The Network as a Security Sensor and Enforcer
The Digital Economy and the Internet of Everything means everything is now connected. Digitization is fundamentally transforming how we
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Industrial Cybersecurity and Service Delivery Don’t Need to Be Mutually Exclusive
Industrial control system (ICS) operators and owners have found themselves in an unenviable position. Once air-gapped, serial-based critical industrial control systems are now becoming more and more connected. And while...
ESG Survey of IT Security Professionals Provides Insight to Data Center Security Issues
Yesterday, I reported on Cisco’s new ACI security
Enhance Data Center Security and Automation with New Cisco ACI Features and Partners
We’ve been talking for a while about Cisco ACI’s leadership in SDN security features (like here), and in the design of our fine-grained security policy enforcement between individual
Cisco ASA with FirePOWER Services – How to get infected
On October 7, 2013 Cisco completed the acquisition of Sourcefire. At that time, I recognized this via Twitter and checked out the products on their website. I was excited to...
A Dynamic Integration: FireSIGHT and ISE
With the security landscape constantly evolving and attackers innovating at the rapid pace, it is important that we keep up with attackers. For this reason we have based our security...
ASA now with FirePower Services?
I get tired of the word NGFW because it tends to lend itself now to more of a marketing term. Anytime you hear that type of stuff it's like, "What makes it next generation?" If you look at Star Trek, what makes Star Trek Next Generation is they got
Step Up to a New Standard in Threat Defense
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...
Why a Next-Generation Firewall Must Be Threat-Centric
In an earlier blog, we discussed the importance of a visibility-driven approach to Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) and the need