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Cisco Nexus 1000 V and NetFlow Traffic monitoring

Apart from other Cisco Physical switches, Cisco Nexus 1000 V is a virtual switch which is custom made for VMware Vsphere environment. The NetFlow export from Cisco 1000V helps in analyzing the traffic between VMware Host and traffic to other part of network from these Hosts.

[Webinar]: What you need to know about Applications Manager Version 10.0

We recently released Applications Manager Version 10.0 and want to demonstrate to you how the new features work. For this purpose, we are organizing webinar sessions where we will discuss release 10.0 in depth

Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for September 2011 Patch Tuesday

Microsoft released their advance notification for September 2011 patch Tuesday. Microsoft will release 5 bulletins on September 13 , all of them are rated as Important Vulnerability Impact 3 bulletins addresses Remote Code Execution 2 bulletins addresses Elevation of Privilege Affected Products: All supported Microsoft operating systems Office 2003, 2007, 2010 (Excel) Groove Server 2007 SharePoint Workspace 2010 Excel Viewer Office Compatibility Pack 2007 SharePoint Server 2007, 2010 Office Forms Server 2007 Groove Server (Data Bridge Server) 2007, 2010 Office Web Apps 2010 (Excel) SharePoint Services 2.0, 3.0 SharePoint Foundation 2010 Once the bulletins are released, the Patch Assessment team at Desktop Central will test all the patches pertaining to these bulletins and update their central patch database at the earliest. Update: Adobe has also released an advance notification that they would release an update on Sep 13, 2011

DNS Network Hacking on UK sites

It is one of the most popular technology news site in UK and worldwide, The Register. The first news I read was The Register Hacked posted by a fellow men Chris Woollard but later it came to light that it was not the site but the DNS (Domain Name Server) which got hacked. Along with it the sites Coca Cola, UPS, Telegraph Newspaper were been cracked and displayed a black page stating

More security to your network with NetFlow Analyzer’s ASAM

If you are looking for a tool to monitor your network bandwidth and keep a watch on the overall security snapshot of the network, then NetFlow Analyzer along with the Advanced Security Analytics Module is the perfect fit for you. With the release of the new version of ASAM, a number of new features have been added to it. This makes the ASAM the best fit to perform security analytics.

Managing Risk: Rapidly responding to security alerts from network device vendors

Assume the scenario below: The Cisco Product Security Incident Response Team (PSIRT) publishes an important security alert Releases an advisory suggesting firmware upgrage of routers The security issue on hand is quite serious, urgent and cannot be ignored Impact assessment of devices suggests firmware upgrade of more than 1500 routers to be done immediately Network administrators working on production networks involving a large number of network devices such as switches, routers, firewalls and other devices would have often faced a situation similar to the one above. Effectively managing risk is an important aspect of network security. But, manual process for reacting to security alerts is not only time-consuming, but also error-prone