security advisories

September 23, 2015

SECURITY

It’s That Time Again—Announcing the Cisco IOS & XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication

Today, we released the last Cisco IOS & XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2015. As a reminder, Cisco discloses IOS vulnerabilities on a predictable schedule (the fourth Wednesday of March and September each calendar year).  Last cycle, we began including Cisco Security Advisor…

March 25, 2015

SECURITY

Announcing the First Cisco IOS Software and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication

Today, we released the first ever Cisco IOS Software and IOS XE Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication. As a reminder, Cisco discloses IOS vulnerabilities on a predictable schedule (on the fourth Wednesday of March and September each calendar year). In direct response to your feedback, we ha…

September 24, 2014

SECURITY

Announcing the Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication

Today, we released the final Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2014. Six years ago, Cisco committed to disclosing IOS vulnerabilities on a predictable schedule (on the fourth Wednesday of March and September each calendar year) in direct response to your feedback. We know t…

September 17, 2014

SECURITY

T-7 Days to Improved Cisco IOS Security

The Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication will go live in seven days and this time we will have an important update to the Cisco IOS Software Checker to go along with it. As a reminder, the Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) releases bundles of Cisco IOS Softwar…

March 26, 2014

SECURITY

A Bundle is Born

Today, we released the first Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2014. Six years ago, Cisco committed to disclosing IOS vulnerabilities on a predictable schedule (on the fourth Wednesday of March and September each calendar year) in direct response to your feedback. We know t…

September 25, 2013

SECURITY

It’s Back – It’s Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundle Time Again

Today, we released the final Cisco IOS Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication of 2013. We committed to these predictable disclosures back in 2008 because your feedback was clear—they allow you to plan ahead and ensure resources are available to analyze, test, and remediate vulnerabilities in…

April 2, 2013

SECURITY

I Can’t Keep Up with All These Cisco Security Advisories: Do I Have to Upgrade?

“A security advisory was just published! Should I hurry and upgrade all my Cisco devices now?” This is a question that I am being asked by customers on a regular basis. In fact, I am also asked why there are so many security vulnerability advisories. To start with the second question: Ci…

March 11, 2013

SECURITY

Why the Cisco SIO Portal Doesn’t Give Out Candy

“Change is inevitable—except from a vending machine.” In the spirit of Robert C. Gallagher’s famous quote—and in our quest to never be a vending machine—we’ve rolled out several updates to Cisco’s Security Intelligence Operations (SIO) Portal which I trust you will find…