In this depth conversation, Britton Anderson, Donald Heslop, and Gary Geihsler from AHEAD join Dave Abbott from Cisco to explore how hybrid mesh firewalls, AI-driven policy management, and automated onboarding are transforming enterprise security operations. Together, they unpack what Cisco’s latest innovations mean for performance, visibility, and real-world scalability.

From Security Cloud Control and zero-touch SD-WAN provisioning to the Encrypted Visibility Engine (EVE) and AI-powered Policy Analyzer, this session goes beyond the roadmap-showing what actually works in the lab and at scale. The group discuses where AI Ops is heading next, how to unify policy across cloud and on-prem environments, and what enterprises can do now to simplify and secure their hybrid networks.

If you’re modernizing your security stack, this is the practical perspective you’ll want first.