What is it Like to be a Cisco Security Analyst?
Security events, such as vulnerabilities and threats, that are detected globally continue to grow and evolve in scale, impact, diversity, and complexity. Compounded with this is the other side of the...
View ArticleTools of the Trade: cvrfparse
In this article, you will be provided a thorough treatise on an in-house developed tool for parsing and validating CVRF documents aptly named "cvrfparse". The article is split into two parts. The first...
View ArticleI Can’t Keep Up with All These Cisco Security Advisories: Do I Have to Upgrade?
"A security advisory was just published! Should I hurry and upgrade all my Cisco devices now?" This is a question that I am being asked by customers on a regular basis. In fact, I am also asked why...
View ArticleCVRF: A Penny For Your Thoughts
The Common Vulnerability Reporting Framework (CVRF) is a security automation standard intended to make your life easier by offering a [...]
View ArticleCoordinated Attacks Against the U.S. Government and Banking Infrastructure
Prologue On April 10, 2013, a collective of politically motivated hacktivists announced a round of planned attacks called #OPUSA . These attacks, [...]
View ArticleA Culture of Transparency
Many Cisco customers with an interest in product security are aware of our security advisories and other publications issued by [...]
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