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their business outcomes," said John Hurley, Chief Revenue Officer, to do what they are doing – and do so without creating friction
Optiv. "Cisco's integrated AI-driven platform, the Cisco Security for the user. Continuing momentum since the recent launch of
Cloud, is a solution that helps reduce complexity. The integration Cisco Identity Intelligence, Cisco is bringing together phishing-
of Cisco XDR and Splunk Enterprise Security will enable our clients resistant capabilities in Duo to realize its vision for Continuous
to operate efficiently while making informed decisions on how to Identity Security – stopping identity attacks while simultaneously
bolster their cyber resiliency in evolving threat landscape.” delivering a simpler, more seamless user experience.
Protections From Unknown Vulnerabilities with Cisco Hypershield • Eliminate Authentication Fatigue with Duo Passport: Minimize
for the AI-Scale Data Center repeated authentication requests to provide interruption-free
In attack landscape, the time from vulnerability to exploit is shrinking access to everything a workforce needs without compromising
- and defending against the increasingly sophisticated, complex security using Duo Passport, a major leap forward in user
threats in data centers is beyond human scale. Unfortunately, not experience.
all vulnerabilities are known. Building on last month’s launch of • Cisco Identity Intelligence in Duo: Leverage powerful AI-driven
Cisco Hypershield with Distributed Exploit Protection protecting analytics to strengthen posture across your workforce identity
against known vulnerabilities (e.g. CVEs), Cisco is now introducing infrastructure and to assess and respond to identity risk before,
capabilities to detect and block attacks stemming from unknown during and after login. Now in limited availability, this addition
vulnerabilities within runtime workload environments. In addition, enables customers to implement Continuous Identity Security
suspected workloads can be isolated to limit the vulnerability's that reduces security gaps and addresses most common cyber
blast radius. Cisco Hypershield is a radically new approach to threat.
securing data centers and clouds in response to the increasing “Cisco Duo is advancing past its core access management
demands the AI revolution has put on IT infrastructure. Cisco functions, incorporating identity enrichment from Cisco Identity
Hypershield protects applications, devices and data across public Intelligence and introducing a streamlined access experience with
and private data centers, clouds and physical locations - anywhere Duo Passport,” said Todd Thiemann, Senior Analyst, Enterprise
customers need it. Designed and built with AI in mind from the start, Strategy Group. “This evolution leads to Continuous Identity
Hypershield enables organizations to achieve security outcomes Security, where access adapts in real-time to the associated risk,
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beyond what has been possible with humans alone. crucial in threat landscape where identity-based attacks are on the
Frictionless User Protection with Continuous Identity Security rise Cisco Duo's commitment to dynamic response to risk, coupled
With the rise in identity-based attacks, security solutions must with an emphasis on seamless user experience, is not just timely-
evolve from just asking 'can' a user access an application. Instead, it's groundbreaking.”
they need to continuously assess whether a user 'should' be able

Eutelsat Releases Third Quarter and Nine-Month

2023-24 Revenues

Eutelsat Communications (ISIN: FR0010221234 - Euronext Paris
/ London Stock Exchange: ETL) reports revenues for the Third
Quarter and Nine Months ended 31 March 2024.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Third Quarter and Nine-month revenues in line with expectations.
• Video in line with overall market trend of mid-single digit decline;
base effect of non¬renewal of Digitürk contract and Russian
sanctions washed through from Q3.
• Double-digit growth in Connectivity (Government Services:
+22.1%; Mobile Connectivity: +48.0%; and Fixed Connectivity:
+24.2%), driven by incremental GEO capacity and LEO.
• All Full Year 2023-24 financial objectives confirmed.
• Successful launch of EUTELSAT 36D satellite, assuring service
continuity with optimized performance for video customers at
the 36° East orbital position.
• Major $500m commercial deal with Intelsat for capacity on
OneWeb LEO constellation.
• OneWeb ground network roll-out on track.
• Refinancing of November 2025 bond completed.

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