Category: Security

How Cisco Meraki MX customers contained Heartbleed in a day!

Why, with Sourcefire IPS, MX security for distributed sites is second to none.

Online threats abound, and securing a single network—let alone multiple networks—is a full-time job. The disclosure of the dangerous (and widespread) Heartbleed vulnerability has propelled public awareness of exploitable threats. However, the challenge of providing a rapid security response across remote sites still looms large.

In this post we’ll explain how intrusion prevention (IPS) works on Cisco Meraki MX security appliances, and how we were able to protect our customers against Heartbleed within 24 hours of its revelation — faster than our competition.

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Cisco Security – the security industry’s best kept secret!!

Cisco could very well be the security industry’s best kept secret. Whether or not you were aware of Cisco’s security pedigree, we have come a long way.

We realize Cisco might not be the first name that comes to mind when you think of security, BUT we are the number one security provider in the world with the broadest portfolio in the industry to protect against today’s cyber threats.

Did you know Cisco invested more than $3.5 billion in security?

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Stop Threats in their Tracks, An Introduction to Cisco Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) September 30, 2015 at 9:00am PDT

It¹s no longer a question of if you¹ll be breached, but a matter of when. It¹s no secret that the IT security world today is a scary place where organizations are under unrelenting attack and security breaches are constantly making headlines. Recent data shows 95% of large companies are targeted by malicious traffic, and on average, it takes up to 45 days to resolve a cyber attack.

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Cisco Secure Data Center Design Clinic – 10/8 – Farmington, Ct

Attackers today are more pervasive, persistent and proficient than ever at evading and disrupting traditional security infrastructure, all in an effort to get to your most valuable assets. Come and learn how Cisco can protect those valuable workloads wherever you happen to be within the evolution of your datacenter. Whether your managing workloads across a traditional or virtual datacenter or across the cloud (public, private or hybrid), Cisco’s flexible security architectures enable a solution that can evolve with your datacenter.

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