Biographical Info

Anthony Grieco is a highly respected and seasoned professional in the field of cybersecurity, currently serving as the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at Cisco. His role involves leading a team dedicated to embedding security, trust, data protection, and privacy into Cisco's future strategies, solutions, and business models. Anthony's team is proactive in identifying and incubating future challenges and opportunities, regularly collaborating with customers, governments, and partners worldwide. With a passion for cybersecurity, Anthony is committed to enabling business growth and transformation by accelerating the use of trusted technology and the secure development and implementation of resilient processes, policies, and culture. His specialties encompass a broad range of areas including security, trustworthy systems engineering, cryptography, system design, applied security, operational information security, business development, network forensics, large-scale data analysis, threat intelligence, hardware security, software security, secure development life-cycle, supply chain security, customer relationships, and product development. Anthony has been with Cisco for over 8 years, initially serving as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer, and subsequently as Vice President, Trust Strategy Officer. Prior to Cisco, he held other key roles within the company, including Principal Engineer responsible for technology direction in Cisco’s Threat, Research, Intelligence, and Defense organization, Manager of Technical Marketing, and Technical Marketing Engineer. Anthony's educational background includes a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is known for his significant interface and influence with decision-makers within customers, governments, and partners, regularly participating in public-private partnerships, CxO customer engagements, and representing Cisco's interests in global security policy issues. Specialties: Security, trustworthy systems engineering, cryptography, system design, applied security, operational information security, business development, network forensics, large-scale data analysis, threat intelligence, hardware security, software security, secure development life-cycle, supply chain security, customer relationships, product development