security

May 12, 2015

THREAT RESEARCH

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – May 2015

Today, Microsoft has released their monthly set of security bulletins designed to address security vulnerabilities within their products.  This month’s release sees a total of 13 bulletins being released which address 48 CVEs. Three of the bulletins are listed as Critical and address vulnerabilities…

May 8, 2015

SECURITY

On Letting Uniqueness Shine

I am often asked about how I transitioned from a music teacher to a Data Privacy and Compliance Leader. Reflecting on my journey over the last 15 years, I have realized that it’s the same strengths that I demonstrated as a music teacher that have contributed to my success in the high tech sector. On…

April 30, 2015

SECURITY

The Cisco Security Dojo

Over the past three years, Cisco has invested in the creation of an application security awareness program. The program helps the good citizens of this company understand, apply, and act upon a strategy to build more trustworthy products. We launched the existence of the program to the world at the…

April 28, 2015

SECURITY

The Rise in Healthcare Cybercrime

January this year witnessed the largest healthcare breach to date in which the personal records of 80 million individuals were compromised. It also marked an apparent change in focus from attacks on delivery organizations to healthcare payers. Last week two additional health insurers reported that t…

Oil and the Smart Pipe – Article on The Network, Cisco, by Scott Gurvey

Scott Gurvey (the famous New York bureau chief and senior correspondent of the PBS broadcast Nightly Business Report for more than 20 years) has written a thought-provoking piece on “The Network” (Cisco’s Technology News Site). Safety is the key in the Oil and Gas industry. Whether…

April 23, 2015

SECURITY

Best Practices: Device Hardening and Recommendations

On April 13th, 2015, Cisco PSIRT was made aware of multiple instances of customer disruption in a specific region caused by a denial of service attack against Cisco devices. We responded quickly to support speedy restoration for our customers. Our ongoing investigation has shown that the storage of…

April 23, 2015

SECURITY

Industry Recognition for Security Excellence

Cybersecurity is a company-wide initiative. It touches every line of business, the technology, the fabric of the organization, its culture, brand and reputation. Customers are telling us that their most important issues are security and assuring the integrity of the products and data in their networ…

April 22, 2015

SECURITY

Hardening the Cisco TelePresence DX Systems

The Cisco TelePresence Hardening Guide has been updated, adding the DX70, DX80, and DX650 models. The Cisco DX Series run the Google Android operating system, which has special considerations for security. The updates cover security areas related to: Access to the Google Play store and 3rd party ap…

April 21, 2015

SECURITY

Cisco’s First Transparency Report on Law Enforcement Requests for Customer Data

As Cisco’s products and services evolve to new models, we find ourselves coming in contact with our customer’s data more regularly. We approach this role as stewards of this data with our customers interest foremost in our mind. One area of widespread interest as it relates to this data is how we in…