NETWORKING

The long and storied history of Cisco’s first certification begins in the 1990s, when the Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) certification was launched. 30 years later, the CCIE certification is widely recognized as the pinnacle of achievement in networking, and attaining it despite the arduous nature of certification demonstrates mastery of your chosen domain. As a two-stage certification, the successful candidate must first qualify to sit for the practical exam by passing the relevant CCNP…

For the past year, we’ve been working to develop and publish use cases for SecureX orchestration. To date, we’ve published 64 workflows that address a wide variety of use cases including automated investigation, automated response, incident promotion, and more. One of our newer use cases, number 53, brings Kenna Security into the orchestration ecosystem. Fixes to ServiceNow Incidents Kenna Security allows you to centrally manage your vulnerabilities and prioritize those vulnerabilities based on risk to…

It’s not news that the move to hybrid work has created a dynamic shift in how —and where— people work. With remote work, agility and security are top concerns for every company since teams are now increasingly distributed and global and branch office occupations are much more dynamic. Cisco SD-WAN continues to provide an ideal solution to enable secure connections between users, branch office networks, public and private clouds, and the internet. Source: Cisco SD-WAN…

It’s Pi Day, everyone — my favorite crowd-sourced holiday. And not just because of my deep affection for fruit/sugar-filled pastries. Nope, since it was first released ten years ago, I’ve loved the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. So, when I was asked if I had any ideas for a Pi-Day blog, I knew exactly what I wanted to write. So, I bring you… 5 Reasons a Raspberry Pi Belongs in Your Network Lab! 3 RPis and 1…

I’ll never forget the shiny gold star stickers I received for getting 100% scores on math tests in school. The stars were proudly displayed on our family’s refrigerator door alongside my other sibling’s achievements. Something in me still wants to earn more of those stars. But our technology jobs today, striving for 100% service availability and earning that metaphorical gold star isn’t, as it turns out, as good a goal as it appears. These days,…

Recently, Ukraine asked the official internet governing bodies for Russia to be booted off the net. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and related organizations rejected Ukraine’s request.  But, that didn’t stop major internet backbone providers, Lumen and Cogent, from cutting Russia from the world internet. It now appears, however, that Russia may sever its ties from the internet all on its own.  NEXTA, a free Belarusian news service based in Warsaw,…

Recently, Ukraine asked the official internet governing bodies for Russia to be booted off the net. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and related organizations rejected Ukraine’s request.  But, that didn’t stop major internet backbone providers, Lumen and Cogent, from cutting Russia from the world internet. It now appears, however, that Russia may sever its ties from the internet all on its own.  NEXTA, a free Belarusian news service based in Warsaw,…

The long and storied history of Cisco’s first certification begins in the 1990s, when the Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert (CCIE) certification was launched. 30 years later, the CCIE certification is widely recognized as the pinnacle of achievement in networking, and attaining it despite the arduous nature of certification demonstrates mastery of your chosen domain. As a two-stage certification, the successful candidate must first qualify to sit for the practical exam by passing the relevant CCNP…

Cisco’s Developer Relations team is excited to announce the availability of a guided workshop for Cloud developers interested in Cisco’s ThousandEyes technology. Access the 3-part video series playlist. “Visibility should be a mission critical priority for a multi-cloud environment – You may not own networks or infra, but you still own the outcome.” Enterprise Management Associates®, an IT management research, industry analysis, and consulting firm Cisco ThousandEyes is a SaaS solution for monitoring availability, latency,…

The internet’s governing bodies dismissed Ukraine’s requests to cut Russia off from the internet. But now, two of the main backbone internet providers, Lumen Technologies and Cogent, have severed Russia’s ties to the internet.  Lumen, formerly CenturyLink, operates one of the world’s largest Internet backbones. Effective immediately, Lumen declared it couldn’t continue to operate in Russia and stopped all routing traffic for Russian organizations. Lumen’s decision comes mere days after Cogent bid the Russian market…