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New Standards May Reduce Heartburn Caused by the Next Heartbleed
Ed Paradise, Vice President of Engineering for Cisco’s Threat Response, Intelligence and Development Group Much has been made of the industry-wide Heartbleed vulnerability and its potential exploitation. Cisco was among the first companies to release a customer Security Advisory when the vulnerabili…
Windows Server DNS Cache: How to Use the Command Line Inspection of Microsoft Windows DNS Cache
This post explains how to inspect the contents of windows DNS cache. Inspection can be used to check DNS entries, revealing if any malicious websites are being visited. A Domain Name Server’s (DNS) cache of DNS records can be inspected to determine if your network is interacting with suspiciou…
Threat Detection: A Big Data Approach to Security
Cisco recently announced the availability of Managed Threat Defense (MTD), an innovative managed security solution that applies real-time, predictive analytics to detect attacks and protect against advanced malware across extended networks. MTD helps our customers address the ever-changing nature of…
Protect Yourself Against the Next Security Flaw in the Cloud—Understand Shadow IT
Recently, a bug in Internet Explorer made it possible for hackers to take over a user’s computer causing government agencies to suggest using a different browser. The Heartbleed flaw opened the door for encrypted data to be intercepted. These latest challenges highlight one thing inherent to any app…
Dimension Data Series #3: Closing the Gap Between the Secure Mobility Vision and Real-World Implementation
Mobile security is a top concern for IT and business leaders. This blog series with Dimension Data explores how organizational leaders can work together to mitigate concern and implement clearly defined policies and mobility goals. This blog will address closing the gap between secure mobility visi…
Dimension Data Series #2 – Mobility Policy: The Mobile Endpoint is the New Perimeter
Mobile security is a top concern for IT and business leaders. This blog series with Dimension Data explores how organizational leaders can work together to mitigate concern and implement clearly defined policies and mobility goals. Jason Harris co-authored this blog. Below we will address how the m…
IE Zero Day – Managed Services Protection
As of May 1, 2014, we can confirm Cisco customers have been targets of this attack. For the latest coverage information and additional details see our new post on the VRT blog. Protecting company critical assets is a continuing challenge under normal threat conditions. The disclosure of zero-day exp…
The Continuum Approach for Secure Mobility
A couple weeks ago, we spoke about the mobility journey and the phases that organizations take as they embrace the widely accepted mode of mobility—Beyond BYOD to Workspace Mobility (device-focus, application-focus and experience-focus). Whatever phase your organization is in, security is a top prio…
South of Several Borders
Let me tell you a little about a country I’d not been to before until recently: Chile. Beyond its abundant natural resources and terrific terroir for wine grapes, Chile has become a hub for banking and retail companies with operations that span Latin America. Through the continued growth of bu…
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