Cisco ACI bring a scalable model to being able to enforce wire rate security on any port to leverage a state checking packet filter for application traffic. Historically this was not viable from a management perspective due to the need to associate every filter with an IP address, which is solved with the group based… Continue reading Security Analytics of an ACI Fabric
Month: September 2017
Advanced Security Insertion in Cisco ACI
Cisco ACI was built from the ground up with security in mind. Whether it is protection of the fabric itself, whitelist policies and segmentation, or chaining of advanced security services, it is the most flexible system at scale to support a consistent security policy for bare metal, virtualized, private, and public clouds. The dynamic nature… Continue reading Advanced Security Insertion in Cisco ACI
The new security approach in the Data Center
Everything is moving in different directions, at an increasingly rapid rate of change. As new applications are evolving faster than ever, they are adopting more modern application development frameworks. The extension to a multi cloud environment is obfuscating the perimeter, and an entirely new breed of devices is connecting to the network, faster than ever.… Continue reading The new security approach in the Data Center
Monty Python Paradox
I had long thought the Monty Python paradox was simply incorrect. The background of the problem is as follows, “Suppose you’re on a game show, and you’re given the choice of three doors: Behind one door is a car; behind the others, goats. You pick a door, say No. 1, and the host, who… Continue reading Monty Python Paradox
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