Cisco look to grab broader security role

摘要

At next week's RSA Conference, Cisco plans to debut major security products to help bolster its already strong security portfolio. Security is categorized as one of the vendor's six Advanced Technologies and already brings in approximately $2 billion per year in revenue, though routing and switching still account for more than 60% of Cisco's revenue. The company has 1,500 engineers working solely on security products — VPN, firewall, intrusion-prevention, intru- sion-detection systems (IPS/IDS) and other technologies. Hundreds more engineers work across its various infrastructure product lines to integrate security features into network gear.