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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
Patch Management Overview, Challenges, and Recommendations
Patch Management Overview, Challenges, and Recommendations
Employees of every organization use a variety of computing devices such as desktops, servers, laptops, security appliances, and mobile devices to increase
Oct. 28, 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
DNS Knows. So Why Not Ask?
DNS Knows. So Why Not Ask?
DNS is like the town gossip of the network infrastructure. Computers and apps ask DNS questions and you can ask DNS who has been asking to resolve malware
Oct. 18, 2013
Getting a Handle on Your Data
Getting a Handle on Your Data
When your incident response team gets access to a new log data source, chances are that the events may not only contain an entirely different type of
Oct. 18, 2013
Practical Tips for Safekeeping your Mobile Devices
Practical Tips for Safekeeping your Mobile Devices
Now when I'm talking about safekeeping a mobile device, I'm not saying don't use your Kindle by the pool or let your toddler play on the iPad while eating
Oct. 17, 2013
A Culture of Transparency
A Culture of Transparency
Many Cisco customers with an interest in product security are aware of our security advisories and other publications issued by our Product Security
Oct. 16, 2013
Cisco’s onePK Part 2: Reaching out to a Network Element
Cisco’s onePK Part 2: Reaching out to a Network Element
Exordium In the previous installment of the onePK series, you received a crash course on Cisco's onePK. In this article, you'll take the next step with a
Oct. 15, 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
Wireless Security Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Wireless Security Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
As we continue our series of blog posts during National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM), we focus today on some best common practices that can be used both at home and in the workplace to enhance the overall security posture of your Wireless Networks.
Oct. 8, 2013
Ten Simple Ways to Enhance Cyber Security for You and Others
Ten Simple Ways to Enhance Cyber Security for You and Others
Hi there and welcome to today's U.S. National Cyber Security Awareness Month tip, courtesy of those of us involved in administering and/or contributing to Cisco Security Intelligence Operations!! For...
Oct. 3, 2013