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Briana Farro

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Senior Product Director Threat, Detection, and Response at Cisco
📍 Brooklyn, New York, United States

Briana Farro is a Senior Product Director and Principal Engineer at Cisco, specializing in threat detection and response. A seasoned executive with a background at Trellix and McAfee, she is a CISSP holder focused on defining cybersecurity strategy and delivering customer value. People have described her as a "force-multiplier. "

Outside of work, Briana is passionate about fostering collaboration and enabling the success of partners and colleagues. She enjoys creating fun, interactive forums for teamwork and has an interest in global travel, which aligns with her experience working with international teams.

She holds prominent industry certifications, including the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Security+.

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Experience
11 Years
Current Role
Senior Product Director Threat, Detection, and Response
Job Level
Senior
Location
Brooklyn, New York, United States
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Topics Briana cares about

Threat Detection & Response
This is her core role at Cisco, leading the XDR team. Her career history at Trellix and McAfee also shows deep expertise in this specific domain.
Customer-Centric Products
She emphasizes that understanding a customer's daily challenges is the key to building great security products that solve real-world problems.
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Career

Work history

8-2022
Senior Product Director Threat, Detection, and Response
Cisco
1-2022 - 8-2022
Principal Engineer and Global Technical Director, Endpoint, Platform, and Threat Intelligence
Trellix
4-2021 - 1-2022
Principal Engineer
McAfee
8-2018 - 1-2022
Global Technical Director, Endpoint and EDR
McAfee
4-2014 - 8-2018
Sales Systems Engineer
McAfee
In the press

Media appearances

Briana Farro – Cisco Blogs Author Page. Featured in Cisco Blogs
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Defining a Modern and Sophisticated Threat – Cisco Security (Cybersecurity Awareness Month). Featured in Facebook (Cisco Security)
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Education
1999 - 2000
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New York University
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St. Francis Prep
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