October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month (CAM). All month long we’ll be presenting tips and tricks, as well as advice on a number of security topics, with the aim of helping inform and educate the public. We’ll start with some bad news some of you might not know, passwords are a problem and it’s hard to make a good one. This leaves many people vulnerable and exposed. So then, what is it exactly that makes a…
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The global cost of cybercrime in 2023 was set to hit 8 trillion U.S. dollars. The financial industry is a prime target as the rate of ransomware attacks has nearly doubled (64%) since 2021. Financial institutions are protecting against cybersecurity attacks by having a strong infrastructure that is able to enforce a zero trust policy. This cornerstone of a zero trust policy is based on having an idea of who or what the end system…
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Recently, the FBI updated their CJIS (Criminal Justice Information Security) policy to require MFA for accessing any application housing CJIS data. Thankfully, we have a former FBI analyst on the Cisco Security team who can break it all down for us. Questions: 1. You’re currently the PMM Leader for Government and Public Sector at Cisco. Before joining Cisco, you spent 25 years supporting the United States Intelligence Community for various agencies. What do you see…
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We are thrilled to announce that Cisco Secure Equipment Access was named “IoT Security Innovation of the Year” in the 2024 IoT Breakthrough Awards. As customers are modernizing their industrial networks, they are also increasing their exposure to cyber threats. As more devices are connected to automate industrial processes, more suppliers and contractors need access to the network to help configure, maintain, and troubleshoot these advanced systems. In many organizations, machine builders, maintenance contractors, or…
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