Cisco Security Strategy: IoT, Endpoint, DDoS Mitigation Updates

Cisco Systems (CSCO) described its Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) strategy during multiple sessions at Cisco Partner Summit 2016 earlier this month. CEO Chuck Robbins and his lieutenants described the company's views on endpoint security, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, IoT security and more.

On the endpoint security front, Cisco described at as a key piece in the larger puzzle -- which requires network and cloud security.

Below, Cisco discusses Internet of Things (IoT) security needs:

And finally, Cisco discusses distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Robbins says Cisco -- rather than the U.S. government, must address the issue: