The Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228) is on the mind of nearly every cybersecurity and IT team right now because of its widespread usage, ease of exploitation, and broad attack surface. This blog provides an overview of how Cisco Secure Endpoint helps protect your environment from attackers exploiting this vulnerability. What You Need to Know About Log4j On Thursday, … [Read more...] about Defending Against Log4j Exploits with Cisco Secure Endpoint
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How to Respond to Apache Log4j using Cisco Secure Analytics
IT and Security professionals worldwide are working to assess and mitigate their exposure to Apache Log4j vulnerability (CVE-2021-44228). The following guide has been put together for current Secure Network Analytics and Secure Cloud Analytics customers, providing suggested ways to leverage your deployment to assist in your detection and response efforts. To learn more about … [Read more...] about How to Respond to Apache Log4j using Cisco Secure Analytics
Securing Multicloud Environments with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
In today’s security climate, NetOps and SecOps teams are witnessing increased attack surface area as applications and workloads move far beyond the boundaries of their data center. These applications/workloads move to, and reside in, multicloud architecture, adding complexity to connectivity, visibility, and control. In the multicloud world, the SecOps teams use a distributed … [Read more...] about Securing Multicloud Environments with Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense on Alkira Cloud
Building a Scalable Security Architecture on AWS with Cisco Secure Firewall and AWS Transit Gateway
Comprehensive cloud support is essential when agile and efficient security at scale is required. With Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense 7.1, we have added support for the AWS Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB) to drive simple, agile, and efficient security in the cloud. This integration simplifies insertion of Cisco Secure Firewall in AWS with Geneve protocol (RFC 8926) … [Read more...] about Building a Scalable Security Architecture on AWS with Cisco Secure Firewall and AWS Transit Gateway
Cisco Secure Firewall named Best Next Generation Firewall in SE Labs 2021 Annual Report
Cisco is proud to be the only vendor recognized by SE Labs as Best Next Generation Firewall (NGFW) in their 2021 Annual Report. We’re honored to receive industry recognition for excellence in the network firewall market and for making security less complex, more agile, and better able to defend against today’s and tomorrow’s threats. I couldn’t be prouder of our Cisco Secure … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Firewall named Best Next Generation Firewall in SE Labs 2021 Annual Report
Snort 3 Anywhere – Cisco Blogs
Introduction We are proud to announce that Snort 3 is officially available in a container form factor (called “Snort 3 Anywhere”) on AWS Marketplace to be consumed in your Kubernetes cluster either running on AWS or On-prem. It’s yet another way that we are fulfilling our vision to simplify security for networks, workloads, and applications across your multi-cloud world. I am … [Read more...] about Snort 3 Anywhere – Cisco Blogs
Simplify Network Security with Cisco Secure Firewall-as-a-service (FWaaS) on AWS
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
Cisco Security Heroes: The power of partnerships, employee education, and zero trust policies
Today’s cybersecurity universe shares many similarities with the Marvel Universe. There’s bad guys (those pesky cyber-attackers) and there’s good guys, like cybersecurity thought leader Mark Lynd, and Enric Cuixeres Saez, Head of IT at Leng-d’Or. In a recent video, Mark and Enric sat down to discuss the latest dangers and developments in the ever-evolving world of cybersecurity … [Read more...] about Cisco Security Heroes: The power of partnerships, employee education, and zero trust policies
Cisco Bolsters Endpoint Security to Stop Threats with Simple, Unified Defense
Cyberattacks hit businesses every day. Ransomware is especially problematic, with the number of successful ransomware attacks increasing Year Over Year (YoY). Clearly, organizations need to defend against ransomware if they are going to avoid its costly damages. Cisco Secure Endpoint protects against cyberattacks with a cloud-delivered, single agent solution. It is the only … [Read more...] about Cisco Bolsters Endpoint Security to Stop Threats with Simple, Unified Defense
Cisco Secure Cloud Insights is your Eye in the Sky
In the world of cybersecurity where information holds the keys to the kingdom, there is no shortage of data generated by numerous security tools. However, there arguably remains a lack of information. Security professionals often refer to information as ‘Actionable Intelligence’ or ‘Context’. Those engaged in the trenches of cyber warfare would appreciate a more nuanced view … [Read more...] about Cisco Secure Cloud Insights is your Eye in the Sky