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Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by sofaofthedamned »

youdontknowtho wrote: post #4

I really hope that Duo survives this. Cisco isn't necessarily known for handling acquisitions well...or software...but who knows. Maybe it's the shot in the arm that many companies will need to move to token based auth. Lot's of enterprise IT departments take Cisco's word as divine. I have had some bad experiences with Cisco the company, but the devices have always been really good even if they lag behind some of the…

Exactly. They ruined the mobile startup I worked at. I don't have a lot of love for Cisco at the moment.

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by throwaway5752 »

castillar76 wrote: post #18
throwaway5752 wrote: post #8

Are they a cybersecurity company? I thought they were more about IAM. I realize this is the CNBC headline, but I am curious if Duo does something I was unaware of, like rev. engineering, pen. testing, etc. ps - congrats to Duo!

Not to be too sticky about it, but IAM is cybersecurity. There's a lot more to security than reverse engineering, pen-testing, and vulnerability research.

Sorry for making it about semantics when it should be about celebrating Duo and discussing the acquisition. I just don't love the term "cybersecurity" in the first place because HR (training, background checks) and facilities (physical security) are just as important to an overall security posture. I think proper IAM policy and implementation are part of that and none of them succeed in isolation.

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by castillar76 »

throwaway5752 wrote: post #22
castillar76 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to be too sticky about it, but IAM is cybersecurity. There's a lot more to security than reverse engineering, pen-testing, and vulnerability research.

Sorry for making it about semantics when it should be about celebrating Duo and discussing the acquisition. I just don't love the term "cybersecurity" in the first place because HR (training, background checks) and facilities (physical security) are just as important to an overall security posture. I think proper IAM policy and implementation are part of that and none of them succeed in isolation.

That's an excellent point! It would be good to get away from 'cybersecurity' as a term and more towards focus on general security. You're right that none of these succeed in isolation. :)

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by sampl »

yawgmoth wrote: post #11

Congratulations to my neighbors at Duo! That's a crazy amount of money and I hope that many Ann Arborites pay it forward in the tech scene from which Duo came. Lots of good tech in A2 in general - Deepfield acquired by Nokia, SkySpecs, Trove, FarmLogs (a YC startup), LLamasoft (my employer!), IBM is here, Toyota, Hyundai, a rapidly increasing number of medtech companies, and plenty of boutique consulting. It makes fo…

We maintain this list of startups in Ann Arbor :)

http://madeina2.com/

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by taylorhou »

sampl wrote: post #24
yawgmoth wrote: post #11

Congratulations to my neighbors at Duo! That's a crazy amount of money and I hope that many Ann Arborites pay it forward in the tech scene from which Duo came. Lots of good tech in A2 in general - Deepfield acquired by Nokia, SkySpecs, Trove, FarmLogs (a YC startup), LLamasoft (my employer!), IBM is here, Toyota, Hyundai, a rapidly increasing number of medtech companies, and plenty of boutique consulting. It makes fo…

We maintain this list of startups in Ann Arbor :) http://madeina2.com/

i love the simplicity of the site! would you consider open sourcing or selling a license so we can do a replica of it for our community?

haha edit - i didn't scroll down. you guys rock! - https://github.com/MadeInA2/madeina2

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by starpilot »

davidu wrote: post #20
youdontknowtho wrote: post #4

I really hope that Duo survives this. Cisco isn't necessarily known for handling acquisitions well...or software...but who knows. Maybe it's the shot in the arm that many companies will need to move to token based auth. Lot's of enterprise IT departments take Cisco's word as divine. I have had some bad experiences with Cisco the company, but the devices have always been really good even if they lag behind some of the…

The acquisition track record for the Cisco Security business is pretty incredible. Like HBS Case Study good. Sourcefire, ThreatGrid, OpenDNS, Lancope, CloudLock, Observable. Great products and teams brought to scale and maintained. Even IronPort 10+ years later has done fantastically well. I'm thrilled that Duo will be joining an amazing business filled with a deep bench of security talent and wonderful customers. It…

Yo can we get some snacks in SJC15?

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by tptacek »

youdontknowtho wrote: post #4

I really hope that Duo survives this. Cisco isn't necessarily known for handling acquisitions well...or software...but who knows. Maybe it's the shot in the arm that many companies will need to move to token based auth. Lot's of enterprise IT departments take Cisco's word as divine. I have had some bad experiences with Cisco the company, but the devices have always been really good even if they lag behind some of the…

Cisco is essentially composed of nothing but acquisitions. That is what Cisco does.

The reputation of Cisco's internal engineering culture used to be pretty grim. I never understood why any PM or lead would actually build something from a Cisco internal MRD, rather than jumping ship, building it privately, and selling it back to Cisco. I know of more than one person that did literally exactly that, successfully.

But post-Sourcefire I think it's a different scene there; they have some very large, long-lived teams with coherent cultures now. I assume in the post-Sourcefire Cisco game plan, Duo stays Duo.

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by davidu »

starpilot wrote: post #27
davidu wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The acquisition track record for the Cisco Security business is pretty incredible. Like HBS Case Study good. Sourcefire, ThreatGrid, OpenDNS, Lancope, CloudLock, Observable. Great products and teams brought to scale and maintained. Even IronPort 10+ years later has done fantastically well. I'm thrilled that Duo will be joining an amazing business filled with a deep bench of security talent and wonderful customers. It…

Yo can we get some snacks in SJC15?

I'm supportive. Feel free to ping me and I'll see if I can give you some pointers of how to make some progress on that ask.

Re: Cisco plans to acquire cybersecurity firm Duo Security for $2.35B

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Post by georgehotelling »

yawgmoth wrote: post #11

Congratulations to my neighbors at Duo! That's a crazy amount of money and I hope that many Ann Arborites pay it forward in the tech scene from which Duo came. Lots of good tech in A2 in general - Deepfield acquired by Nokia, SkySpecs, Trove, FarmLogs (a YC startup), LLamasoft (my employer!), IBM is here, Toyota, Hyundai, a rapidly increasing number of medtech companies, and plenty of boutique consulting. It makes fo…

> downtown A2 is very expensive already, but you can live in the nearby areas for considerably less

A big part of the August 7th primary will be about building more housing. Taylor wants more, Eaton wants to freeze Ann Arbor in amber so that no one else can move in and change the town.

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