cybersecurity

Information security today is not about whether you are secure or not secure. “Secure or not secure?” is a binary, yes-or-no question. And it would be a brave person to say yes to that one. An alternative question is “Are you happy with your level of risk?” It is all about how much risk you can tole…

­Making the Impossible, Possible Last year, one of my colleagues went to a start-up conference with 2,000 people. On stage, someone asked the audience how many were working on consumer apps. Almost everyone raised their hands. Then the person asked how many were working on enterprise apps. This time…

Students arrive in Baltimore, Md., wearing embroidered jackets with logos and names stitched in bright colors on their sleeves. They’re members of different teams, but this isn’t an athletic event. They’re together to compete in CyberPatriot’s National Youth Cyber Competition, the largest midd…

By now you’ve probably heard that Cisco’s new, intent-driven network brings you the capability to monitor encrypted network traffic for malware, without decrypting it. But maybe you aren’t clear on just what that means or why it matters. Simon Blissett, writing on Cisco’s Financial Services blog cha…

It’s our pleasure to announce the public availability of GOSINT – the open source intelligence gathering and processing framework. GOSINT allows a security analyst to collect and standardize structured and unstructured threat intelligence. Applying threat intelligence to security operati…

Securing today’s digital content has become more challenging, as there are more endpoints and wide area networks (WAN) to protect than ever before. There will be 27.1 billion networked devices/connections by 2021, up from 17.1 billion in 2016 globally (according to the latest Cisco Visual Networking…

UPDATE — July 31, 2017:  I am pleased to announce we have completed the acquisition of Observable Networks today. A hearty welcome to the Observable Networks team members! The ability to dramatically improve visibility, security and response capabilities across an entire IT surface, including…

Cybersecurity skills are in high demand, and employers are challenged with finding the right talent to build their expanding workforce needs. At the same time, thousands of veterans are looking to apply their unique skills as they transition to civilian jobs. At Cisco, we see this as an opportunity…

Just think of the volume of healthcare data being transferred and stored every day—data from connected medical devices, electronic health records (EHR), clinical workstations, and smart hospital applications for patients, clinicians, researchers, and administrators. Is it safe? What role can the net…