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• Cisco secures its SDN

  Cisco is looking to provide threat protection for data centers and clouds by integrating acquired security technology with its programmable, policy-based networking portfolio.

  Jim Duffy | 29 Apr | Read more

• Cisco's 5500 series firewalls get major Sourcefire security overhaul

  Forget the next-generation firewall story, Cisco is telling its customers that the next wave is something that goes far beyond mere application control by integrating intrusion protection and malware detection and control into one box.

  John E. Dunn | 22 Sep | Read more

• Startup backs services with elasticity of AWS, Azure clouds to outlast DDoS attacks

  Security services startup Sentrix mirrors customer Web sites in Amazon Web Services and Azure clouds in order to dynamically expand site resources during distributed denial of service attacks and keep the sites running until attackers exhaust their resources, give up or move on to easier targets.

  Tim Greene | 18 Sep | Read more

• Cisco unveils security-product barrage at Cisco Live Conference

  Cisco's Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) technology, known as FireAMP, is already supported in its firewalls and e-mail gateways, but now the company is making AMP available as a standalone product.

  Ellen Messmer | 22 May | Read more

• Cisco to acquire malware prevention company

  Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire ThreatGRID, a New York-based maker of malware analysis and threat intelligence technology.

  Jim Duffy | 22 May | Read more

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  Advice from an Apple Tech: ClamXav is a valuable troubleshooting tool

  As much as you might want to believe that your Mac is nigh on invulnerable to viruses, trojans, malware and phishing-based attacks, this simply isn't the case. Along with well-publicized vulnerabilities that have been exploited such as Flash Player and Java, OS X is still vulnerable to a variety of malware that can make life interesting for both you and your clients.

  Chris Barylick | 09 May | Read more

• Cisco announces security service linked with new operations centers

  Cisco today announced Managed Threat Defense, a set of security services for the enterprise that Cisco is providing through two new operations centers to remotely support intrusion-detection, incident response and forensics, among other services.

  Ellen Messmer | 22 Apr | Read more

• FireEye, AhnLab score low in lab test of breach detection systems

  In an evaluative lab test, FireEye and Ahnlab each scored "below average" on their breach-detection systems (BDS) in a comparative group product test which was conducted by NSS Labs.

  Ellen Messmer | 03 Apr | Read more

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  Cisco dealing with change in the threat landscape

  We've all heard the same story recently – malware developers and distributors are becoming far smarter and commercially minded than ever before. The days of disgruntled teenagers hacking from their dimly lit bedrooms are behind us with corporatised criminal gangs now working as organized syndicates intent on stealing identities and extorting money.

  Anthony Caruana | 24 Mar | Read more

• Cisco integrates Sourcefire and Cognitive Security features, adds OpenAppID

  Following last year's acquisition of Sourcefire, Cisco has added its Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) into its Content Security Portfolio of products, including Web and Email Security Appliances and Cloud Web Security Service. This adds the option of advanced malware protection for more than 60 million enterprise and commercial users currently protected with Cisco Content Security solutions.

  Anthony Caruana | 26 Feb | Read more

• Cisco details Sourcefire security threat integration, open source direction

  Having acquired the security firm Sourcefire last October, Cisco is using this week's RSA Conference as the showcase for how Cisco's security products are being integrated as well as detailing how it will cut an open-source path for the next-generation application-layer firewall/IPS.

  Ellen Messmer | 25 Feb | Read more

• Malicious traffic present on 100 percent of sampled networks, Cisco analysis finds

  Every single one of a sample of large multinational firms investigated by Cisco for its latest Security Report showed signs of malicious traffic on their networks, the networking company has revealed.

  John E Dunn | 17 Jan | Read more

• Beyond breach prevention: The need for adequate response

  If there's been any lesson learned in the past decade, it's that despite tens of billions having been spent on anti-malware, firewalls, intrusion-detection and prevention systems, and other defensive technologies -- it's just not realistic for enterprise security teams to expect to be able to stop every attack.

  George V. Hulme | 04 Nov | Read more

• Cisco takes aim at security services with new division

  Cisco today said it would add a security arm to its existing services division with an eye toward pushing its support of its security products as well as offering a range of managed security services.

  Ellen Messmer | 10 Sep | Read more

• Cisco's 4000 job cuts won't touch new acquisition, Sourcefire

  Cisco Systems may be "rebalancing" its business by eliminating 4000 jobs, or about 5 per cent of its workforce, but it'll keep its hands off its hot new security acquisition, Sourcefire.

  Stephen Lawson | 15 Aug | Read more