firewalls

February 20, 2020

DEVELOPER

Is Your Firewall Permitting and Denying the Correct Flows?

5 min read

See how to apply some basic automation to help with a job that is often monotonous, thankless, and easy to scapegoat.

December 7, 2019

SECURITY

Driving Efficiency and Productivity with Cisco Defense Orchestrator

3 min read

Users of Cisco Defense Orchestrator shared their experiences with the product on IT Central Station noting it makes their teams more productive, particularly when managing policies across Cisco ASA, FTD, and Meraki MX devices.

September 27, 2017

SECURITY

When it Comes to Network Security, Your Best Defense is Security Everywhere!

3 min read

New troubling cyberattacks are in the news almost daily. No one is immune. Have you checked your credit score lately? I just finished freezing mine. A national credit bureau breach...

December 18, 2015

RETAIL & HOSPITALITY

Security Steps to Take in the Holiday Season – and Beyond

2 min read

Retail companies face a landscape filled with growing and increasingly complex threats. And the financial impact of these breaches is soaring. There are obvious financial incentives for attacking retailers because they typically don’t spend as much on security as financial institutions or government organizations, so they’ve become easy targets in recent years. According to Gartner, […]

September 19, 2014

SECURITY

Evolving the Next-Generation Firewall: The Importance of Being Platform-Based

3 min read

Why is platform-based a key imperative for next-generation firewalls (NGFWs)? In our previous blog posts, we outlined what it means to be threat-centric, integrating best-in-class security layers with shared intelligence across all layers to combat advanced multi-vector threats. Multiple point products create considerable management complexity and cost for IT staff who are under tremendous pressure […]

September 18, 2014

SECURITY

Step Up to a New Standard in Threat Defense

5 min read

The 135 Spanish Steps are perhaps one of the most popular tourist attractions in Rome—and this in a city where your alternatives include stunning options like visiting the Vatican, the...

September 18, 2014

SECURITY

Why a Next-Generation Firewall Must Be Threat-Centric

3 min read

In an earlier blog, we discussed the importance of a visibility-driven approach to Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) and the need for capabilities that offer full visibility and contextual awareness...

April 10, 2013

DATA CENTER

#EngineersUnplugged S2|Ep9: IPv6 or 1970s Math

1 min read

The Internet of Everything fuels our daily lives, but leads to some new challenges in the networking space. Join us for this week’s episode of Engineers Unplugged as Damian Karlson (@sixfootdad) and Tom Hollingsworth (@networkingnerd) discuss the pros and cons of IPv6, firewalls, and the failure of 1970’s math. Watch and see: Welcome to Engineers […]

March 26, 2013

SECURITY

Cisco Still Number One for Data Center Security

2 min read

We were excited to read the Infonetics Data Center Security Strategies and Vendor Leadership: North American Enterprise Survey, which was released yesterday. It revealed Cisco’s continued leadership in a market that spans a multitude of vendors – application/database, client, data center integration and network. The report indicates that leaders need to offer the right mix of […]