Cisco reconfigures security execs after long-time employee resigns: report
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Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO) is looking to alter the leadership of its security software unit after a long-time executive said she was leaving the company after 22 years, The Information reported.
Shelly Blackburn, who was Cisco's (CSCO) vice president of global security specialists, told her colleagues she was stepping down from her role.

According to her LinkedIn page, Blackburn had been Vice President of Global Security Sales Specialist Organization, a division that was formed in 2015, to help sell customers security products and services.
In conjunction with Blackburn's departure, Proofpoint vice president Raj Chopra is slated to join Cisco (CSCO), the company said in an email, viewed by the news outlet.
Cisco (CSCO) did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Seeking Alpha.
Last month, Citi downgraded Cisco (CSCO) shares to sell, with the investment firm expecting some challenges to its market share from rivals.