Cisco is working to build the confidence of prospective customers in its products. The company is increasingly putting more stringent security requirements on its suppliers and has launched a beta program that allows customers to analyze its products in a highly secure environment before buying. The efforts are intended to allay growing concerns over how supply chains could be opportunistically used by spies and cybercriminals. Despite being one of largest sellers of routers and networking equipment, Cisco doesn’t have a single factory. Its products — at least the physical ones — are totally outsourced.”]
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