security architecture
How is a Stateful Firewall like a Vintage Porsche?
“Dad, I love your vintage Porsche! But is it safe?” This is the conversation my 90-year old neighbor recently had with his adult children. The Porsche he inherited from his late father-in-law is a thing of beauty – sleek, classic body, and driven once or twice a week. The low-mile…
Secure the Branch by Securing the Business
Security in not simple and not all companies are the same. Different business needs, inter-connected applications, and compliance regulations are coupled with increasing demands of the network by employees, partners, customers and most recently, devices; the fragmentation of the attack surface is ma…
Building a Secure Architecture with Cisco SAFE
The biggest challenge in securing companies today is complexity. Too many attacks, but also, too many defenses. And, they keep growing. Maddening. But, there is a new security reference that simplifies this Herculean task. Cisco SAFE uses a model and a method to guide you. SAFE uses a model to org…
Simplifying end-to-end security with SAFE
End-to-end security tends to be very abstract and difficult for humans to visualize. The challenges of designing, building and maintaining networks with security across every business case and each part of your network is no simple task. It requires that you know why you are building the network fro…
Simplifying Security Architectures with SAFE
Safe. The very sound of it resonates with security. It is with some irony that Cisco has decided to reuse the term. Why ironic? For one, there is the idea among security folk that in reality, nothing is entirely safe. Why would Cisco sell intrusion detection if no intruders can, well…intrude? For th…
Securing Cloud Transformation through Cisco Domain Ten Framework v2.0
Businesses of all sizes are looking for Cloud solutions to solve some of their biggest business and technology challenges—reducing costs, creating new levels of efficiency, transform to create agile environment and facilitate innovative business models. Along with the promise of Cloud comes top conc…
Cisco solves Healthcare BYOD challenges
Research from IDC Health Insights (Clinical Buyer Behavior Study) shows on average clinicians typically use 6.4 different mobile devices daily for professional use. Recently, I participated in a Cisco Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) workshop discussing challenges Healthcare organizations have supporti…
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