February 2, 2011 - I'm sure by now you've seen the “I-don't-care bear” video about the iPhone4. It's funny, but it's also true. The phone doesn't work the way I expect it to—for one thing, my calls are dropped all the time. If my (continue reading...) Read more
February 2, 2011 - Cisco is dedicated to developing certification and training programs that help customers and partners stay ahead of ever-increasing information security threats and vulnerabilities. The combination of new threats, compliance mandates, and the need to protect customer and organizational data has (continue reading...) Read more
January 27, 2011 - An emerging standard, IEEE 802.11p, is one communication method to be used in networks between mobile vehicles, including aircraft and automobiles. Vehicle networks, often referred to as an intelligent transportation system (ITS), promise to improve vehicle safety as well (continue reading...) Read more
January 24, 2011 - I recently saw an executive carrying five mobile devices. There was an iPhone in one pocket, a BlackBerry in another, an Andriod in his jacket, a Droid Pro stuffed somewhere else, and an iPad in the back of his pants. (continue reading...) Read more
January 20, 2011 - We're at a very exciting time in our industry. There is a shift underway to mobile devices and cloud computing, both of which have exciting ramifications for unleashing a new wave of productivity in the enterprise. But don't think that (continue reading...) Read more
January 17, 2011 - It is no secret that technology allows us to be more productive. Living here in California, I can conduct a meeting with colleagues in India or Egypt while sitting in my living room. I can answer email while sitting in (continue reading...) Read more
January 12, 2011 - Recently, our country was up in arms over the new airport security requirements imposed by the Transportation and Security Agency. Travelers complained that new full-body scanners and pat-downs at airport security checkpoints were inconvenient and invasive, and major concern ensued (continue reading...) Read more
January 7, 2011 - This is the Forth part in the series “Missives from the Trenches.” In today's blog post we will be discussing Cisco IOS Netflow. Netflow has an interesting position as being both the most useful and least used tool. When meeting (continue reading...) Read more
December 22, 2010 - Have you ever watched a movie called "The Abyss?" Near the end of the movie there's a scene that I think is particularly relevant to this post. Our hero has to go 17,000 feet under the sea to (continue reading...) Read more
December 15, 2010 - This past weekend, Gawker Media began notifying more than 1.3 million users, across its variety of website properties, that their user databases and other information assets had been compromised. A complete dump of the user database was being distributed via (continue reading...) Read more
December 14, 2010 - Trusted intermediaries could provide a way for users to manage their personal information, including data managed by third parties (such as their credit score), in a manner they control. The intermediary would provide a way for the user to store (continue reading...) Read more
December 9, 2010 - Hackers recently gained control of an Indonesian government Twitter account to falsely broadcast an impending, yet fictitious, tsunami in Jakarta, Indonesia to over 8,000 followers. While this was by no means considered a catastrophic event it certainly, I'm (continue reading...) Read more
December 8, 2010 - Today, Cisco released Part 3, the final results from its Connected World Report, an international study on the expectations of workers in accessing social media and corporate information, and on the views of IT professionals about these trends. Part (continue reading...) Read more
November 16, 2010 - We've just posted the second installment of our Cisco quarterly threat report covering the third quarter (July 1 - September 30, 2010). Where most threat reports focus on a specific vector (i.e. email, (continue reading...) Read more
November 16, 2010 - In this blog post you will first learn what file carving is and, with a simplified example, why it's useful. Next you will learn how this powerful technique has been applied to the network and how its utility has been (continue reading...) Read more
November 11, 2010 - Cisco has had a long history of supporting the Forum of Incident Response Teams (FIRST), as members in the organization, as chairs of various programs, steering committee members, and conference organizers. Cisco has also been providing the (continue reading...) Read more
November 8, 2010 - BlueHat is Microsoft’s internal security conference, similar to our own SecCon. This year the conference was held Oct. 14-15, consisting of two full days of great content in a lecture theater environment. As part of their community outreach and Secure (continue reading...) Read more
November 8, 2010 - Whose responsibility is it to keep the user engaged, informed, and compliant with company policy? Odds are, information technology leads will find their constituents asking how to accomplish something that wasn't anticipated when the policies were created. Read more
November 2, 2010 - SecCon is Cisco’s internal security conference aimed at raising security awareness within the company’s development community. On Oct 4th – 7th we completed the third Cisco SecCon and it was a big success. At this year's conference we had (continue reading...) Read more
October 28, 2010 - The last two years seem dominated by PDF vulnerabilities. As far as the specification and its various readers are concerned, there is likely more sour fruit yet to be uncovered; it's simply too complex and full of dangerous "features." But (continue reading...) Read more