Security

It was a dark, cold, and scary night when I returned from dinner with friends and noticed that my mobile phone was missing. It had corporate sensitive data such as emails, calendar events, and documents, as well as personal data (including pictures, videos and other documents). Well, let me be hones…

The National Retail Federation predicts that Holiday Shopping this year will grow to $586.1 billion, with a record percentage of those purchases occurring online and from mobile devices. As more shoppers make purchases online and on their mobile devices, Cyber Monday is fast becoming Mobile Monday,…

We invite you to join us for a webinar scheduled for 20 November 2012 where we’ll discuss how to protect Industrial Control Systems using Cisco Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS). Industrial control systems is the term used to identify several types of control systems, including supervisory co…

Following up on my last note about BYOD at Cisco, I wanted to update you on the latest numbers here at Cisco. As Sheila Jordan had pointed out here, we have surpassed the 20% tablet penetration among our workforce and mobile devices continue to grow at a rate of 1,000 each month. I highly recommend…

I just returned from Cancun after delivering a BYOD seminar, as part of Cisco Live Mexico 2012. Bring your own device (BYOD) was a hot topic at Cisco Live in Cancun. There were several in-depth presentations regarding the architecture, design, implementation, and troubleshooting of all the technolog…

One of the greatest threats to Internet service is Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks which can paralyze ISPs and disrupt traffic to and from targeted websites. For years now, DDoS attacks have dropped down the IT security priority list as topics such as IP theft took center stage. Recentl…

The following excerpts are from an interview with Bernie Trudel, Asia Pacific Regional Data Center and Cloud CTO, Cisco Systems, Inc. As someone whose world is dominated by cloud, data center, privacy, and compliance, it was exciting to meet a long-term expert with the same-shared interests. Bernie…

Data Centers are going through a rapid evolution due to industry trends of virtualization, cloud computing and bring your own device (BYOD) initiatives, putting an even greater strain on IT resources to secure the data, applications and access critical to the success of the business. Today’s data ce…

The Cisco Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) Portal has matured over the past several years, and I’d like to highlight this change from the portal’s development to its evolving stages. I’ll also share the latest features on the portal and invite you tell us what you think about the portal throug…