Do I really need additional email security when using Office 365?

This is probably the most common question I get asked today! What customers are really asking is “Can I rely on the built-in security capabilities in Office 365 or do I still need to run a 3rd party email security solution such as a Secure Email Gateway?” And...

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Securing Industrial IoT

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It’s hard to ignore the ubiquity of the internet of things (IoT). Even if you’re one of those holdouts that doesn’t own consumer IoT devices such as a smart speaker, internet-connected thermostat, or a smart watch, industrial IoT (IIoT) devices—a subset of the IoT landscape—are already playing a...

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Happy Birthday, Threat Response: Only a year old, but boy have you seen some things!

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Cisco Threat Response: For security analysts, by one of their own The work of a security analyst is arduous and time consuming but rewarding too. I know, I spent a good part of my career sitting in a seat, investigating and responding to threats in a Security Operations...

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Cisco Threat Response with Email Security Integration: Harmonizing Your Security Products

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Those of us who have been in security for more than 20 years are very familiar with the assertion that security is a process. For me, security has always been a process like a melody that ties in all other parts of the song.  Staying on this musical...

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Layers of Security

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Do you remember the movie “Die Hard”? Arguably the best Christmas movie ever. All kidding aside, this movie has a great correlation into Security best practices. Before we go into that, let’s recap. The bad guys in the movie were going to steal $640M in bearer bonds. In...

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Better design for simpler, more effective security

Few will contest the notion that security is complex. Evolving threats.  Clever, motivated attackers.   And all too often, vendor-inflicted complexity of managing security from the mismatched consoles from dozens of vendors. In this case, not only must users jump between consoles but the actions that become familiar in...

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Secure by Design: Enhanced Interfaces Improve Email Security and Malware Analysis

In the infosec world, it’s well established that time is a precious commodity. Time to detection and time to resolution are critical concepts that can mean the difference between a minor incident and making the news. In order to be effective, security teams need to be able to...

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