There’s no debate — in our increasingly AI-driven, lean and data-heavy world, automating key tasks to increase effectiveness and efficiency is the ultimate name of the game.No matter what job you hold today, you’re likely being pushed to not only do more with less, but also perform your work with a tighter focus on specific outcomes and SLOs. This is certainly true of today’s … [Read more...] about Critical Automation: Anomaly Detection for Application Observability
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Perfecting the Defense-in-Depth Strategy with Automation
Medieval castles stood as impregnable fortresses for centuries, thanks to their meticulous design. Fast forward to the digital age, and this medieval wisdom still echoes in cybersecurity. Like castles with strategic layouts to withstand attacks, the Defense-in-Depth strategy is the modern counterpart — a multi-layered approach with strategic redundancy and a blend of passive … [Read more...] about Perfecting the Defense-in-Depth Strategy with Automation
Rockwell Automation ControlLogix Bugs Expose Industrial Systems to Remote Attacks
Jul 13, 2023THNOT/ICS, SCADA Cybersecurity The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has alerted of two security flaws impacting Rockwell Automation ControlLogix EtherNet/IP (ENIP) communication module models that could be exploited to achieve remote code execution and denial-of-service (DoS). "The results and impact of exploiting these vulnerabilities … [Read more...] about Rockwell Automation ControlLogix Bugs Expose Industrial Systems to Remote Attacks
SecureX and Secure Firewall: Integration and Automation to Simplify Security
Cisco Secure Firewall stops threats faster, empowers collaboration between teams, and enables consistency across your on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments. With an included entitlement for Cisco SecureX, our XDR and orchestration platform, you’ll experience efficiency at scale and maximize your productivity. New streamlined Secure Firewall integrations make it … [Read more...] about SecureX and Secure Firewall: Integration and Automation to Simplify Security
Network Security Automation using Cisco Secure Firewall and Hashicorp’s Consul
More and more organizations today are moving towards dynamic infrastructure deployments in cloud environments or using microservices. In such environments, instances and services are created and decommissioned as per need and that can be very frequent. Keeping track of updates to such components in a fast-changing environment is becoming a challenge for SecOps teams and an … [Read more...] about Network Security Automation using Cisco Secure Firewall and Hashicorp’s Consul
Download the Essential Guide to Response Automation
In the classic children's movie 'The Princess Bride,' one of the characters utters the phrase, "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." It's freely used as a response to someone's misuse or misunderstanding of a word or phrase. "Response Automation" is another one of those phrases that have different meanings to different people. It's … [Read more...] about Download the Essential Guide to Response Automation
10 Critical Flaws Found in CODESYS Industrial Automation Software
Cybersecurity researchers on Thursday disclosed as many as ten critical vulnerabilities impacting CODESYS automation software that could be exploited to remote code execution on programmable logic controllers (PLCs). "To exploit the vulnerabilities, an attacker does not need a username or password; having network access to the industrial controller is enough," researchers from … [Read more...] about 10 Critical Flaws Found in CODESYS Industrial Automation Software
LIVE Webinar — The Rabbit Hole of Automation
The concept of automation has taken on a life of its own in recent years. The idea is nothing new, but the current interest in automation is a mix of both hype and innovation. On the one hand, it's much easier today to automate everything from small processes to massive-scale tasks than it's ever been before. On the other hand, are we really prepared to hand the reins over to … [Read more...] about LIVE Webinar — The Rabbit Hole of Automation
Test Automation for Application Security
This blog is co-authored by Matthew McCullough and is part three of a four-part series about DevSecOps. Previously, the series explored a framework for continuous security and looked at one aspect of maintaining application security, a software Bill of Materials (BOM,) and associated vulnerabilities. This blog focuses on application security and how Cisco validates its software … [Read more...] about Test Automation for Application Security
Secure Workload Protection: Extending Micro Perimeters and Automation to Enterprise IaaS
This post was authored by Frank Dickson, Program Vice President, Cybersecurity Products, IDC The best kept secret in cloud workload security is that Cisco is number two in revenue market share according to IDC, just shy of $100 million in 2019 and almost certain to exceed $100 million in 2020 (please stay tuned). The reason for the “secret” is that the path that Cisco has taken … [Read more...] about Secure Workload Protection: Extending Micro Perimeters and Automation to Enterprise IaaS