Top 5 things to know about network attacks

Top 5 things to know about network attacks

DDoS, SQL injection, and man-in-the-middle are just a few of the attacks that can compromise your network. Tom Merritt lists five things to know about network attacks. Your network needs to be accessible. It’s how your business operates and how your company’s workflow stays efficient. Your network also needs to be closed off from the bad folks. Network attacks are on the rise. Sometimes intruders want to steal data, sometimes they just want to cause…

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Learn How Host Type and Subscription Terms Affect VMware Cloud on AWS Pricing – VMware Cloud Community

Learn How Host Type and Subscription Terms Affect VMware Cloud on AWS Pricing – VMware Cloud Community

VMware Cloud on AWS is a fully managed service that provides resilient infrastructure for any workload.  VMware takes care of the underlying compute, storage, and networking so you can focus on the applications that run your business instead of operating and managing the lifecycle of your infrastructure.  Because your VMware Software-defined Data Center is delivered as a service, you pay just for the number of hosts that you provision.  The major factors that influence the price of the service are the type…

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How Cisco DevNet Runs Developer Education – Postman Galaxy session

How Cisco DevNet Runs Developer Education – Postman Galaxy session

Recently, I had the great honor and privilege of speaking at Postman Galaxy 2021 – the global, virtual API conference.  This year the event had over 26,000 professionals from across the API universe coming together for three days to learn about, see, and dig into all things API.  Postman empowers engineers who are new to coding, IaC (Infrastructure As Code), and APIs. One thing that was important to get across in my session was to share information about how Cisco’s Developer Experience Program helps users who are new to APIs.  The DevNet Learning…

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Ace your cybersecurity and IT certification exams by taking these prep courses

Ace your cybersecurity and IT certification exams by taking these prep courses

These eight online courses teach the fundamentals you need to pass various IT and cybersecurity certification exams from Cisco and CompTIA. Image: iStock/sdecoret IT certifications can be a smart investment when you’re searching for a job as a network admin or a cybersecurity professional or striving to get a promotion in your tech career. With the Ultimate Cybersecurity & IT Career Certification Pathway Training Bundle, you can learn a diverse set of skill sets that…

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Make Your Data Work for You with ScaleProtect X from Commvault and Cisco – Cisco Blogs

Make Your Data Work for You with ScaleProtect X from Commvault and Cisco – Cisco Blogs

As the explosion of enterprise data continues, IT is faced with the question of where to store it. On one hand, primary storage provides the fastest access, but it comes with a relatively high price tag. On the other hand, secondary storage systems are less expensive, but they typically rest on proprietary, purpose-built platforms that don’t integrate with other systems—often trapping data in silos. This situation creates complexity for IT, because it’s difficult to share…

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Louisiana College Cyber-Thief Sentenced

Louisiana College Cyber-Thief Sentenced

The former comptroller of a Louisiana community college has been sent to prison for wire fraud after abusing her network access to issue fraudulent refunds. Carol Bates admitted committing wire fraud from 2013 to 2016 while working at Bossier Parish Community College (BPCC). The 50-year-old Shreveport resident conspired with her sister Audrey Williams and nine other individuals to steal money from her employer. Bates and Williams recruited nine individuals including Faith Alexander and 36-year-old Marquise…

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2021 Manufacturing Trends Series – Part 1: Sustainability – Cisco Blogs

2021 Manufacturing Trends Series – Part 1: Sustainability – Cisco Blogs

I’m writing this blog (unlike other podcast corresponding blogs) on the heels of recording the sustainability episode. Which, given the abnormality of the timing, is due to a number of reasons, the main one being that it’s a subject that (you’ll soon hear) I’m incredibly passionate about.   A few disclaimers before we begin though:  While we have done a lot of research for this episode, neither Steve Gansen (this epsiodes featured guest), nor I, are environmental/sustainability/climate change/insert buzzword here experts.  This episode is not intended…

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Securing enterprise IoT devices with an advanced SD-WAN edge platform

Securing enterprise IoT devices with an advanced SD-WAN edge platform

The proliferation of IoT devices across enterprises brings new ways to monitor, report, alert, automate and optimize business processes – from manufacturing lines to automating HVAC and lighting for energy savings. IoT makes businesses more efficient through automation, however, it also increases the attack surface by adding a new dimension of complexity. Examples of enterprise IoT devices can include point of sale (PoS) credit card processing terminals, heating, ventilation, air-conditioning (HVAC) control systems, IP cameras,…

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119k Threats Per Minute Detected in 2020

119k Threats Per Minute Detected in 2020

The number of cyber-threats identified and blocked by Trend Micro rose by 20% in 2020 to more than 62.6 billion. Averaging out at 119,000 cyber-threats per minute, the huge figure was included in the company’s annual roundup, “A Constant State of Flux: Trend Micro 2020 Annual Cybersecurity Report,” released earlier today. Email-borne threats such as phishing attacks accounted for 91% of the 62.6 billion threats blocked by Trend Micro last year. Nearly 14 million unique phishing URLs were detected…

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