Cisco Research Report Sample

These changes are part of the dramatic shifts—“tectonic forces”—that are making it essential for businesses to rethink their approach to enterprise security. Gone are the days when a network firewall would deter teenagers looking to hack into corporate databases for the challenge, notoriety, or for the fun of it. Now, serious and well-resourced criminals with business plans are intent on stealing both personal data and business intelligence they can sell—and perimeter-based security alone cannot stop them.

What are these forces? Primarily, the rise of social networking, the enthusiastic adoption and proliferation of network-connected devices, and the embrace of virtualization are altering the threat landscape. Time travelers from the 1970s would barely recognize today’s workplace.