Getting the NAC: Cisco's Bob Gleichauf speaks out

Abstract

Robert Gleichauf is responsible for the development of secure network infrastructures across Cisco's product line. Most recently, he led the development of Cisco's Network Admission Control (NAC) initiative.

He has led other security initiatives at Cisco, including overseeing the R&D for Cisco's Intrusion Detection System (IDS) product line, and the migration of IDS technology into the Cisco Catalyst 6000 platform.

Gleichauf joined Cisco with the WheelGroup acquisition in 1998, where he was the head of product engineering. Prior to WheelGroup, he was a senior engineering manager at startup IQ Software, which developed database report writing tools.

He spoke at the Gartner IT Security Summit in London in the autumn, and spoke to Brian McKenna for Infosecurity Today about the trials of decrypting data in crisis situations, security officers of a new type, and the challenge of vendor interoperability.