Security

Mergers and acquisitions bring major challenges to nearly every aspect of a business, but integrating two different networks while maintaining enterprise security is perhaps one of the most demanding trials an organization can undergo. Every organization has their own security policies, and applying…

Take a look around you. What’s the average age of the technology you see? Your cell phone is probably 2 years old at most. Your laptop may be slightly older. Now, take a look at the technology you’re using to protect these devices. If you find yourself looking at a primarily signature focused legacy…

The Dark Side of the Digital Gold Rush This post was authored by Nick Biasini, Edmund Brumaghin, Warren Mercer and Josh Reynolds with contributions from Azim Khodijbaev and David Liebenberg. Executive Summary The threat landscape is constantly changing; over the last few years malware threat vector…

Few will contest the notion that security is complex. Evolving threats.  Clever, motivated attackers.   And all too often, vendor-inflicted complexity of managing security from the mismatched consoles from dozens of vendors. In this case, not only must users jump between consoles but the actions tha…

With digital transformation unlocking unprecedented value for today’s businesses and consumers, the key to success is arguably predicated on speed: Whoever is the fastest to enter new markets; the fastest to innovate; the fastest to deliver value to consumers can be the difference that separates the…

Considering the spate of cyber threats faced by customers, the need to more easily prioritize these threats, understand the scope and veracity of the attacks, and subsequently automate the responses, has never been more critical. While many security vendors exist to address some challenges, no singl…

2017 was an eventful year for cyber security with high profile vulnerabilities that allowed self-replicating worm attacks such as WannaCry and BadRabbit to impact organizations throughout the world. In 2017, Talos researchers discovered many new attacks including backdoors in legitimate software suc…

There’s tremendous potential for operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT) professionals right now, to be cyber heroes in any organization tackling security for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). That’s my takeaway from the IoT Evolution Expo, where I spoke last week on a pa…

Let’s talk about API usage. An API is a means of interacting with a program via another program. Just like a UI is a User Interface, an API is an Application Program Interface. Cisco is committed to providing practical, robust, scalable APIs across the Advanced Threat Solutions product space,…