Introduction With traditional firewalls, network security teams are charged with the heavy lifting of deploying new solutions. They are responsible for a variety of costs, including licensing, appliance, related infrastructure updates, and ongoing maintenance. From a time-value perspective, inserting firewalls also creates additional complexity for NetOps and SecOps teams, … [Read more...] about Simplify Network Security with Cisco Secure Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) on AWS
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Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center: London called, We answered
It was so amazing to return to London for the Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC). Produced by Informa Tech, and built by the security partners, the mission of the NOC is to quickly build a conference network that is secure, stable and accessible for the briefings, sponsors and attendees. It is a team effort, where collaboration combines a robust backbone … [Read more...] about Black Hat Europe 2021 Network Operations Center: London called, We answered
Cisco Secure Earns the Frost & Sullivan Global Market Leadership Award in the Network Firewall Market
Cisco is proud to be the only vendor recognized by Frost & Sullivan with the Best Practices Market Leadership Award for excellence in the network firewall market. This award recognizes that Cisco achieved the greatest market share in the global firewall market due to outstanding performance, products, and service. We’re honored to receive industry recognition for making … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Earns the Frost & Sullivan Global Market Leadership Award in the Network Firewall Market
Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center
Black Hat is back! What an experience to be attending the first major cybersecurity conference since the lockdowns of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cisco Secure returned as a supporting partner of the Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center (NOC) for the 5th year; joining conference producer Informa Tech and its other security partners. Like other Black Hat conferences, the … [Read more...] about Black Hat USA 2021 Network Operations Center
Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network
Hackers have siphoned $611 million worth of cryptocurrencies from a blockchain-based financial network in what's believed to be one of the largest heists targeting the digital asset industry, putting it ahead of breaches targeting exchanges Coincheck and Mt. Gox in recent years. Poly Network, a China-based cross-chain decentralized finance (DeFi) platform for swapping tokens … [Read more...] about Hackers Steal Over $600 Million Worth of Cryptocurrencies from Poly Network
Mapping Secure Network Analytics (and Cognitive) to NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories
Secure Network Analytics uses flow telemetry such as NetFlow, jFlow, sFlow, IPFIX, and packet-level data and helps in reducing the risk to an organisation. It offers network performance monitoring, behaviour-based anomaly detection and advanced threat detection to deliver network visibility into physical and virtual environments from a single platform. NIST CSF Categories and … [Read more...] about Mapping Secure Network Analytics (and Cognitive) to NIST CSF Categories and Sub-Categories
Complete and continuous remote worker visibility with Network Visibility Module data as a primary telemetry source
Navigating the new normal Organizations are currently facing new challenges related to monitoring and securing their remote workforces. Many users don’t always use their VPNs while working remotely – this creates gaps in visibility that increase organizational risks. In the past, many organizations viewed these occasional gaps in visibility as negligible risks due to low … [Read more...] about Complete and continuous remote worker visibility with Network Visibility Module data as a primary telemetry source
Introducing continuous remote worker visibility and expanded data collection with Secure Network Analytics Release 7.3.2
We are very excited to announce new Secure Network Analytics features! With release 7.3.2, we have furthered our efforts to extend the zero-trust workplace to anywhere on any device through significant enhancements to Secure Network Analytics’ ability to provide complete and continuous remote worker visibility and have also expanded data collection from integrated Cisco Secure … [Read more...] about Introducing continuous remote worker visibility and expanded data collection with Secure Network Analytics Release 7.3.2
NetWORK: Redefining Network Security – Cisco Blogs
I’ve been fortunate to be part of a few great teams and products. Among the most consequential is Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.0, announced today at the RSA Conference. We’ve increased throughput by up to 30%—across enabled AVC, IPS, and VPN services—for the majority of Cisco Secure Firewalls. And those massive performance gains are simply the beginning of the story. … [Read more...] about NetWORK: Redefining Network Security – Cisco Blogs
Apple’s Find My Network Can be Abused to Exfiltrate Data From Nearby Devices
Latest research has demonstrated a new exploit that enables arbitrary data to be uploaded from devices that are not connected to the Internet by simply sending "Find My Bluetooth" broadcasts to nearby Apple devices. "It's possible to upload arbitrary data from non-internet-connected devices by sending Find My [Bluetooth Low Energy] broadcasts to nearby Apple devices that then … [Read more...] about Apple’s Find My Network Can be Abused to Exfiltrate Data From Nearby Devices