security
Prepare for Data Breaches! They Will Happen … to Anyone
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Do you feel that you’ve been hearing a lot about data breaches lately? You are right! Take a look at the chart below. There is plenty of time left in September, but the data breach calendar is already filled with victim names. And August? I don’t even have enough space to put down all the […]
Securing Mobile Data in the Event of Device Loss or Theft
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As a business or technical leader, you know you need to protect your company in a rapidly evolving mobile ecosystem. However, threats are not always obvious. As malware and attacks become more sophisticated over time, business decision makers must work with technical decision makers to navigate security threats in a mobile world. This blog series, […]
Filtering Explicit Content
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Many web sites provide a setting to reduce the amount of explicit, or objectionable, content returned by the site. The user configures these settings, but many users are unaware such a setting exists, or that it needs to be set for each web site. Additionally, the security administrator cannot audit that users have configured the […]
You’re Only as Secure as Your Weakest Link: Operationalizing Security
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I am reminded of the wisdom of the old saw that “no news is good news” as almost every day brings us headline after headline highlighting that yet another company has experienced a systems breach and valuable data has been compromised. Companies continue to increase the amount of money spent on cyber security in an […]
Social Engineering: Finding the Weak Links In-Person
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An enterprise can pay hundreds of thousands of dollars or more for the latest security software and imagine itself protected from targeted attacks that come in via the network. But if the threat is a real-live person who walks in the front door of an office or server farm, what good can the network edge […]
The increasing prevalence and complexity of malware
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In recent months, many organizations are becoming more interested in the information security landscape and how these threats can affect their business today. In the recent Cisco 2014 Midyear Security Report, the results showed that 90% of select customer networks were found issuing DNS queries to domain names known to be associated with malware distribution. […]
Cisco Security Launches New Security-Focused Community
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Have threat-centric security questions and don’t know where to turn? Wish you could engage with Cisco Security experts and your peers? Good news! … (drumroll please)…. introducing the Cisco Security Community! The Cisco Security Community is expressly designed to connect you with Cisco Security experts and your peers for all your security questions. Further, the […]
Security Compliance is Necessary for Real-Time Mobile Data Access
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As a business or technical leader, you know you need to protect your company in a rapidly evolving mobile ecosystem. However, threats are not always obvious. As malware and attacks become more sophisticated over time, business decision makers must work with technical decision makers to navigate security threats in a mobile world. This blog series, […]
Cisco 2014 Midyear Security Report: Brush Your Teeth, Change Your Passwords, Update Your Software
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Listening to the radio on the way to work recently, I heard that hackers had stolen some 1.2 billion usernames and passwords, affecting as many as 420,000 websites. When asked what listeners could do to protect themselves, the security expert speaking recommended changing passwords. He did not mention which ones. Indeed, the names of the […]