NETWORKING

The old saying, “change is good,” doesn’t necessarily apply to network security. It’s much easier to secure a network where nothing changes. Unfortunately, that’s not the reality of business today.  Most enterprise networks are in a state of continuous evolution, driven by advances in technology, changes in business objectives, and a radical shift in where and how employees access the network. Although many business changes may be planned, unexpected changes can happen anytime. The impact…

At Cisco, our purpose is to Power an Inclusive Future for All. While technology drives overall economic expansion, digital connectivity more specifically determines access to economic and social opportunity. Connectivity is critical to creating a society and economy in which every person can participate and thrive. In addressing these issues, Cisco Networking Academy aligns with the aspirations of the United Nations World Day of Social Justice, celebrated annually on February 20, “to overcome the digital…

More and more organizations today are moving towards dynamic infrastructure deployments in cloud environments or using microservices. In such environments, instances and services are created and decommissioned as per need and that can be very frequent. Keeping track of updates to such components in a  fast-changing environment is becoming a challenge for SecOps teams and an agile,  scalable, automated solution has become a vital requirement. Let’s assume that an access rule configured on the Cisco…

The host command on Linux systems can look up a variety of information available through the Domain Name System (DNS). It can find a host name if given an IP address or an IP address if given a host name plus a lot of other interesting details on systems and internet domains. The first query below tells us that the system associated with the address 192.168.0.18 is named “dragonfly”. The second tells us that 192.168.0.1…

Keeping your services operating at peak efficiency is a core part of running a successful business. Your customers are counting on you to evaluate, test, troubleshoot, and optimize at every turn. So, how do you deliver the optimal customer experience? Well, it starts with taking a closer look at their experience. Start with a root cause analysis First, you need to identify how users are accessing your services. How are they connecting to the network?…

This blog is authored by Rodolphe Trujillo,Cisco Customer Delivery Engineering Technical Leader One of the challenging topics of network automation is to test the routers to see if their current operational state match the expected operational state. Or, in the case you are changing configuration, compare pre-operational states with post-operational states. The traditional way for network engineers to do this is to use the CLI. We explore the data returned on the screen… retrieve the…

In part one of this  Relevant and Extended Detection with SecureX series, we introduced the notion of risk-based extended detection with Cisco SecureX – the idea that a user can prioritise detections into incidents based on their idea of what constitutes risk in their environments and then extend those detections with enrichments from other products. In subsequent posts we’ve been diving deeper into how different Cisco Secure detection technologies can be prioritised, promoted to SecureX…

ROUND ROCK, Texas, Feb. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — News Summary Multi-cloud approach with Dell Technologies and VMware facilitates improved IT agility and adherence to regulatory requirements Munich Re’s private cloud uses Dell VxRail systems with VMware Cloud Foundation to create a hyperconverged infrastructure Microsoft Azure VMware Solution delivers seamless hybrid cloud computing capabilities, offering greater workload flexibility Full Story Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) and VMware are working with Munich Re, one of the world’s leading…

Cisco, like many of its competitors, has found increased revenue from pent-up demand, but chip shortages and other supply constraints continue to loom large over the industry. “We remain one of the largest software companies in the world,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told investment analysts on an earnings call for its fiscal second quarter ended in January. “In Q2, our software revenue grew by 6% to $3.8 billion, total subscription revenue accelerated to $5.5 billion,…

Cisco, like many of its competitors, has found increased revenue from pent-up demand, but chip shortages and other supply constraints continue to loom large over the industry. “We remain one of the largest software companies in the world,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins told investment analysts on an earnings call for its fiscal second quarter ended in January. “In Q2, our software revenue grew by 6% to $3.8 billion, total subscription revenue accelerated to $5.5 billion,…