The Cisco ASA is a great tool for Cyber Threat Defense. In part one of this blog I described the 3 components of Cisco’s threat defense solution. In this half I will be showing you some more benefits of the solution, and how it can be used in correlation with other technologies to give you end to end visibility in your network.

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Jimmy Wendler

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Network Intrusion Detection, Cyber Threats, Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs), Polymorphic Malware, Event Correlation – today all of these terms are foremost on many IT Security Professionals minds. What cyber security layer can we add to our existing protection efforts that will bring us greater peace of mind? Read more »

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In many cases, previously unidentified malware and back doors were identified through the use of these indicators in both network traffic and host-based information. The combination of both host- and network-based indicators continues to be the most reliable way to identify APT-related malware on a network.

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Michael Patterson
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The Magnitude of the Cyber Threat Problem

Earlier this year, CNN stated that 39 Billion was stolen on-line in 2011.  This Fall, Symantec calculated that the total cost of cyber crime in 2012 will reach 110 Billion.  As Dmitri pointed out, every company has been compromised in some way.  Advanced Persistent Threats are expected to continue increasing as shown below.

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Michael Patterson
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In our February 14th webcast, we will present how the Cisco ASA NSEL exports are used to detect network threats that could be missed by the Cisco ASA threat detection logic.  We’ll explain how to improve cyber security layers.

Attendees on the webcast will learn:

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Building organization confidence surrounding a company’s Internet threat defense effort means we can never let our guard down.  A potential internet security threat could come from anywhere at any-time and it doesn’t have to start from cyberspace.  Many threats are initiated internally by infected handhelds and laptop devices which walk right past the firewall.

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Michael Patterson
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Network forensics can be an intimidating subject. When IT personnel hear the word “forensics” they often recoil with visions of complicated software such as EnCase. Or they may think about expensive packet capture solutions such as Niksun’s NetDetector product line. While these tools can serve a specific purpose, your first line of network forensics defense should always be found in NetFlow and IPFIX…

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Adam Powers
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At least two or three times each week we’re asked how NetFlow relates to PCI compliance. Our answer is crisp and simple. No fancy requirement references or complicated legal speak, just practical advice that’s actually useful for those concerned with the PCI audit process. There are three key areas NetFlow and IPFIX analysis can aid the enterprise as it relates to PCI:

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Earlier this year Barracuda Networks enabled IPFIX support on their NG Series firewalls. This export provides great visibility into your network traffic as well as network Threat Detection.

Let’s take a moment to go over the configuration to get these exports going:

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Scott Robertson
Sr. Solutions Engineer

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Apparently some of our customers are calling in asking for Astaro IPFIX Reporting support.  It’s always fun to work with a new flow vendor and in this case Sophos who acquired Astaro is exporting IPFIX instead of NetFlow.  Going with IPFIX of course was a very smart decision especially since they are exporting some interesting unique elements.

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