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Cisco looks to standardize context-aware security
Cisco is looking to standardize a framework it developed for integrating disparate security products from multiple vendors. The framework is called the Platform Exchange Grid (pxGrid) and it allows third-party developers of security applications to develop capabilities for Cisco's Identity Services Engine (ISE). ISE is designed to provide policy-based, context-aware security for Cisco networks. Read... Read More

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