Intro Power Inclusive Future For All FY23 Purpose Report | 14 Looking Ahead Embracing transparency in Keeping the lights software development on in a war zone We work to enhance transparency, security, and privacy across The Russian invasion of Ukraine our network. Cisco is committed to meeting customer needs for began nearly two years ago—but software transparency, including requirements that stem from cyber aggression against Ukraine the U.S. Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity began much earlier and remains and the pending European Union's Cyber-Resilience Act. an important battlefront in the war. Cisco Talos provides cybersecurity Our Cisco Trust Portal allows on-demand access to Cisco security, solutions to Ukrainian government trust, and privacy compliance documents. In addition, our Privacy by organizations and their critical Design approach re昀氀ects our responsible use of personal data, infrastructure, and recently extended which continues to be important to our customers, as seen in the protection to 45,000 endpoints in Ukraine. 2023 Data Privacy Benchmark Study. In 2023, Talos found another way to help Ukraine beyond the cyber realm—by ensuring the Training the next generation country’s energy sector could continue to function despite of security professionals Russian kinetic attacks on critical infrastructure. Ukraine’s high- voltage electrical substations depend on the Global Positioning Cisco promotes technology skills through programs like Cisco System (GPS) for precise time synchronization, which is essential for Networking Academy, and in 2022 we partnered with the U.S. White critical tasks. Ukraine is saturated with electronic interference from House to expand and enhance the United States’ cyber workforce the war, from Russia, and Ukraine itself. This makes it very di昀케cult through education and training. In addition, the U.S. Department to keep power output stable, resulting in distribution challenges and possible blackouts. In response, Talos spearheaded a months-long of Labor certi昀椀ed three Cisco digital- and cybersecurity-focused apprenticeships, helping to enable public and private entities to e昀昀ort to design and deploy custom devices to Ukraine that help source diverse, work-ready apprentices. substations to deliver a consistent power supply—keeping the lights on for a nation at war. Talos, Cisco’s threat intelligence arm, hosted a cohort of interns and partnered with Cisco Crisis Response to train nongovernmental organizations on security and privacy fundamentals.