Prior to Cisco Security’s first Blueprint event on May 16, 2024, at its campus in India’s vibrant tech capital, Bengaluru, Jason Cyr sat down to talk about why he’s passionate about security design and what’s unique about the design-enabled culture at Cisco. He sees this culture leading a profound shift in design’s emerging influence and impact in the organization.
"Our approach to security design is what sets us apart; we have transitioned from a technology-centric focus to one that prioritizes the human experience."
- Jason Cyr | Vice President, Cisco Security Design
In this episode of Principled, Jason Nako talks about his team’s journey of implementing a unified design system solutions in Cisco products in Security and Networking. Jason shares how moving fast, constantly improving, and obsessing over the customer versus the competitor has shaped the development of the Magnetic design system.
Two outstanding Cisco Secure product design teams recently won recognition at the Fast Company 2023 Innovation by Design Awards. Duo Security Passwordless was a finalist, and Cisco XDR won Honorable Mention. The awards represent not just excellence in innovation but the impact design can have on creating a safer, more secure world.
Great design isn’t enough. Outcomes over output. Many teams, one culture. These are some of the big lessons Greg Petroff learned during the past year in his role as Chief Design Officer at Cisco Secure. From creating a unified design system to changing the way product design teams think about features and building a design-led culture, he shares defining moments in this reflection on the power of design as a differentiator.
In this episode of Principled, Lindsey Wallace talks about how her team seeks to create a unified policy of common elements for Cisco Secure products to make them easier to use. Lindsey’s goal is to 10x people’s time and not add to their cognitive load, making things clear and simple to use.
Duo Security Design Researcher Lillian Li shares how collaboration with colleagues has inspired new techniques for gathering user insights, shaping stories to communicate findings, and challenging herself to do her best work.
How Sierre Wolfkostin, Senior Product Designer at Duo Security/Cisco Secure, worked with the FIDO Alliance to publish industry guidelines for passkeys, helping the security world tell a compelling story about the “what, why, and how” of this brand new method of authentication.