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World, Meet Cisco Secure
World, Meet Cisco Secure
Cisco Secure offers business and security architecture collaboration, freeing your workforce to focus valuable time and energy on objectives that really matter. Empowering you to focus more on opportunities.
June 16, 2020
Practical Ways to Reduce Ransomware Impact: Actions You Can Take Today
Practical Ways to Reduce Ransomware Impact: Actions You Can Take Today
During the past year, Cisco Security Incident Response Services has provided emergency incident response services for many customers dealing with incidents that sometimes become a ransomware event. In...
May 13, 2019
Hello World! Contextual Identity Within the Spacetime Continuum
Hello World! Contextual Identity Within the Spacetime Continuum
Hello world! I think that’s the obligatory first line for any technology blog, right? But, how do you know I am here? How do you know I exist? I have...
March 13, 2019
So You Want To Build A SOC: Security Intelligence and Technical Considerations (Part 2)
So You Want To Build A SOC: Security Intelligence and Technical Considerations (Part 2)
As security consultants, we go into an extraordinary array of organisations’ security environments, all with very differing levels of maturity. Our clients consistently state a common desire:   "We need a...
Feb. 12, 2019
So You Want to Build a SOC: Foundations for Your Security Operations Team (Part 1)
So You Want to Build a SOC: Foundations for Your Security Operations Team (Part 1)
As security consultants, we go into an extraordinary array of organisations with very differing levels of maturity and one thing keeps on coming up: "we need a SOC". Whilst this...
Feb. 5, 2019
Compromise Assessment vs Threat Hunting
Compromise Assessment vs Threat Hunting
While table top exercises are always a hot commodity for our customers, proactive threat hunting and compromise assessments are becoming increasingly popular through our Cisco Incident Response Readiness & Retainer service.
Dec. 3, 2018
War Games: A WOPR of a Security Test (Part 3)
War Games: A WOPR of a Security Test (Part 3)
The Team believes that the likelihood of a successful Internet delivered attack by either a malicious insider or via an external actor is high, given the systemic failures identified in these scenarios.
Nov. 3, 2018
Security: Is it Mission Impossible?
Security: Is it Mission Impossible?
Vigilance is key. You can purchase all the tools in the world, but when a breach hits, you need to be prepared--an expert team backed by the latest threat research by your side.
July 23, 2018
Putting the “Active” Back in Proactive Security: Tabletop Exercises
Putting the “Active” Back in Proactive Security: Tabletop Exercises
Security practitioners the impossible task of defending an ever-changing environment. Cisco Security Incident Response Services offers several proactive services to plan against new threats.
July 9, 2018
Service Provider Digital Transformation and Security
Service Provider Digital Transformation and Security
For many service providers, the digital transformation journey may not be the smoothest. Many service providers (SP) are going through a phase where they are either trying to understand the...
July 5, 2018
Top 5 Recommendations from Cisco Incident Response Engagements
Top 5 Recommendations from Cisco Incident Response Engagements
In the course of an emergency response, our Incident Response (IR) team constantly makes tactical and strategic recommendations according to customer and environment needs. Here are the 5 top recommendations.
April 30, 2018
Incident Response and General Data Protection Regulation
Incident Response and General Data Protection Regulation
This article will address provisions of the GDPR related to Incident Response (IR) planning. A proven IR plan will lend GDPR compliance and provide a framework for practical Incident Response.
April 26, 2018