security

Ransomware Attackers Strike Again

1 min read

After last month’s WannaCry cyberattack, a new ransomware attack shut down systems across Europe this week. Get the latest on the attack and steps you can take to strengthen your security.

June 23, 2017

CLOUD

Traits of Cloud Optimized Organizations

3 min read

I am headed to Cisco Live in Las Vegas and I am looking forward to meeting with our partners and customers to learn more about their cloud plans and challenges. Believe it or not, cloud has been around for at least ten years, and yet all the data points at my disposal tell us that there is room for continuous improvements since very few organizations have optimized cloud strategies in place. In other words, not many organizations have been able to define and implement their multicloud strategy to meet their objectives while extracting maximum value.

June 21, 2017

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

#CiscoChat Live: Redefining Access and Campus Networks

1 min read

It’s time for a logical, policy-based approach to building and managing networks that allows you to deploy and secure services faster, while adapting quicker to change. In this iTalk #CiscoChat we’ll discuss how to implement this shift in mindset, through purpose-built systems that are design for security, mobility, IOT, and cloud. This #CiscoChat will take place on Facebook live via Cisco Enterprise Networks, immediately following a Cisco Live Innovation Showcase talk on the same topic. Sachin Gupta, VP Product Management at Cisco will be joining us after his talk to elaborate, answer your questions, and join in the conversation.

June 5, 2017

NETWORKING

New Frontiers: Network Analytics in Real Time

1 min read

Cisco’s approach to security leverages the network as a giant sensor to provide pervasive detection everywhere there is a network device.

June 1, 2017

DIGITAL AND SOCIAL

May 25th #CiscoChat Recap: Securing Your Network in the Age of #Ransomware Attacks

1 min read

Maybe your users mistakenly clicked on a suspicious ad. Or maybe they were tricked into opening an email link. But no matter how it happened, here you are: Ransomware has encrypted your files, and you need to pay a hefty fee to get them back. It’s not just you: The attacks continue to proliferate — now approaching a $1 billion annual market — as they infect the computers and networks of entire organizations...

May 31, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco Accelerates Digital Transformation with Enterprise Agreement Launch

2 min read

This is exciting. It has been just over a year since my first blog in which I stated, “To win in today’s market where disruptive startups and agile competitors are advancing on all sides, digitizing the enterprise to infuse greater agility and innovation is critical. This means transforming your operating model, which includes reimagining products […]

May 31, 2017

CLOUD

Cloud Unfiltered Podcast, Episode 09: Branson Matheson

1 min read

He may or may not have hacked his mom’s cable box when he was a kid, he definitely worked for the Navy as a cryptologist, and he has since worked for NASA, the TSA, and Silent Circle. So Branson Matheson has a lot to say about information security and the desire for online privacy that […]