Calling All Past Alumni to Test their Strength and Compete

Calling All Past Alumni to Test their Strength and Compete

Join the competition of a lifetime on May 2, 2024. Where alumni who had thespark to train hard can compete on the grandest stage of all: the Cisco-Athlon. Hard work and the desire to push oneself to new limits define the greatest decathletes in the world—and our Networking Academy alums. Choosing to jump higher, throw farther, and run faster to attain a career in the digital field. It is with this backdrop that we excitedly…

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BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

BGP: What is border gateway protocol, and how does it work?

As of today, May 1, 2024, internet routing security passed an important milestone. For the first time in the history of RPKI (Resource Public Key Infrastructure), the majority of IPv4 routes in the global routing table are covered by Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs), according to the NIST RPKI Monitor. IPv6 crossed this milestone late last year. Blog post by BGP experts Doug Madory of Kentik and Job Snijders of Fastly What is BGP hijacking? In a…

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Red Hat seeks to be the platform for enterprise AI

Red Hat seeks to be the platform for enterprise AI

Still, there are use cases in which a smaller model can work just fine – and be significantly faster and cheaper. “I heard a couple of customers at the conference mention that the model is going to be good enough,” says IDC’s Rosen, who attended the Red Hat Summit. “One customer said, ‘A 70-billion-parameter model is not useful for us. We can’t handle it. We’re a health care organization and we don’t have the resources…

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Accessing Secure Client Cloud Management after the SecureX EoL

Accessing Secure Client Cloud Management after the SecureX EoL

With the SecureX End of Life (EoL) quickly approaching on July 31, 2024, we want to ensure you have accurate information on how you will be able to continue accessing Cisco Secure Client Cloud Management capabilities. Client Management capabilities are not going away as part of the SecureX EOL, the functionality is simply migrating to the Cisco Security Cloud Control service. Cisco Secure Client is our security endpoint agent which contains many capabilities you may…

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FCC proposes BGP security measures

FCC proposes BGP security measures

“It is vital that communication over the internet remains secure,” Rosenworcel said in the statement. “Although there have been efforts to help mitigate BGP’s security risks since its original design, more work needs to be done. With this proposal, we would require broadband providers to report to the FCC on their efforts to implement industry standards and best practices that address BGP security.” New solution to an old problem BGP is decades old. It was…

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Critical Steps to Bolster UK's Cyber Resilience: Insights for Policy Makers from Cisco’s Cyber Readiness Index

Critical Steps to Bolster UK's Cyber Resilience: Insights for Policy Makers from Cisco’s Cyber Readiness Index

Recognising the vital role digital technologies now play in the delivery of economic prosperity, public services and national security, the UK Government rightly strives to be a global leader in innovation and technology. There are many aspects that are important to meeting this goal, but it is increasingly clear that a robust and resilient approach to cybersecurity across the economy is non-negotiable. In the face of growing cybersecurity threats, the UK’s Department for Science, Innovation…

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5 Must-haves for your next DSPM solution

5 Must-haves for your next DSPM solution

Rumor has it: By 2025, over 175 zettabytes will be pushed to the cloud. With scattered sensitive data across multiple cloud platforms and hundreds of services, the increase of shadow data – unmanaged data residing outside the security team’s control – has imploded, leading to a new era of security challenges in the cloud. Major challenges in securing sensitive data in the cloud: Cloud complexity: With a data sprawl in multiple cloud platforms, accounts, and…

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Four Reasons Why Assurance Is More Critical Than Ever

Four Reasons Why Assurance Is More Critical Than Ever

Last September, Cisco completed its acquisition of Cisco Provider Connectivity Assurance (formerly Accedian). As a foundational component in the Cisco assurance portfolio, Provider Connectivity Assurance provides the hyperprecise and granular performance data for critical service assurance and end-to-end service visibility. We also bring the closed-loop, high-fidelity active testing that Cisco Crosswork requires for industry-leading network and service orchestration. Although our initial use cases were around automation and the Cisco Crosswork set of solutions, Provider Connectivity…

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Cisco, Nutanix strengthen joint HCI package

Cisco, Nutanix strengthen joint HCI package

By bringing the platforms together and extending the integration to the bare metal layer, it allows for a complete installation of a full software stack from scratch, completely remotely and with a fully automated workflow, Gorlin said. “For example, we can ship servers directly to an installation site, and a technician just needs to connect power network cables. You can perform all of the configuration, patching and deployment completely remotely,” he said. “On top of that,…

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Get Inspired and Go Beyond with Cisco Customer Experience at Cisco Live

Get Inspired and Go Beyond with Cisco Customer Experience at Cisco Live

Cisco Live starts in just a few weeks, running June 2-6 in Las Vegas, NV. This year’s theme is Go Beyond, and the Cisco Customer Experience (CX) team can help you do just that with the sessions, demos, and lightning talks we have planned for this year. Have you mapped out your schedule for Cisco Live yet? I’m sure you want to learn about human and AI-driven services, plus more about achieving measurable business outcomes,…

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