According to a recent article at Tech Radar, Cisco just acquired a network security firm Lancope for $450 million. This marks the company’s newest acquisition and a branching out in the security sector once again. Lancope provides network behavior analytics, threat visibility and security intelligence to help protect companies against top cyber security threats. Cisco and Lancope will advance Cisco’s Security Everywhere strategy of providing advanced threat protection across the full attack continuum—before, during and after an attack. With Lancope, Cisco’s portfolio of security solutions adds an additional capability of network behavior analytics that extends protection further into the network. “As enterprises digitize, security challenges
Regin: Stuxnet's Best Spying Malware Cousin
Regin is a new type of sophisticated malware that deeply embeds itself within a country, company or organization for the purpose of espionage.
Regin: Stuxnet's Best Spying Malware Cousin
Regin is a new type of sophisticated malware that deeply embeds itself within a country, company or organization for the purpose of espionage.
NTT Docomo Lays Out Japan’s Future Quake-Proof Telecom Network
NTT Docomo unveils its latest plan to secure its telecommunications infrastructure within Japan’s turbulent waters and shaky grounds.
Samsung Sets New 5G Network Speed Record of 7.5 Gbps
Samsung breaks network speed records yet again, with its groundbreaking milestone in setting a 5G network speed record of 7.5 Gbps.
NSA Bugged Foreign-Bound Networking Equipment
According to Glenn Greenwald, who seemingly quotes himself in his own titles, the NSA has routinely been intercepting US-based networking hardware bound for countries abroad. While Glenn Greenwald doesn’t specifically implicate any networking companies, it would be safe to assume that companies like Cisco, Juniper, Brocade, Dell, HP and many more. This is in the face of the fact that the US government had been criticizing the use of Huawei networking hardware due to the beliefs that the Chinese would be presenting a security risk to the US. They essentially claimed that Huawei was bugging their networking equipment for the Chinese government and that their