Become the Oracle of the Network with Cisco WAN Automation Engine (WAE)

Become the Oracle of the Network with Cisco WAN Automation Engine (WAE)

Maintaining a network that hosts thousands of users requires constant information. But as the needs of the user base continue to grow, the strain on the network grows as well. Keeping up with that growth means understanding the ways in which traffic and load affect the network and the users who rely upon it, as well as expanding the infrastructure that enables the growth. This leads to a couple of problems: how can we stress…

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Rise of LNK (Shortcut files) Malware | McAfee Blog

Rise of LNK (Shortcut files) Malware | McAfee Blog

Authored by Lakshya Mathur An LNK file is a Windows Shortcut that serves as a pointer to open a file, folder, or application. LNK files are based on the Shell Link binary file format, which holds information used to access another data object. These files can be created manually using the standard right-click create shortcut option or sometimes they are created automatically while running an application. There are many tools also available to build LNK…

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AWS moves towards quantum networking

AWS moves towards quantum networking

AWS is making a push into an area of quantum computing that hasn’t received as much attention as other aspects: networking. The AWS Center for Quantum Networking (CQN) will work toward solving scientific and engineering challenges around creating new hardware, software, and applications for quantum networks, AWS stated. The center will expand other AWS quantum work being done at the vendor’s AWS Center for Quantum Computing, the Amazon Quantum Solutions Lab, and its Amazon Braket service….

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#InfosecurityEurope2022 Firms Face Emerging Threats as Bad Actors Evade Defenses

#InfosecurityEurope2022 Firms Face Emerging Threats as Bad Actors Evade Defenses

Organizations face three emerging threats that compromise identities, exploit the use of accomplices or insiders and evade current detection and defenses, according to security researcher Oliver Rochford. During his insight stage talk at Infosecurity Europe, Rochford, security evangelist at Securonix, said that a growing number of criminal groups are acting as initial access brokers (IABs). These specialist groups form part of the “cybercrime as a service” economy on the dark web, focused on gaining access…

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Cyber Threats Are as Bad as You Imagine, But Different Than You May Think

Cyber Threats Are as Bad as You Imagine, But Different Than You May Think

The Global Threat Landscape is Novel and Requires a Novel Response From Russia to China to South Korea, the global threat landscape continues to mature, often confounding the assumptions of those who must defend against the attacks. Novel techniques are the norm, such as criminals posing as job seekers to infiltrate networks or attacking non-obvious networks. This results in attacks that are harder to predict, adversaries that are harder to detect, and breaches that are…

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StorONE enables HDD connectivity over NVMe-oF

StorONE enables HDD connectivity over NVMe-oF

StorONE has introduced what it claims is the first storage platform to enable connectivity between standard mechanical hard disk drives (HDD) and flash drives over NVMe-over Fabric (NVMe-oF) infrastructures, which it says can reduce the cost of an NVMe solution by tenfold or more. Storage arrays have traditionally been separated by drive make. You have all-flash arrays and all-hard-disk arrays but not a mix of the two. Typical operation is to put “hot” data, or…

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#InfosecurityEurope2022 Cooperation Necessary to Strengthen Cyber Strategies

#InfosecurityEurope2022 Cooperation Necessary to Strengthen Cyber Strategies

The opening day of the Infosecurity Europe 2022 conference saw a keynote panel discuss the need to cooperate on a  national and global scale to strengthen long-term cyber strategies. Moderated by James McKinlay, CISO of Affinitas Global, panelists included Nitin Natarajan, deputy director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Pete Cooper, deputy director of Cyber Defence in the Cabinet Ofice looking over the Government Cyber Security Strategy. The discussion began with the question of…

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Today’s high speed optical links would fail if not for this technology (Part 1)

Today’s high speed optical links would fail if not for this technology (Part 1)

Written by Vasanta Rao, Technical Marketing Engineer, Transceiver Modules Group (Cisco Optics) Understanding FEC Part 1: The Basics of FEC In part one of this two-part blog post, we review the basics of forward-error correction (FEC). In part two, we will discuss implementation and the impact of FEC on performance. Today’s insatiable demand for bandwidth is pushing network speeds higher and higher. Unfortunately, the faster the data rate, the greater the likelihood of transmission errors….

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Our future network: insights and automation

Our future network: insights and automation

In collaboration with Dipesh Patel What new demands will our network face in 2025? In this blog series, the Cisco IT networking team will share our vision for the future of our network—and the investments we’re making to get there. Insights and automation will power our future network. Think of it as a circular process: collect data from network infrastructure. Analyze it for insights. Share those insights with teams to help them improve service. Use…

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Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 2

Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 2

Part 2 of the 3-part Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs In the previous blog Wireless Catalyst 9800 WLC KPIs, Part 1 we shared how to check WLC and connections to other devices. In this blog, we will concentrate on Key Performance Indicators for Access Points (AP) and Radio Frequency(RF). I will share approaches and commands to measure the health of the APs and RF. KPIs different buckets or areas: WLC checks, Connection with other devices…

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