Cisco Spark and Sofia Locks: Unlocking the Value of Digital and Physical Collaboration
In an age of cloud-enabled apps, almost everything can be offered as a service - even digital door keys.
Access control
A Steady Drumbeat for Simple, Open and Automated
I continue to beat the drum for solutions that are simple, open, and automated because it’s something I’m passionate about and Cisco Security is deeply committed to. It’s the clear path forward to security as a force multiplier – helping you to
The Seven Wonders of User Access Control: Part II
In the first of a two-part blog series, The Seven Deadly Sins of User Access Controls, my colleague Jean Gordon Kocienda provided fresh insights into overly-permissive user access controls as a common underlying cause of data breaches. In this blog, I
The Seven Deadly Sins of User Access Controls: Part I
2014 was a terrible year for corporate data breaches. If there is to be any silver lining, information security professionals must draw lessons from the carnage. A good place to start is to identify common denominators. Several of the most damaging
A Holistic Approach to Secure Enterprise Mobility
“It’s not secure enough… so we are not going to allow it to happen.” Does this phrase seem all too familiar? Today, IT and business leaders are faced with the challenge of securing any user from any location on any device with access
Ferguson Group Ltd keeps an Eye on Operations with Cisco Physical Security
I remember growing up in the UK years ago during the UK’s ‘North Sea Oil Boom’. It was a time of great excitement and opportunity for the nation. A whole industry was developed to deal with offshore exploration to ‘bring the