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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Director, Security Operations

Threat Detection & Response

Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer is the director of the Security Operations in the Threat Detection & Response team, where she and her team focuses on building the Cisco XDR open ecosystem. She also leads the Cisco team in the Security Operations Centers for the RSA Conferences and the Network Operations Center for the Black Hat global conferences. Prior to the acquisition by Cisco, Jessica was Senior Director of Business Development at ThreatGRID malware analysis. She also held VP and director positions at Guidance Software / EnCase computer forensics, in the growth from a start-up to a public corporation. Jessica started her career in cybersecurity as a special agent/computer forensic examiner in the US Army Criminal Investigation Command. She earned a M.B.A. from Pepperdine University.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

A Newbie’s Perspective: From Curiosity to Confidence, My SOC Story

3 min read

A new analyst shares their Cisco Live SOC experience, covering quick onboarding, using Cisco XDR and Endace for incident investigation, and building confidence in threat response.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Shaun Coulter

Cisco Live Melbourne 2025 SOC

4 min read

Cisco Security and Splunk protected Cisco Live Melbourne 2025 in the Security Operations Centre. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Hunting the Suspicious Network Activity at GovWare 2025 Using Splunk

3 min read

Learn how the SOC team conducted threat hunts using Splunk at GovWare.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

GovWare 2025 Security Operations Centre

5 min read

Cisco Security and Splunk secured the GovWare 2025 network in the Security Operations Centre. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Black Hat USA 2025: 10 Years Protecting Black Hat

6 min read

Cisco is a proud partner of the Black Hat NOC (Network Operations Center), as the Official Security Cloud Provider, celebrating our 10th year protecting Black Hat, the longest of any partner. We work with other official providers to bring the hardware, software and engineers to build and secure the Black Hat USA network: Arista, Corelight, […]

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Findings Report From the SOC at RSAC™ 2025 Conference

2 min read

Cisco Security and Splunk protected RSAC™ 2025 Conference in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Splunk in Action at the Cisco Live San Diego SOC

2 min read

Cisco Security and Splunk protected Cisco Live San Diego 2025 in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Cisco Live San Diego 2025 SOC

3 min read

Cisco Security and Splunk protected Cisco Live San Diego 2025 in the Security Operations Center. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.

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Jessica (Bair) Oppenheimer

Black Hat Asia 2025: SOC of the Future – XDR + Splunk Cloud

8 min read

Cisco is the Security Cloud Provider to the Black Hat conferences. Learn about the latest innovations for the SOC of the Future.