The Transformation of the Cybersecurity Workforce

By Tom Gilheany When the commercial internet was young, IT structure was relatively simple. Today, though, growing complexity is one of IT’s biggest security challenges. The more complex the system, the greater the attack surface. It is much easier now to hide multi-pronged attacks in different layers and parts of the IT infrastructure. Virtual machines, BYOD, “-aaS” environments, […]

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EPP? EDR? Cisco AMP for Endpoints is Next Generation Endpoint Security

By John Dominguez You may be wondering why Cisco AMP for Endpoints was not included in Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). Traditionally, Gartner placed Cisco AMP for Endpoints within their Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category of endpoint security tools. But as buyer needs evolve, so does the market category. In fact, looking at […]

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EPP? EDR? Cisco AMP for Endpoints is Next Generation Endpoint Security

By John Dominguez You may be wondering why Cisco AMP for Endpoints was not included in Gartner’s 2017 Magic Quadrant for Endpoint Protection Platforms (EPP). Traditionally, Gartner placed Cisco AMP for Endpoints within their Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) category of endpoint security tools. But as buyer needs evolve, so does the market category. In fact, looking at […]

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Introducing Cisco Umbrella, the industry’s first Secure Internet Gateway in the cloud

By Brian Roddy If your job is anything like mine, you find yourself using a wide range of SaaS-based applications. Today alone, I found myself using Salesforce.com, WebEx, Workday, Spark, Office 365, Box, JIRA, Trello, SmartSheets, and Google Docs. And I’m not even counting some of the things I use for fun: Spotify, Netflix, and Instagram. Every company […]

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Introducing Cisco Umbrella, the industry’s first Secure Internet Gateway in the cloud

By Brian Roddy If your job is anything like mine, you find yourself using a wide range of SaaS-based applications. Today alone, I found myself using Salesforce.com, WebEx, Workday, Spark, Office 365, Box, JIRA, Trello, SmartSheets, and Google Docs. And I’m not even counting some of the things I use for fun: Spotify, Netflix, and Instagram. Every company […]

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Go RAT, Go! AthenaGo points “TorWords” Portugal

By Talos Group This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin with contributions from Angel Villegas Summary Talos is constantly monitoring the threat landscape in an effort to identify changes in the way attackers are attempting to target organizations around the world. We identified a unique malware campaign that was distributed via malicious Word documents. The campaign appeared to […]

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Go RAT, Go! AthenaGo points “TorWords” Portugal

By Talos Group This post was authored by Edmund Brumaghin with contributions from Angel Villegas Summary Talos is constantly monitoring the threat landscape in an effort to identify changes in the way attackers are attempting to target organizations around the world. We identified a unique malware campaign that was distributed via malicious Word documents. The campaign appeared to […]

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Data Privacy Day – A Quick Recap but a Full-time Commitment

By Michelle Dennedy On January 28, the international community observed Data Privacy Day, an annual effort to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information. Cisco was honored to once again participate in the National Cyber Security Alliance’s (NCSA) Data Privacy Day events. Each year, the Day’s theme is Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling […]

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Data Privacy Day – A Quick Recap but a Full-time Commitment

By Michelle Dennedy On January 28, the international community observed Data Privacy Day, an annual effort to create awareness about the importance of privacy and protecting personal information. Cisco was honored to once again participate in the National Cyber Security Alliance’s (NCSA) Data Privacy Day events. Each year, the Day’s theme is Respecting Privacy, Safeguarding Data and Enabling […]

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Cisco Hosting Amsterdam 2017 FIRST Technical Colloquium

By Matt Valites We’d like to announce a “Save the Date” and “Call for Speakers” for the FIRST Amsterdam Technical Colloquium (TC) 2017. The main event, hosted by Cisco Systems in Amsterdam, Netherlands will be a plenary style conference held on the 25th and 26th of April 2017. We are also offering an optional, free, training on Monday April 24th. Event […]

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