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Exploit the implementation of Firepower!

With integrated Next Generation Firewall Features Firepower is extremely effective at blocking external threats. But, are you exploiting all the knowledge and information Firepower has about your network? In this blog post we will focus on how you can build your Cisco Firepower Management Center and get an overview of devices in your network that are infected with malware […]
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Tetration Analytics – Insight and understanding of modern data centres

Communication within a data centre can be likened to a black box – there is plenty of movement, but insight is limited. The box is both business-critical and sensitive to changes, while at the same time as there are constantly...
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VPNFilter – how to protect yourself

Cisco’s warning system, Talos blog, warned about a major attack on network and storage devices from small offices and homes. More than half a million devices in 50 countries are infected with the malware, VPNFilter. Internet of Things, with the...
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Can Asset Management be automated?

Asset Management is basically about control over assets and intangible products that are part of the day-to-day operations of a company. In the IT department, Asset Management is therefore about physical devices, licenses, and software, and in the task of...
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Automation and orchestration with a purpose: reliability

This reliability is facilitated by predictability and availability/redundancy techniques. Traditional redundancy techniques (such as RAID) are faced with revolutionary developments, as they were cumbersome, complex and inefficient. New software-defined techniques have revolutionised today’s enterprise data center infrastructures when it comes to availability...
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First line of defense with DNS Security

Wouldn’t it be great if you could protect the equipment in your network before connecting to the Internet! You have already taken the necessary measures. Still, it feels like something is still missing when it comes to the protection of...
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IoT – like Internet of Trouble

Right now IoT, acronym for Internet of Things, is undoubtedly among the most popular buzzwords in the IT industry. And there is no doubt that we could compile some relevant business cases if we suddenly managed to get everything to be...
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Cisco 5508 Wireless LAN Controller – what now?

Let’s just get it out once and for all: Cisco’s 5508 Wireless LAN Controller has done EXTREMELY well. A platform, with practically more than 7 years behind it and still functioning irreproachably. This is almost unheard of in the IT...
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Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report: Self-spreading malware can sink the entire Internet

In a match, the striker has the initiative. Can the defender still predict the future, though? Cisco believes so when it publishes its security report today. The Cisco 2018 Annual Cybersecurity Report studies what attackers have done in the last 18 months, and new trends detected in malware, cloud and so on. We security enthusiasts […]
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Intersight data centre: Server configuration without perspiration

Intersight “Never before have so few had so many servers in so many different places to manage in as little time as now. Many opt for a multi-cloud strategy which is scalable and requires stringent management from data centres and both private and public clouds. Consistent management can also be required of bare metal servers as […]
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Trade-offs to consider when purchasing SD-WAN from an ISP

In the past few years there has been a lot of talk about software-defined networks (Software-Defined Wide area network, SD-WAN) and now that we are reaching the end of 2017, these products have become so mature that many companies are...
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Intent-based Networking Systems, IBNS: Intent-based networks – introduction

Intent-based networks: In June Cisco launched its Software Defined Access (SDA), which is an intent-based networking solution. There are also other places in this space, for example Apstra. What is intent-based networking? Traditional networking: imperative approach Traditionally we have built networks with...
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Challenges in load balancing

In the past few years, I have worked a lot with IWAN, Cisco’s SD-WAN implementation (prior to the Viptela-acquisition). One of the advantages of SD-WAN is the ability to load balance the traffic. Load balancing is not a trivial matter. Why not?...
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