On 21 October a complex and sophisticated global DDoS attack was launched against US DNS provider Dyn, using a botnet of just 100,000 IoT devices. Despite Dyn's quick response, countless customers including some of the world's big...
Every year as QCon San Francisco approaches, I get excited to look at new innovations and learn from bleeding-edge enterprises that are using new technologies to give their companies a competitive advantage. It's hard for me to be...
It was an honor to sponsor and attend theInternational Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) 123rdAnnual Conferencein San Diego, California a few weeks ago. The event had a great turnout of more than sixteen thousand,&n...
Do your peers consider you to be a thought leader based on your strong technical knowledge of Cisco products and technologies? Do you maintain an active online or social presence to interact with others and share what you know? C...
I've learned more about trademark rules in the last year than I probably ever wanted to. I'll explain. About two years ago, Cisco acquired Metacloud, the company I worked for, along with a team of brilliant engineers, product mana...
Rockwell Automation Fair: Atlanta Georgia, Georgia World Congress Center -Nov 9-10, 2016 There's never been a better time to embrace the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), or Industrie 4.0 than now, all while confidently extend...
Recently, I met with many industry analysts, customers, and press at Gartner Symposium/ITxpo. In numerous conversations, I was asked about the organizational implications of changing company culture and how this relates to digital...
This post was authored byNick Biasini Over the last six months the exploit kit landscape has seen some major changes. These changes began with Nuclear ceasing operations in April/May and arrests in Russia coinciding with the end ...
If you thought that the internet has come to dominate our lives, you should see what's coming next. More web users and devices, faster broadband speeds and the continuing explosion of video are all contributing to global digital t...
Hi again! You may have heard by now that Cisco's Hyperconverged Infrastructure -Cisco HyperFlex Systems - has been engineered on Cisco UCS, and in this blog I will share what it means to you. In nutshell, engineering HyperFle...
Back in April, I wrote a blog post about the new version of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). The changes made for CVSSv3 addressed some of the challenges that existed in CVSSv2. For example, CVSSv3 analyzes the scop...
World Savings Day was established in 1924 to promote the value of thrift. Representatives of 29 countries wanted to bring to mind the idea of savings and its relevance to both the individual and the economy. Today, the focus...