Network security is a critical exercise in continuous vigilance. Threats evolve and new vulnerabilities are discovered every day. Case in point, on October 16th, 2023, Cisco revealed the existence of...
Network security is a critical exercise in continuous vigilance. Threats evolve and new vulnerabilities are discovered every day. Case in point, on October 16th, 2023, Cisco revealed the existence of...
In every digital connected business, managed service provider, and governmental agency, IT professionals typically focus on the specific technologies that are being put in place and the amazing innovation possible...
About a year ago, I was a member of the Advanced Networking team at a regional ISP (Internet service provider)—a glamorous name for an elite strike force of networking rock...
For many of us IT professionals, we have spent our entire lives thinking about what it takes to deliver IT services in a reliable, predictable fashion. Sometimes it’s a tech...
What’s all the hype about hype cycles? According to Gartner, Gartner Hype Cycles provide insight into the maturity, adoption, and business impact of emerging tech and innovations.
If your organization had not already jumped on the “Zero Trust” bandwagon by the time the work-from-home era began in earnest, federal adoption of strict standards in 2021 meant that,...
In today’s fast-paced and dynamic IT landscape, the convergence of development and operations has given rise to DevOps, a methodology that aims to enhance quality and agility by eliminating handoffs...
At the start of the year, Cisco made a significant announcement – Cisco Prime, their decade-old device aggregation solution, would be retired, and they would not provide any new functional...
In today’s ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape, networks face a constant barrage of threats from malicious actors who actively seek out vulnerabilities to exploit. As a result, network hardening has become a...