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Pramod Nair

Consulting Systems Engineer, Security

Service Provider Architecture

Pramod is a 17 year Telecom Industry veteran with the most recent 5 years working for Cisco Systems. As a Security Consulting Systems Engineer in the Service Provider Architecture team, Pramod delivers and executes on Cisco's plan for Security in the Service Provider space with his combined acumen in Radio Networks, Mobile Packet Core, Edge computing, Virtualisation and Security. Most recently he is kept busy with 5G Security Architecture related discussions with Service Providers and is also an invited speaker on security related topics with universities.

Prior to joining Cisco, Pramod has worked on Research & Development and consultant for multiple Service providers and vendors in quite interesting locations.

He is a serial Chips and Salsa eater, loves humans and enjoys spending time with his hyperactive daughter and a lady crazy enough to have put up with him for more than a decade

Articles

December 22, 2021

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

How Cybersecurity Leads to Improved Sustainability

2 min read

Cybersecurity attacks rose by 3-4 times during the transition to remote work in 2020. Ransomware cost $20 billion in 2021 and is expected to be an even greater concern with hybrid work models. Learn how to rapidly scale security to accomodate remote and hybrid workers with Cisco Secure Network Analytics, Cisco Catalyst and Cisco Nexus switches , all while simplifying and unifying your IT systems.

June 10, 2020

SP360: SERVICE PROVIDER

Why 5G is Changing our Approach to Security

5 min read

5G is an evolving architecture which will require enhanced security mechanisms to cater to the widened threat surface. Cybersecurity is foundational to realizing dependable and resilient 5G services. Cisco’s 5G solution has security included as a foundation. Government regulators and network operators must work hand-in-hand to ensure cybersecurity best practices and capabilities are designed into 5G infrastructure and operations right from the start.