John Dominguez

If you’re still juggling a lot of cyber security tools, you’re not alone. Even as businesses make headway on trimming point-solutions, the recently released Cisco CISO Benchmark Report found that 14% of security leaders are managing more than 20 vendors. And 3% are dealing with over 50. It’s easy fo…

The firewall remains the front line of cyber-defense for most organizations. The firewall protects an organization’s network, and that function isn’t going away anytime soon. Remember when people used to say, “the firewall is dead”? The numbers tell a different story. Gartner forecasts that this mar…

It’s often said that “complexity is the enemy of security.” It’s true, in so many ways. If a security product is too complex to manage, it will slow down your investigations which slows down your ability to detect and stop threats. Naturally, you’ll gravitate to an easier-to-use product. If your sec…

Part 3: Save time and reduce complexity with better management, automated operations, and product integration Networking and security teams are up against a lot. Hunting for cyberthreats is difficult. Policy management and enforcement across multiple devices is time-consuming and error-prone. Most t…

Frost & Sullivan has awarded Cisco the 2018 Market Leadership Award in the Global Network Firewall Market. Frost & Sullivan defines firewall market leaders as “those that recognize the varied needs of the market and evolve their firewall platforms to meet those needs – now and into the…

Part 2: Visibility to detect and stop threats fast In my last post, we explored how a firewall should be using top-notch threat intelligence, sound security policy, and features like intrusion prevention to pre-emptively stop threats before they can embed themselves in your network. These preventive…

Part 1: Prevent breaches automatically to keep your business moving At Cisco, we’re constantly talking with executives and IT leaders about cybersecurity. They’re concerned – they want to know how to protect their company, their employees, and their customers. But three primary concerns always seem…

You have a Cisco ASA stateful firewall[i]. You like it. It’s reliable. You think, “It works… if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” But you’ve had your ASA for years now, and during that time, threats have evolved. Malware is more sophisticated than ever. What’s more, your business has grown, the demands…

In war, any good military strategist will try to exploit their enemy’s weaknesses. Cybercriminals are no different. They try to gain access to your endpoints and your sensitive data by exploiting weaknesses in your system, like a vulnerability in your software or in your operating system processes.…