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3 Key Steps to Protect Your Network from Counterfeit Cisco Products

December 16, 2020

Counterfeiting hardware and software is an illegal and lucrative trade which leads to an estimated $100B loss of revenue annually across IT industries. As one of the largest and most reputable brands in the world, Cisco is often a target of counterfeiters.

For all end-users across Cisco’s ecosystem, counterfeiting presents serious risks to network quality, performance, safety, and reliability. It is dangerous because counterfeit products are not designed or built to meet the same safety standard certifications that genuine Cisco products attain. For example, changes to power supplies have been observed, which poses risks to safety certification and puts equipment, its operators, and the entire network at risk.

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