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Cisco Systems Tackles Value-Chain Security

Edna Conway, Chief Security Strategist, Cisco Systems

September 8, 2011

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Edna Conway, chief security strategist with Cisco Systems, Inc., explains how the innovative high-tech giant approaches the issue of "value-chain" security. She also offers tips on how companies might start their own programs. [Run Time (Min.): 9:53]

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