organization, its culture, brand and reputation. Customers are telling us that their most important issues are security and assuring the integrity of the products and data in their networks. In light of the heightened potential for cyber threats, trust […]

April 21, 2015

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SECURITY

Cisco’s First Transparency Report on Law Enforcement Requests for Customer Data

1 min read

As Cisco’s products and services evolve to new models, we find ourselves coming in contact with our customer’s data more regularly. We approach this role as stewards of this data with our customers interest foremost in our mind. One area of widespread interest as it relates to this data is how we interact with Global […]

April 25, 2014

SECURITY

Cisco, Linux Foundation, and OpenSSL

1 min read

The recent OpenSSL Heartbleed vulnerability has shown that technology leaders must work together to secure the Internet’s critical infrastructure. That’s why Cisco is proud to be a founding supporter of the Linux Foundation initiative announced yesterday (April 24th). The initiative will fund open source projects that are critical to core computing and Internet functions, and […]

October 17, 2013

SECURITY

A Crypto Conversation: How We Choose Algorithms

2 min read

Cryptography is critical to secure, trustworthy communications. Recent questions within the tech industry have created entirely new discussions about the cryptography underpinning our communications infrastructure. While some in the media have focused on the algorithm chosen for Deterministic Random Bit Generation (DRBG), we’ve seen many more look to have a broader crypto conversation. With this […]