Mobile World Congress 2025: SOC in the Network Operations Center

Mobile World Congress 2025: SOC in the Network Operations Center

Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona delivered on every promise – a record-breaking event with 109,000 attendees from 205 countries, with over 2,900 exhibitors, sponsors, and partners showcasing an impressive array of cutting‐edge topics, from 5G and IoT to Unified Security for the AI-driven Future. As always, Cisco’s presence showcased a suite of innovations, such as the latest secure connectivity solutions, demonstrated next‐gen wireless innovations, and made several high-profile media announcements that underscored our commitment…

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The Benefits of a Broad and Open Integration Ecosystem

The Benefits of a Broad and Open Integration Ecosystem

An open integration approach for extended detection and response (XDR) empowers organizations to harness the full potential of their security ecosystems. This open approach provides security analysts with the agility to leverage the best tools and access the best information to protect their particular environments. This not only increases team efficiency but also the speed at which they can react to potential threats and reduces dwell time. Cisco XDR stands out in this arena by…

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Black Hat Europe 2024 NOC/SOC: Security Cloud

Black Hat Europe 2024 NOC/SOC: Security Cloud

Cisco is the Official Security Cloud Provider for the Black Hat Network Operations Center (NOC). We work with the other official partners to bring the hardware, software and engineers to build and secure the network, for our joint customer: Black Hat.  Arista: Wired and Wireless Network Equipment  Corelight: Open Network Detection and Response  Palo Alto Networks: Network Security and SOC Platform  This was our 8th year supporting Black Hat Europe and the primary mission in…

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SOC Findings Report From RSA Conference 2024

SOC Findings Report From RSA Conference 2024

For October Cybersecurity Awareness month, Cisco and NetWitness released the Security Operations Center (SOC) Findings Report from RSA Conference (RSAC) 2024. Since 2017, the SOC has been an educational exhibit at RSAC. The purpose is to monitor the network activity during the event and provide SOC tours and a session during the conference. From the tours and session — and this Findings Report published by sponsors Cisco and NetWitness — you can learn about what…

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Cisco Telemetry Broker (CTB) 2.1 Launch

Cisco Telemetry Broker (CTB) 2.1 Launch

The ability to generate NetFlow from devices that do not natively produce it along with significant storage efficiency and improved workflows make for a significant update to CTB. Cisco Telemetry Broker (CTB) Release 2.1.3 is generally available as of March 25, 2024. All current customers are eligible to upgrade and should look at the release notes to better understand the upgrade process and any additional considerations. Currently, all network telemetry-based analytics products require a separate…

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Introducing Cisco Breach Protection, Delivering Complete Detection and Response of MITRE ATT&CK TTP’s

Introducing Cisco Breach Protection, Delivering Complete Detection and Response of MITRE ATT&CK TTP’s

Security Operations Centers (SOC) are responsible for detecting and responding to potential cyber threats in real-time. With the increasing complexity of cyberattacks, it’s important for SOC teams to have comprehensive coverage of MITRE ATT&CK (Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge) tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs). Today we’re discussing the importance of having comprehensive coverage of MITRE ATT&CK TTPs in security operations, and how Cisco technology can help to achieve this goal. Why MITRE ATT&CK TTPs…

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