There’s nothing quite like the energy of Cisco Partner Summit week! Looking back on our time in San Diego, I’m reminded that partnership at Cisco isn’t just a strategy, it’s our speciality. Every innovation, milestone, and customer success story is powered by the strength and resilience of our partner ecosystem. Together, we truly secure what’s next.
The highlight for me this year was seeing how our collective efforts are redefining what ‘secure’ means in the AI era. According to the Cisco AI Readiness Index 2025, just 14% of organizations feel fully prepared to realize the value of AI. At the same time, the 2025 Cisco Cybersecurity Readiness Index reveals that 86% of business leaders experienced at least one AI-related security incident in the past year. It’s clear: we can no longer simply react to threats, we must anticipate them, and the partner community makes all this possible.
Our announcements and innovation shared last week and this week at Cisco Live Melbourne are more than just technology. We’re enabling our partners to build AI-ready infrastructures and help customers confidently adopt new capabilities while staying secure. A few examples:
- Multi-customer management in Cisco Security Cloud Control, designed specifically for Managed Service Providers (MSPs) to scale operations efficiently, reduce friction, and accelerate time-to-value.
- A new wave of opportunity to help partners and customers modernize campus, branch, and industrial networks for the AI era with security built in. Cisco Access Manager fuses identity into the network, delivering full identity-based access control natively through the Meraki Dashboard.
- New elements in the Cisco 360 Partner Program to empower partners to drive profitability with AI and security, including the new Specializations and Cisco Partner Incentive bonuses, announced at Partner Summit.
As we look ahead, I’m inspired by the opportunities we’re creating together. We’ll keep investing in your profitability, incentivizing on hunting and expanding behaviors, and supporting you with the right security expertise to turn our shared vision into real impact. The future of security isn’t something we build alone, it’s something we create, and secure, together.
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