Cisco promised to quickly integrate the security technology it gained in its $28 billion Splunk acquisition, and it has set that process in motion by adding tie-ins to its extended detection and response (XDR) service, among other moves aimed at bolstering enterprise security operations centers (SOC).
Cisco aims to help customers reimagine SOC processes, move faster, and make more informed decisions with contextual insights and automated workflows, according to Jeetu Patel, executive vice president and general manager for security and collaboration at Cisco. “The combination of Cisco and Splunk is the most comprehensive security solution for threat prevention, detection, investigation and response for organizations of any size, utilizing cloud, endpoint traffic,” Patel said in a statement from the RSA security conference taking place this week in San Francisco.
