Michael Hardy

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Everybody knows that modernizing legacy systems brings better security along with all of the other improvements in power and efficiency. It seems, however, that despite what everybody knows, a large...

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The creation of CYBERCOM eight years ago demonstrated that the government saw the potential of cyberattacks as a national security threat; the elevation shows that the perceived risk is even greater now — a correct perception, to be sure.

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Think of encrypted data packets like locked suitcases going through airline security. Cisco can analyze them without unlocking them.

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Although cloud security has improved tremendously over the years, public cloud still gives some federal IT managers pause.

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Attacks that lock systems and encrypt data are just the beginning.

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WannaCry was not the start nor the end of the ransomware wave. Get the details on the newest threat.

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Analysts: Cisco's The Network. Intuitive. is the real deal.

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The NIST Cybersecurity Framework is the core of the president’s recent cybersecurity executive order, and even before it became the foundation of a mandate it was darn good advice. However, there is no one easy way to align a given IT organization with the framework; each one has its own unique considerations, limitations and advantages. […]

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If President Trump gets his way in the next fiscal budget, Federal Agencies will get nearly $100 billion to spend on IT. The problem: The president never gets his budget request passed as written, and this president is attracting an unusual number of Congressional critics from within his own party, says Cisco Fellow Alan Balutis. […]