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The Evolving Data Center : Perspectives from the Gartner DC Conferences
The Evolving Data Center : Perspectives from the Gartner DC Conferences
I have just come back from the Gartner Data Center conferences in London and Las Vegas where I got to witness the increasing relevance of Cisco in the
Dec. 18, 2012
Cisco’s 2012 Education Retrospective
Cisco’s 2012 Education Retrospective
At the beginning of 2012, we saw three major trends emerging in the education space, but we had no idea that they would all be converging: Flipped
Dec. 18, 2012
Let’s Hack Some Cisco Gear at SecCon!
Let’s Hack Some Cisco Gear at SecCon!
Here's the second in a series of posts discussing how Cisco SecCon 2012 (December 3-6) brought together hundreds of engineers, live and virtually, from Cisco offices around the globe with one common goal: to share their knowledge and learn best practices about how to increase the overall security posture of Cisco products.
Dec. 18, 2012
The path to mature Infrastructure and Operations is through culture?
The path to mature Infrastructure and Operations is through culture?
As the Gartner Data Center conference in Las Vegas, NV closes, I can’t help feeling a bit of irony in bearing witness to the contrast in culture and
Dec. 18, 2012
An introduction to return on security investment – RoSI
An introduction to return on security investment – RoSI
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has published a paper on the return on security investment (RoSI); being the problems inherent in calculating a return on investment for loss prevention rather than profit gain.
Dec. 17, 2012
After Zitmo comes Citmo – Carberp in the mobile
After Zitmo comes Citmo – Carberp in the mobile
The Eurograbber campaign exposed earlier this month, netting €36 million for the criminals, was a Zeus-in-the-mobile (Zitmo) attack. Late last week, the AV companies started to warn about new Android trojans: Citmo, or Carberp-in-the-mobile.
Dec. 17, 2012
Trojan Upclicker ties malware to the mouse
Trojan Upclicker ties malware to the mouse
As if there weren’t enough security concerns to worry about, like falling for social engineering-based scams, following bad links or downloading fake apps, Windows PC users have another activity to be on guard about: left-clicking the mouse.
Dec. 17, 2012
Where’s My IPv6 Prefix? Part Deux
Where’s My IPv6 Prefix? Part Deux
My previous post examined how a regional Provider Independent (PI) prefix is propagated across the Internet.  This post discusses the second aspect of the
Dec. 17, 2012
Europol takes down major card fraud network
Europol takes down major card fraud network
Europol has today announced the arrest of 56 suspected card fraudsters, 38 in Bulgaria, 17 in Italy and one in The Netherlands, in an operation involving 400 police officers coordinated from the Operational Centre at Europol headquarters in The Hague.
Dec. 14, 2012
Samsung’s 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) 830 Series
Samsung’s 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD) 830 Series
With Solid State Drives (SSDs) reigning the market for data storage, Samsung managed to slice its way through with an aim to grab some market share for it’s
Dec. 14, 2012
The cloud is loved, but not trusted
The cloud is loved, but not trusted
'Do as I say, not as I do' seems to be the attitude toward the cloud held by security professionals – it’s good enough for company data, but not our own data.
Dec. 13, 2012
Mixed bag of attitudes and success with encryption
Mixed bag of attitudes and success with encryption
Almost half of businesses worldwide have started using encryption technology to protect critical data, and encryption is now the fifth most used protection technique claims a new report.
Dec. 13, 2012