security
Using machine learning to target threats
This blog post begins with a joke about two people in a forest and a bear. A bear appears out of nowhere and starts to chase these two guys during their walk in the forest. Surprised, they both start running for their lives, but then one of them stops to put on his running shoes. His buddy says, “Wh…
Easily detect threats and risks for Google Cloud Platform
According the Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report, 40 percent of the dynamic networks, endpoints, and cloud infrastructure in enterprises is leading to significant blind spots and lack of real-time awareness for security teams. In addition, 53 percent of organizations host at least half of their…
The Five Focus Areas for 5G Security Innovation and Thought Leadership
5G brings the promise of new revenue opportunities for service providers. Service providers will be able to offer new differentiated services and capabilities, connecting customers to multi-cloud services and applications with specific KPIs. To help service providers in the delivery of 5G, Cisco’s C…
The big myth about security patch management
“If we had just kept our systems patched, the malware wouldn’t have been a problem.” After every major breach you usually hear those words echoed across news media. You might even pause for a moment and tell yourself that if the victims had just patched their systems, they would have bee…
Cisco NCS 5500 Sees Strong Customer Momentum
It has been two years since we started shipping our cloud-scale networking products. The Cisco NCS 5500 Series was specifically designed to be a scalable, low-power consumption, and cost-optimized 100G routing platform, with a path to 400G. The NCS 5500 product family is built to meet the massive b…
Proud to be Cisconian – My Top 4 Reasons
When you already work at a company like Cisco, one of the most influential leaders in IT and networking, where you are enabled and empowered to explore your abilities, skills and talents – what else could you possibly look forward to? We connect the unconnected, it’s true. And in a world where the n…
What’s all the buzz about integrated, threat-driven CDM?
The rollout of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) Program has been a game changer for government agencies. And whether you realize it or not, you’re just getting to the good part. As you leave Phases 1 and 2 behind (who and what is on the network)…
A Market-Making Decade for Sports and Entertainment
It’s amazing how far we’ve come in 10 years… Back in 2007, a group of Cisco executives gathered to discuss how Cisco might tap into the sports and entertainment business. The group of 15 self-identified sports fanatics recognized that the industry was ripe for disruption, and that by dev…
Come Join us at Cisco Live 2018!
Cisco Live Orlando 2018 is less than one month away and it’s your opportunity to sharpen your skills while you learn from the best on how to run your world-class network. This year’s Cisco Live in Orlando is shaping up to be the biggest and most content rich for service providers ever. Here is a qui…
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