February 17, 2011 2:07 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Check Point,
Cisco,
firewalls,
Juniper,
Network security,
Networking,
virtualization network,
virtualization securityIn data centers virtualization has created a bit of a network security black hole for engineers. Firewalls have no problem applying and enforcing security policies to server-to-server traffic in a data center, but traffic between virtual machines (VMs) on a virtualized server is another story.
A...
October 8, 2010 2:52 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
firewalls,
Juniper,
mobility,
Network security,
VPNWe put Cisco's security strategy under the microscope about six weeks ago after hearing from many, many networking pros who felt Cisco had lost its way, at least a little. I think...
August 30, 2010 3:01 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
Network securityLast week I published a feature that took a long, hard look at Cisco's network security strategy. This story tackled a big subject so naturally I left out a few odds and ends and a little analysis. I...
July 30, 2010 4:35 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Network security,
Network testing and hacking,
Wi-Fi,
wireless LANWhen researchers say they've found a vulnerability in WPA2 (WiFi Protected Access) security standard, wireless LAN administrators stand up and take notice. Md. Sohail Ahmad, a researcher with wireless security vendor Airtight...
July 16, 2010 4:49 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Avaya,
Avenda Systems,
Bradford Networks,
Cisco,
Enterasys,
ForeScout,
Gartner,
HP Networking,
InfoExpress,
Juniper,
Magic Quadrant,
Network access control,
Network securityGartner's 2010 Magic Quadrant for network access control (NAC) is remarkably crowded for a market that reportedly generated just $200 million in annual...
May 26, 2010 5:25 PM
Posted by: Shamus McGillicuddy
Cisco,
Gartner,
Network access control,
Network security,
Trusted Computing GroupNetwork World this week published a brutal takedown of the network access control industry, called "NAC: What went wrong?" Consultant Joel Snyder wrote the article after...
March 23, 2010 4:40 PM
Posted by: rivkalittle
CCIE,
ccie survey,
Cisco certification,
Network security,
network security skills,
nework architecting,
virtualization networkCisco may be pushing users to acquire blade server skills, but 64% of CCIEs in a recent survey said that risk management and network security will be the most crucial networking skills to have in...
John Curran, ARIN CEO...
