Better protection thanks to new Cisco firewall, Nikos Mourtzinos
Security has always been a very “hot” issue in ICT and Nikos Mourtzinos, Security Account Manager, for Cisco Greece, Cyprus & Malta, tells us how Cisco ASA, a next generation firewall, protects its users much better against the ever increasing threats. He also talks about the security issues we are (and will be) facing in the era of Internet of Everything and suggests possible ways and solutions to most effectively overcome them. Interviewed by Yannis Rizopoulos for Tech Talks Central
Nikos Mourtzinos
Security Account Manager, Cisco
Nikos Mourtzinos is the Cisco Security Product Sales Specialist for Cisco Greece, Cyprus and Malta. He has been with Cisco since August 2010. He is responsible for the Cisco Security Products and solutions. Before joining Cisco, Nikos was the Line of Business Manager of HP Network Solution Group. He worked for HP for ten years and his main focus was the overall management of the “Network Solution Group” of HP Hellas. Before joining Hewlett-Packard, Nikos was a network consultant and gained international experience by working for IBM Global Services Hellas for five years.
He studied Electrical Engineering at Aristotle university of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Engineering and M.Sc. in Data Telecommunications and Networks at University of Salford, Manchester, UK.
He is also a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert CCIE #9763.
Specialties: Security, Firewalls
Tech Talks Central interviewed and broadcasted live from the Cisco Connect 2014 event, on the Internet of Everything that is changing everything, during the 25th of November, from Intercontinental Hotel, Athens.