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Paul Eckstein

Information Security Manager

Paul Eckstein is the Manager of Cisco's Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) Engineering team. Prior to joining the CSIRT team, Paul was a member of several Cisco teams including Network Operations, Data Center System Test team, and Advanced Services, where he spent 5 years working with Global Financials.

Paul has been a Lead on the CSIRT-Engineering team where his responsibilities included designing and implementing monitoring within Acquisitions, Diversified Business Units and the Corporate spaces within Cisco.

Paul often speaks with customers about CSIRT¹s infrastructure and best practices. He also provides network services and security monitoring for Cisco events and external conferences.

Articles

October 23, 2015

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INSIDE CISCO IT

AMP Threat Grid Extends and Bolsters Our Ability to Combat Malicious Malware

New, clever, and dangerous malware is being devised all the time. After a piece of malware is well known, signature-based defenses such as antivirus and other detection and prevention tools can catch it. But what about new, increasingly insidious malware that isn’t well known? Last year, Cisco acquired the dynamic malware analysis and threat intelligence […]

March 27, 2014

SECURITY

Cisco Security Response Team Opens Its Toolbox

Cisco’s network is a massively complex environment that requires extensive monitoring and remediation. In today’s world of advanced threats and attacks, the company that possesses and positions its tools to preemptively identify and mitigate threats is the one left standing when the dust settles. Cisco leverages its Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), a global […]