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Cisco announced three developments that will help bring about this radical change-an AI infusion, a new customer experience solution, and a new cloud contact center product. Together, they fundamentally transform the customer experience with contact centers, for the better.

Cisco is introducing new AI-powered voice intelligence capabilities to Webex Meetings to help turn talk into action. The Cisco Webex Assistant for Webex Meetings is powered by technology from the recent Voicea acquisition, turning Webex meetings into a digital treasure trove.

Cisco on Tuesday announced the launch of a security solution for the Industrial Internet of Things that is designed to help organizations identify threats across their IT and OT environments. The networking giant's new IoT solution, which includes Cisco Cyber Vision and Cisco Edge Intelligence software-based services, provides enhanced visibility, analytics, automation, and security.

Cisco has patched a critical bug that could give attackers unauthorised access to Firepower Management Centre, the device that controls all of its security products. Cisco's FMC is an administrative controller for the company's network security products, giving administrators access to firewalls, application controllers, intrusion prevention, URL filtering, and malware protection systems.

Cisco's first Cybersecurity Co-Innovation Center in Europe opened its doors in Milan at the Leonardo da Vinci Science and Technology Museum. Cisco's first european center for co-innovation in cybersecurity.

Cisco has confessed to a vulnerability in its Webex Meetings Suite sites and Webex Meetings Online sites that allowed an "Unauthenticated" attendee sitting on a workstation far, far away to join a "Password-protected meeting without providing the meeting password". According to the security advisory, which was rated as "High": "The vulnerability is due to unintended meeting information exposure in a specific meeting join flow for mobile applications."

Cisco on Friday informed customers that it has patched a vulnerability that allowed unauthorized users to join password-protected Webex meetings. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-3142 and classified as high severity, affected Cisco Webex Meetings Suite sites and Cisco Webex Meetings Online sites, releases earlier than 39.11.5 and 40.1.3.

UPDATE. Cisco Systems has fixed a high-severity vulnerability in its popular Webex video conferencing platform, which could let strangers barge in on password-protected meetings - no authentication necessary. "The vulnerability is due to unintended meeting information exposure in a specific meeting join flow for mobile applications," Cisco said.

A critical vulnerability in the Cisco Firepower Management Center could allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary actions on affected devices as administrator. The issue, Cisco explains, emerges from the improper handling of Lightweight Directory Access Protocol authentication responses from an external server.

A critical Cisco vulnerability exists in its administrative management tool for Cisco network security solutions. The flaw exists in the web-based management interface of the Cisco Firepower Management Center, which is its platform for managing Cisco network security solutions, like firewalls or its advanced malware protection service.