Cisco Workshop Series: Microsegmentation with Cisco Nexus Smart Switches: Build, Validate, Enforce
In this two-hour community workshop, explore embedded security and distributed policy enforcement with Cisco Nexus Smart Switches. Learn how microsegmentation applies across virtual machines, Kubernetes, and bare-metal workloads, then join a guided lab to build and test a segmentation policy, discover and validate policies, and discuss safe deployment practices. The session welcomes networking, security, and cloud practitioners at all experience levels. You’ll leave with a tested policy and a best practices architecture that you can adapt for your environment.
Nadir Lakhani, Security Architect, leads Cisco’s Hypershield portfolio globally and brings 25 years of experience in cloud, workload and application security, specializing in microsegmentation, Zero Trust and Hybrid Mesh Firewall. He holds a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, is a triple CCIE with multiple cloud certifications.
Based in the Bay Area, Hui Chen is a Technical Marketing Engineer Technical Leader at Cisco specializing in secure networking and agentic enterprise operations. He bridges the gap between complex engineering and customer success, ensuring solutions effectively address real-world infrastructure challenges. A University of New Hampshire masters in engineering graduate, Hui brings a solid technical foundation and a collaborative, results-driven approach to every initiative.
