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An IT Security Top 5 from the University of Oklahoma
An IT Security Top 5 from the University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma focuses on cybersecurity year round, but National Cyber Security Awareness Month provides an opportunity to drive action with users and highlight their IT Security Top 5.
Oct. 13, 2017
Working Wherever: Digital Safety Beyond the Company Walls
Working Wherever: Digital Safety Beyond the Company Walls
Imagine you’re a business traveler at the airport with a little time to spare before your flight. You fire up your laptop, access the airport’s free wi-fi, log on to...
Oct. 9, 2017
“Pitching Packets” Game Teaches Cyber Security with Beanbags
“Pitching Packets” Game Teaches Cyber Security with Beanbags
This October, the 14th year of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) focuses on educating consumers on Internet safety.  Consumers can be of all ages and backgrounds, so in the...
Oct. 4, 2017
Top 3 Actions to Take Now to Secure Your Digitization Strategy
Top 3 Actions to Take Now to Secure Your Digitization Strategy
At Cisco, we talk a lot about cybersecurity as a strategic advantage for organizations. We believe that a strong security program must be an inherent component of a digitization strategy....
Oct. 26, 2016
On or Off the Clock, Staying Cyber Secure is a New Fact of Life
On or Off the Clock, Staying Cyber Secure is a New Fact of Life
On or Off the Clock, Staying Cyber Secure is a New Fact of Life  Cybersecurity has always been a major concern for workplace networks. But, increasingly, it is top of...
Oct. 18, 2016
NSCAM: Tips from Talos for End-Users
NSCAM: Tips from Talos for End-Users
As groups around the world continue the conversation around cybersecurity – we’re at the midway point of National Cyber Security Awareness Month (#NCSAM) in the U.S. and European Cyber Security...
Oct. 17, 2016
Cybersecurity Awareness Begins – and Ends – with Employees
Cybersecurity Awareness Begins – and Ends – with Employees
People are a core component of an organization’s protection efforts, and organizations should place employees at the center of their security efforts.
Oct. 10, 2016
Cybersecurity: The Holistic Trust Approach
Cybersecurity: The Holistic Trust Approach
In the past few years, the security industry has invested heavily in the detection and containment of attacks and breaches as a primary focus of innovation. To help protect Cisco,...
Oct. 8, 2015
Your Device Is Wide Open on the Internet!
Your Device Is Wide Open on the Internet!
Stop-think-connect is not only for kids. Everyone, including nerds like me and network and security professionals, should pay more attention before connecting any device to the Internet. Routers...
Oct. 30, 2013
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part II
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part II
The Great Correlate Debate SIEMs have been pitched in the past as "correlation engines" and their special algorithms can take in volumes of logs and filter everything down to just...
Oct. 24, 2013
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part I
To SIEM or Not to SIEM? Part I
Security information and event management systems (SIEM, or sometimes SEIM) are intended to be the glue between an organization's various security tools. Security and other event log sources export their...
Oct. 22, 2013
Making Boring Logs Interesting
Making Boring Logs Interesting
This post centers around the practice of logging data - data from applications, devices, and networks - and how the components of data logging can help in the identification and remediation of network events.
Oct. 9, 2013