security

July 19, 2013

SECURITY

Zeus Botnet Impersonating Trusteer Rapport Update

1 min read

Starting Friday, July 19, 2013 at 14:45 GMT, Cisco TRAC spotted a new spam campaign likely propagated by the Zeus botnet. The initial burst of spam was very short in duration and it’s possible this was intended to help hide the campaign, since it appears to be targeted towards users of a Trusteer product called […]

July 17, 2013

SECURITY

Network Solutions Customer Site Compromises and DDoS

1 min read

Network Solutions is a domain name registrar that manages over 6.6 million domains. As of July 16, 2013, the Network Solutions website is under a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack. Recently, Network Solutions has been a target for attackers; in a previous outage, domain name servers were redirected away from their proper IP addresses. This […]

July 16, 2013

DATA CENTER

Three Imperatives for Today’s CISO for Data Center Security: Key Takeaways from Today’s Webcast

2 min read

This is a follow up from my post last week that announced this webcast. Today it was a treat to have Richard Noguera as our special guest and who is uniquely qualified to speak on the topic of key imperatives for today’s CISO for the data center.  Rich is a youthful InfoSec veteran who has […]

July 9, 2013

SECURITY

TMA? Get Some Relief from Acronym Overload

10 min read

I see and hear a variety of acronyms being used on a daily basis. I recently heard one tossed around with good humor that makes a point: TMA or Too Many Acronyms. Every once in a while, when I think I’ve embedded the definition and use of an acronym into my long-term memory (anything beyond […]

July 8, 2013

SECURITY

Cisco Live USA 2013: Recap from a Network Security Engineer

3 min read

Having just returned home to New Jersey from Cisco Live US in Orlando, Florida, I thought I’d share my experiences as a Network Security Engineer both attending and presenting at this year’s conference. There were approximately 20,000 attendees at this year’s conference, which I believe set a new Cisco Live attendance record! Considering the huge size […]

June 20, 2013

DATA CENTER

Citrix and NetScaler 1000V Taking Cisco Cloud Network Services to the Next Level

3 min read

  With Cisco Live! in Orlando on the horizon, we are kicking off the news cycles and technology innovation a little early.  Today we’re teaming with our friends at Citrix to announce the expansion of our virtual networking portfolio and provide clarity around our strategy for application delivery controller solutions. There are two key elements […]

June 14, 2013

DATA CENTER

Three Data Center Security Innovations to Accelerate Your Business

2 min read

How can you get your data center off to a smooth start? At the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit this week, I presented three data center innovations that hold the key to accelerating business securely. Ease of provisioning According to a recent Cisco IT case study, data center provisioning times have decreased from eight weeks […]

June 13, 2013

DATA CENTER

Everything’s in the Cloud: Now What?

2 min read

Today’s applications are either virtualized in our own data center or being hosted by any number of providers. But is our security built around our current security reality or is it living in the past? During one of my Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit presentations, I shared best practices in a rapidly changing environment, […]

June 12, 2013

SECURITY

Cisco’s onePK Part 1: Introduction

6 min read

Exordium Cisco’s One Platform Kit (onePK) is a fantastic toolkit for building custom applications that interact with your Cisco routers and switches. Using onePK, you can build automation directly into the network and extend all sorts of functionality using Cisco devices. The first in a three-part blog series, this article will introduce onePK to the reader, explain […]