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The holiday season is upon us! It’s that time of the year for trying to painstakingly think of the perfect gift. Don’t get stuck gifting your customers with the proverbial firewall “fruit cake”. Here’s an idea: Gift your customers a modern firewall that will lay the foundation for a secure network.…

Four million. According to the latest study, that’s the approximate number of cybersecurity jobs around the world that still need to be filled by skilled professionals. With the current cybersecurity workforce measured at 2.8 million, it would need to grow by 145 percent for us to catch up. The same…

Network security professionals today clearly understand that there is no longer just one perimeter surrounding the enterprise. Rather, security and network management now extend across multiple, overlapping perimeters, each of which usually has its own firewall and related network equipment. For sec…

Today, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a new capability in Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) networking that is designed to make it easier and more efficient for Cisco Security customers to deploy advanced security controls in the cloud. This new capability is called Amazon VPC Ingress Routing. It all…

I am pleased to announce that Gartner has named Cisco a Leader in the 2019 Magic Quadrant for Network Firewalls. We believe, this recognition from Gartner is an important tool you can use, as a Cisco partner, when positioning Cisco Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) to your customers.  It validates o…

Cisco Live San Diego is in full swing! There is a lot going on throughout the week and Cisco Security is showing up in a big way.  Whether you’re in person or not, some exciting announcements came out during the week and I want to make sure you are in the know about all things security. Check…

When we consider network threat detection, most of us immediately think of signature and rule-based intrusion detection and prevention systems (IDPSs). However, it is a little discussed fact that the very first intrusion detection systems, built back in the ‘80s, were actually based on anomaly detec…

Cisco Defense Orchestrator adds support for new platforms, cloud logging and advanced analytics Organizations today are faced with securing their business everywhere across their hybrid networks – from the campus network, to remote sites, to public clouds and remote employees. This explosion o…

It’s often said that “complexity is the enemy of security.” It’s true, in so many ways. If a security product is too complex to manage, it will slow down your investigations which slows down your ability to detect and stop threats. Naturally, you’ll gravitate to an easier-to-use product. If your sec…