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Alex Tatistcheff

Technical Marketing Engineer

Security Business Group

Alex has over 21 years of information security experience. He is currently a Technical Marketing Engineer with the Cisco Security Business Group, focusing on the Secure Firewall (formerly Firepower). Before this, he worked in the Cisco Customer Experience (CX) organization assisting enterprise customers with their firewall deployments and operations. Alex came to Cisco through the Sourcefire acquisition in 2013, where he was a Senior Security Instructor and Professional Services Consultant. Alex has written several books, including "Essential Firepower" a best practice guide for the Cisco Secure Firewall. He has also been recognized as a Distinguished Speaker at Cisco Live events. Alex is a CISSP (#82090) and also holds several SANS GIAC certifications.

Articles

December 13, 2021

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SECURITY

Protecting against Log4j with Secure Firewall & Secure IPS

The Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) has taken the Internet by storm. Read ways Secure Firewall Threat Defense and Secure IPS users can protect against attacks.

June 1, 2021

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SECURITY

Snort 3: Rearchitected for Simplicity and Performance

Snort has become the standard by which all network intrusion detection systems are measured. Snort 3, released in January 2021 is a significant upgrade.