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Ben Munroe

Director of Product Marketing

Cisco Security

Ben Munroe is a Senior Director in Cisco Security, having joined from the acquisition of Sourcefire in 2013. With a background in network security, specifically Intrusion Prevention Systems, he has covered all security product lines at Cisco. He recently helped launch the SecureX platform that offers integrated visibility and orchestrated response for SecOps, NetOps and ITOps. Munroe currently leads the worldwide security product marketing team. This team includes the thought leadership group that publishes threat, privacy and benchmark data and the popular Security Stories podcast for CISOs and aspiring security leaders. Prior to Sourcefire, Munroe spent 10 years working for IT and cybersecurity companies including TippingPoint, IBM and SAP. Before that, he worked for musicians such as The Rolling Stones and David Bowie and wrote widely on travel, art and culture.

Articles

June 30, 2020

SECURITY

Under the Hood of a Security Platform

6 min read

June marks the general availability of Cisco SecureX. Let’s take a look under the hood as the industry learns to define what we should all expect from a security platform.

May 28, 2020

SECURITY

The New Era of Business Continuity – What does it mean today?

4 min read

The term ‘business continuity’ has taken on a whole new meaning. It now extends beyond keeping the business running to helping your employees remain productive and secure wherever they go.

April 29, 2020

SECURITY

The World Has Changed – Security Should Transform to Stay Ahead

5 min read

Disruption creates two distinct sets of challenges for security professionals. The security team has to keep up with strategic IT demands, and do daily battle with a sophisticated threat landscape.

March 31, 2020

SECURITY

Zero chance of tackling zero trust without a platform approach

5 min read

Zero trust has become an important paradigm for adequately securing an enterprise environment. But not all zero trust models are created equal…

February 26, 2020

SECURITY

A Platform Approach + Precise Analytics = Better Equation

3 min read

Without analytics, security professionals would be even more overwhelmed than they are today. Cisco is helping you take back control of your environment through our new security platform, Cisco SecureX.

January 27, 2020

SECURITY

Cloudy with a Chance of Extremely High Alert Accuracy

2 min read

Analytics are becoming increasingly critical for security, and when done right, can significantly improve an organization’s risk posture. Learn how Cisco Stealthwatch can bolster your defenses.

December 10, 2019

SECURITY

It’s Time for Security to Work as a Team

4 min read

Four million. That’s the approximate number of cybersecurity jobs that still need to be filled by skilled professionals. This number poses so many questions. Chief among them: Is it real?

May 2, 2019

SECURITY

Incident response: Putting all the R’s in IR

5 min read

It is well established that the ‘R’ in IR stands for “Response.” But given the challenges facing incident response teams today, IR could just as well stand for “It’s Rough.”

December 13, 2018

SECURITY

You’ve Got (Compromised) Mail!

3 min read

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who have been affected by Business Email Compromise (BEC) scams and those who don’t know they have been hit with...

April 4, 2018

SECURITY

Cisco at RSAC 2018: It’s Time to Put Security Above Everything

5 min read

There will be more than 700 vendors on the show floor at RSA Conference. Cool, right? Yes - and no. Competition breeds innovation, which is needed to fight the bad...