It’s thrilling to lead security in small and midsized companies. We face many of the same threats as enterprises. With the growing emphasis on supply chain security, we share the same compliance obligations. We’re closer to the business leadership, and we’re closer to (sometimes embedded within) the IT team. With a fraction of the resources, we pull off the impossible quarter … [Read more...] about Introducing the Cisco Security Outcomes Study: Small and Midsize Business Edition
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11 Useful Security Tips for Securing Your AWS Environment
Want to take advantage of excellent cloud services? Amazon Web Services may be the perfect solution, but don't forget about AWS security. Whether you want to use AWS for a few things or everything, you need to protect access to it. Then you can make sure your business can run smoothly. Read on to learn some important AWS security tips. Use Multi-Factor authentication When … [Read more...] about 11 Useful Security Tips for Securing Your AWS Environment
How the Work-From-Home Shift Impacts SaaS Security
The data is in. According to IBM Security's 2020 Cost of a Data Breach Report, there is a 50% increase in cloud usage for enterprises across all industries. The number of threats targeting cloud services, predominantly collaboration services like Office 365,hasi ncreased 630%. Moreover, 75% of respondents report that discovery and recovery time from data breaches has … [Read more...] about How the Work-From-Home Shift Impacts SaaS Security
Test Automation for Application Security
This blog is co-authored by Matthew McCullough and is part three of a four-part series about DevSecOps. Previously, the series explored a framework for continuous security and looked at one aspect of maintaining application security, a software Bill of Materials (BOM,) and associated vulnerabilities. This blog focuses on application security and how Cisco validates its software … [Read more...] about Test Automation for Application Security
A Successful Security Platform Requires the Strongest Partner Ecosystem
What’s in a name? When it comes to the term ‘security platform,’ quite a lot, going by its overuse in the industry. This moniker is increasingly being deployed in the marketplace to describe varying types of solutions. We maintain that in order for an offering to be called a security platform, it must meet the following criteria: Comprehensive coverage: A platform offers … [Read more...] about A Successful Security Platform Requires the Strongest Partner Ecosystem
Decided to move on from your NGAV/EDR? A Guide for Small Security Teams to What’s Next
You're fully aware of the need to stop threats at the front door and then hunt any that got through that first gate, so your company installed an EPP/ EDR solution. But like most companies, you've already come across its shortcoming – and these are amplified since you have a small security team. More than likely, you noticed that it has its share of detection blind spots and … [Read more...] about Decided to move on from your NGAV/EDR? A Guide for Small Security Teams to What’s Next
SASE, ZTNA and XDR market trends must work together for simplified security
Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA), and Extended Detection and Response (XDR) are market trends that had started well before the year 2020. But last year they were both accelerated and catalyzed at warp speed to fundamentally overhaul the security industry. Some observers say as much as a decade’s worth of digital transformation occurred across … [Read more...] about SASE, ZTNA and XDR market trends must work together for simplified security
2021 Security Outcomes Study: Timely Incident Response as a Business Enabler
Anyone who has ever observed or participated in a dance rehearsal is familiar with the count-off cadence, 5, 6, 7, 8. The same is true of musicians who count at the beginning of a piece, or an athlete awaiting the starting signal. These indicators alert us to the same thing: Be ready NOW. Cybersecurity has a set of starting signals as well, but they differ in one aspect. In … [Read more...] about 2021 Security Outcomes Study: Timely Incident Response as a Business Enabler
Threat Trends: DNS Security, Part 2
Part 2: Industry trends In our Threat Trends blog series, we attempt to provide insight into the prevalent trends on the threat landscape. Our goal in giving you the latest info on these trends is that you’ll be better prepared to allocate security resources to where they’re needed most. Knowing the larger trends can help in this pursuit, particularly when it comes to the most … [Read more...] about Threat Trends: DNS Security, Part 2
Straight from the source: 3 ways customers are improving security with Secure Network Analytics
We know all too well that security can be a grind and that modern threats are and will continue to become more and more stealthy and sophisticated. A few years ago, the typical security practitioner’s plight was often described as an anxiety-inducing and exhausting existence that involved sifting through an endless barrage of alerts and reacting whenever known threats had … [Read more...] about Straight from the source: 3 ways customers are improving security with Secure Network Analytics