Security

On August 28th, 2019, Cisco published a Security Advisory titled “Cisco REST API Container for Cisco IOS XE Software Authentication Bypass Vulnerability”, disclosing an internally found vulnerability which affects the Cisco REST API container for Cisco IOS XE. An exploit could be used to bypass auth…

Cisco Security is honored to be a supporting partner for the Black Hat USA 2019 Network Operations Center (NOC) for the third year; joining conference producer Informa Tech (formerly UBM) and its other security partners: RSA Security, Palo Alto Networks, Ruckus, CenturyLink and Gigamon. Cisco provid…

Gartner’s Market Guide for Email Security 2019 reaffirms that an increasing number of organizations are migrating their email platforms to the cloud. According to Gartner, “by 2021, Gartner expects 70% of public and private companies to be using cloud email services.”1 But, that access to email from…

What technology do you remember the most from the ‘80s – ‘90s? Portable CD players? Floppy disks? 2G flip phones? None of these, of course, survived the digital evolution. Do you know which technology developed in that era that did survive? Legacy antivirus (AV). That’s right. While many other techn…

“Relax” and “security” are not often found in the same sentence.  There is not much about the current threat environment that elicits relaxation. But in this era of mindfulness and getting focused, Cisco has done just that.  We have put a single-minded focus on integrating our own security portfolio…

In my last blog, I examined the state of cybercrime, fraud, and the losses associated with it. It was also in that blog that I brought up a particular threat that has caused more than $1 billion dollars in losses last year and shows no signs of slowing down. So, what is this increasingly expensive a…

Security Operations Center at RSAC APJ 2019 For the 3rd year, RSAConference 2019 APJ created an educational exhibit, sponsored by RSA, Cisco and M.Tech, to monitor the RSA Conference public Wi-Fi network provided by the Marina Bay Sands (MBS). This exhibit was created in the form of the RSA Conferen…

All great teams have a shared language. Whether you’re the reigning World Cup Champions or an IT team on the frontlines of network defense, collaboration is the key to success. And effective collaboration hinges on communication. For years, Cisco has operated on the cutting-edge of communication sta…

You’ve probably heard the stories by now: one of the fundamental technologies that keeps the internet working has recently become a regular target for attackers. Earlier this month, the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre released an advisory warning of DNS hijacking attacks across multiple regions…