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Customer case study

Cisco Systems

Burp Suite Professional in the computer services sector.

Introduction

Cisco Systems, Inc was founded in 1984, and is based in San Jose, California. Beginning with a multiprotocol router, Cisco Systems now produces technologies covering AI, IoT, network architecture, analytics, and cloud-based services. Its products are sold in over 115 countries around the world, and 85% of internet traffic is said to travel across its systems.

Use case

Burp Suite Professional is important to Cisco Systems, Inc because it allows them to:

  • Reduce the risk of data breaches.

  • Secure the software/services they sell to customers, thus ensuring uptime and maintaining the trust of their customers.

  • Be compliant.

Key features

Burp Suite Professional has a number of key features that are used by Cisco Systems, Inc:

  • Burp Intruder, to automate customized attacks.

  • Burp Suite extensions, to customize workflows.

  • The wide array of manual tools Burp Suite Professional puts in one product.

Challenges

Cisco Systems, Inc purchased Burp Suite Professional to allow their security engineer(s) to test their organization's own web applications.

Benefits

Cisco Systems, Inc finds that it gains a number of benefits from using Burp Suite Professional:

Value statements

Balaji Govindan - a software engineer at Cisco Systems, Inc - agreed with the following statements:

Final thoughts

Cisco Systems, Inc had the following to share on its experience with Burp Suite Professional:

About Burp Suite Professional

Burp Suite Professional is an advanced set of tools for testing web security - all within a single product. From a basic intercepting proxy to a cutting-edge vulnerability scanner, with Burp Suite Pro, the right tool is never more than a click away.