NGFW

We live in a time when lines in IT are blurring, and the line between security and network operations is just one example. When organizations are breached, their network is imperiled and business can suffer. Resiliency, performance, and threat defense are increasingly intertwined. No one understands…

What a giant year for Cisco Security! In 2016, we pursued our effective security architecture with innovative solutions – from the network to the endpoint to the cloud. I couldn’t be more proud of our team and the strides we made to bring together so many elements of our architecture in an integrate…

IEC 60870-5-104 Protocol Detection Rules Cisco Talos has released 33 Snort rules which are used to analyze/inspect IEC 60870-5-104 network traffic. These rules will help Industrial Control Systems/Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (ICS/SCADA) asset owners to allow the identification of both n…

Today’s digital economy is growing at a phenomenal rate. All modes of commerce from entertainment to finance and retail have moved on-line. You name it; there is an on-line business for it. Not only does selling occur on-line, businesses run their operations online and virtually with cloud-based pro…

In a long election season, one of the events that grabbed a lot of public attention were the Presidential debates between Democratic Candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican Candidate Donald Trump. As you may already know, Cisco provided the wireless network infrastructure for the first debate, held…

“Call me anything you want, but just don’t call me late for dinner.” I wonder how many of us are familiar with this old quote. Security management often burdens teams to put in extra cycles to get the most appropriate access and security policies in place. The process too often isn’t simple and – gu…

And why 100% detection is grossly misleading It is with great pride that we received the latest Breach Detection Report from NSS Labs, in which Cisco achieved a 100% detection rate – we simply couldn’t be more pleased to have our products so well-represented and validated in the market, and we truly…

Cisco Firepower NGFW recognized with Best of Interop 2016 Award for Security Each year at Interop, a group of the most influential IT practitioners, analysts and professionals vote on the technologies that are having “the most significant technical impact on their segment and are helping to move bus…

I talk to a lot of customers and partners in the Service Provider space, and among the many conversations, I notice a common set of concerns centered around a simple question: have we done all that we can to secure both our own infrastructure and that of our customers? Simple enough question, but th…