Cisco’s internal security team fights to corral BYOD, malware and Wild West environment

	Cisco acquires network planning company for $141M | Cisco, other router rivals challenged by economy, competition
	Network World Cisco				Forward this to a Friend >>>
	Cisco's internal security team fights to corral BYOD, malware and Wild West environment Many organizations have a computer security incident response team (CSIRT) that swoops into action to battle malware outbreaks, other types of cyberattacks and possible insider threats, and at networking giant Cisco, that CSIRT team is made up of about 60 people trying to protect a business with about 75,000 employees. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial In this Issue Cisco acquires network planning company for $141M Cisco, other router rivals challenged by economy, competition It's time for network managers to do things the easy way 10 hard truths IT must learn to accept Security Analytics Is In Fact A Big Data Problem U.S. Government Progress on IPv6 Deployment RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! Cisco acquires network planning company for $141M Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire privately held Cariden Technologies, a Sunnyvale, Calif., developer of network planning, design and traffic management software for service providers. Read More Cisco, other router rivals challenged by economy, competition The worldwide carrier routing and switching markets dropped a bit in the third quarter, decreasing 2.5% from last year and 1.7% from Q2, to $2.75 billion. Global economic uncertainty - underscored by the U.S. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Business Intelligence Market Trends and Adoption Patterns Date and Time: December 11th at 12:00 PM EST A valuable examination of the state of the BI marketplace, this report is the culmination of data from 859 users over topics such as quality and usefulness of product, sales experience, quality of technical support, quality and value of consulting services, integrity and recommendations. Register Now It's time for network managers to do things the easy way There may be nothing more mystical or intimidating in corporate IT than the Cisco CLI used to configure and manage the company's switches and routers. Those who have mastered it use a combination of shortcuts, homegrown tools, scripts and other techniques to complete even the simplest of tasks. Those who haven't struggle for hours looking through Cisco Press books and scouring Cisco's support... Read More 10 hard truths IT must learn to accept Unsanctioned devices, compromised networks, downtime -- today's IT is all about embracing imperfections Read More WEBCAST: Teradata Big Data Done Right View this on-demand webcast to learn how to reap the benefits of big data through a practical unified architecture; how to improve performance with in-memory technology; and how to lower costs and increase scalability through cloud computing. Register now. Security Analytics Is In Fact A Big Data Problem At the 2012 RSA Security Conference, ESG participated on a panel of experts to discuss whether security analytics would soon be considered "big data." ESG and the other panelists agreed that this intersection was coming, we just weren't sure of the timing. Were we right? ESG recently completed research project to find out. As part of this effort, ESG surveyed 257 security professionals working... Read More U.S. Government Progress on IPv6 Deployment The United States government has been striving to deploy IPv6 for many years. October 1st was the date that the government wanted to have functional IPv6-enabled Internet applications. Some agencies were able to configure some of their systems to use IPv6, but many systems did not achieve the goal. We should check how many of these systems are using IPv6 and what the government will do in the... Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Cool Yule Apps 13 new things to put onto your iPad or tablet. JOIN THE NETWORK WORLD COMMUNITIES As network pros you understand that the value of connections increase as the number of connections increase, the so called network effect, and no where is this more evident than in professional relationships. Join Network World's LinkedIn and Facebook communities to share ideas, post questions, see what your peers are working on and scout out job applicants (or maybe find your next opportunity). Network World on Facebook Network World on LinkedIn MOST-READ STORIES GOP Congressman's attempt to look cool on Reddit backfires 10 hard truths IT must learn to accept 14 of the most useful Linux websites Is Windows 8 really a sitting duck for malware? Latest Java zero-day exploit renews calls to disable it 2013 IT salaries: 15 titles getting the biggest pay raises Alcatel-Lucent to take on Cisco, VMware in crowding SDN field Android Jelly Bean resurrected my HP Touchpad Talking about Linux online: There are, in fact, stupid questions Mobile browser vulnerability lets hackers steal cloud computing time
	Do You Tweet? Follow everything from NetworkWorld.com on Twitter @NetworkWorld. You are currently subscribed to networkworld_cisco_alert as security.world@gmail.com. Unsubscribe from this newsletter | Manage your subscriptions | Subscribe | Privacy Policy If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com To contact Network World, please send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. Copyright (C) 2011 Network World, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701 ** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly, send an e-mail to customer_service@nww.com. **