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Cyber Defense Clinic for Education
Is the United States facing a cyber-gap? You may not realize it, but right now there are over 313,000 cybersecurity jobs open in our private and public sectors. And according to CyberSeek, “there is a dangerous shortage of cybersecurity workers in the United States that puts our digital privacy and…
CDM: the new driver of cybersecurity and IT modernization
Recently, I had the opportunity to join many of my industry, agency, and Capitol Hill colleagues at the U.S. Capitol to discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s ongoing Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program. As the CDM program enters Phase 3, it is refreshing to witness the broad…
The big myth about security patch management
“If we had just kept our systems patched, the malware wouldn’t have been a problem.” After every major breach you usually hear those words echoed across news media. You might even pause for a moment and tell yourself that if the victims had just patched their systems, they would have bee…
An IT Security Top 5 from the University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is using October, National Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM), to emphasize the creative and common-sense actions they are taking to improve cybersecurity and educate users across campus about the importance of being smart online. Higher education organizations fac…
Join us at EDUCAUSE to Learn How to Constrain Cyber Attackers
Like Renee Patton who is Gearing up for EDUCAUSE 2016, I am equally thrilled to be co-presenting with Bruce Maas and Bob Turner from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Our session, Effective Threat Detection: The Key to Constraining Our Attackers on Thursday October 27th from 8 to 8:50 am, will…
Cybersecurity for Defense: Blog Series Kickoff
The United States increasingly relies on the Internet to support our economic, health, and social services. However, the more we utilize network connections, the more cognizant we must be of potential cyberattacks from enemies seeking to access information and to destabilize our country. We’ve seen…
Advanced Malware Protection Can Help Keep Defense Agencies’ Networks Secure
It seems like these days, you can’t read the news without seeing something about a cyberattack or data breach. While the digital economy and the Internet of Everything (IoE) are creating huge opportunities for value creation in both the public and private sectors, they also create huge opportunities…
Happy National Cyber Security Awareness Month!
Did you know that October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month? Here at Cisco, we understand how important cybersecurity is in today’s interconnected world. Because the Internet touches an increasingly large part of our lives, it’s necessary to engage and educate the public about how to stay p…
Our Commitment to Cybersecurity Education and Training
Did you know that October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month? Here at Cisco, we understand how important cybersecurity is in today’s interconnected world. Because the Internet touches an increasingly large part of our lives, it’s necessary to engage and educate the public about how to stay p…