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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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September 3, 2025

SECURITY

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, […]

January 28, 2025

SECURITY

Black Hat Europe 2024 NOC/SOC: Security Cloud

21 min read

Cisco is the Official Security Cloud Provider for the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC). We work with the other official partners to bring the hardware, software and engineers to build and secure the network, for our joint customer: Black Hat.  Arista: Wired and Wireless Network Equipment  Corelight: Open Network Detection and Response  Palo Alto […]