Best Practices for Protecting Point of Sale Networks from Breach
Given the Point of Sale (PoS) attacks in the news lately I'm sure many of you are thinking about, or acting on, architecting better defenses. I recently worked with a team at Cisco to perform this same analysis on how to properly...
Application Awareness goes open source: Snort OpenAppID
Discover and control 1400+ applications on your network for free
Breach! Defending Point of Sale Networks and Systems
Exploring what Cisco Security Solutions are most effective at defending PoS
Mobile Device Management Spotlight: SAP Afaria
Welcome to the Seventh installment of the MDM spotlight series.There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks....
Mobile Device Management Spotlight: Fiberlink MaaS360
Welcome to the Sixth installment of the MDM spotlight series.There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks....
Mobile Device Management Spotlight: SOTI MobiControl
Welcome to the fifth installment of the MDM spotlight series.There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks....
Mobile Device Management Spotlight: Zenprise
Welcome to the fourth installment of the MDM spotlight series.There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks....
Cisco releases major update to its security management product
Cisco just recently introduced an updated version of its security management tool CSM. The new release brings with it some nice new features and functionality to the tool. If you haven't heard of Cisco Security Manager (CSM)...
Mobile Device Management Spotlight: Absolute Software
Welcome to the third installment of the MDM spotlight series.There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks. ...
Mobile Device Management Spotlight: MobileIron
Welcome to the second installment of the MDM spotlight series.There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks. ...
Cisco ASDM GUI tips and tricks for managing your Cisco ASA
Cisco's Adaptive Security Device Manager (ASDM) is the GUI tool used to manage the Cisco ASA security appliances. In this blog I'll reveal to you some of my favorite tips, tricks and secrets found inside ASDM. If you haven't...
Mobile Device Management Spotlight: AirWatch
There is little doubt that smart mobile devices are a boon for individual productivity, but corporate IT groups are scrambling to accommodate them on their networks. Accordingly, there has been an explosion of interest in Mobile...
Cisco releases Application Visibility and Control on Routers
Layer 7 application visibility and control (AVC) seems like the hottest buzz in the industry right now. Cisco has had web AVC in its Ironport Web Security appliances but just announced it on its routers for all protocols. Cisco ISR...
Cisco Hires New Security SVP from VMWare and formerly RSA Security
Cisco just announced it will be hiring Chris Young to head up its security group. This is the first time Cisco will have an SVP leading its security business. Chris will be reporting directly to Mrs. Warrior (CTO).
Chris Young...
Cisco ASA Upgrade Adds Identity Firewalling
Identity aware firewalling seems to be all the rage right now. Having the ability to make firewall policy decisions based on user and group information from Active Directory can have enormous benefits if used properly. The Cisco...
I cannot sleep at night because I just got back from Black Hat
I've attended the Black Hat Security conference in Las Vegas for many, many years now. It is by far the best security event each year and this year was no exception. Each year seems to go something like this for me:
I attend the...
Samsung Androids get first SSLVPN client
Last month Cisco announced the release of it Anyconnect SSLVPN client for Android devices. The Android Anyconnect client is available for download on the Android Market. This client is based on the 2.4 version of the Anyconnect PC...
Tutorial: Cisco Routers Add Web Security with Cisco ScanSafe
Cisco launched this feature to the market last month at Interop. In a nutshell, it provides IOS routers with intelligent, identity aware, traffic redirection to the Cisco ScanSafe web security cloud offering. ScanSafe provides the...
PCI Council Releases Virtualization Guidance
Today the PCI council released its PCI DSS VIRTUALIZATION GUIDELINES Information Supplement. This supplement does not add any new requirements to the standard but rather provides guidance on how to interpret the PCI DSS 2.0 standard...
