Cisco Secure and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework

whitePaper | February 11, 2023

Higher-education institutions are experiencing a high volume of cyberattacks and greater vulnerability to threats. Today’s educational technology environments connect a variety of endpoints—laptops, desktops, student management data, and email servers. They use Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices for managing environmental controls, security cameras, and door alarms. Both ends of the education spectrum gather, store, and use personal data from students and staff—and if they collect it, they must also protect it. As a result, schools need dedicated, skilled, and experienced executive leadership that is empowered, resourced, and responsible for campuswide cybersecurity issues.

whitePaper | November 29, 2022

Enterprise data can be a transformative asset. It can unlock insights and intelligence to fuel innovation, accelerate organizational growth, and create a significant competitive advantage — so long as it’s properly used.

whitePaper | November 3, 2022

While “less is more” is the critical strategy behind consolidating networks and security, “more is more” seems to be the mantra cybercriminals continue to live by. The most troubling trend we’ve observed across the cyber landscape is one we see continuing into the future—that threats of all kinds are becoming increasingly ubiquitous. From Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS) to new attacks on nontraditional targets like edge devices to the emerging use of wipers, the volume and variety of cyberthreats will keep security teams on their toes in 2023 and beyond.

whitePaper | June 13, 2022

Many cyber-attacks involve ransomware, a form of malicious software or malware, designed to deny access to a computer system or data until a ransom is paid and a decryption key (commonly called a decryptor) is given to the victim. The encryption is virtually unbreakable without the decryption key, and you should not spend valuable time seeking a way around the encryption if you are attacked with it. Ransomware can spread in multiple ways, but most typically, through phishing emails or by unknowingly visiting an infected website. Ransomware can be catastrophic to healthcare and other organizations, preventing critical information and systems for patient care from being accessed, for example.

whitePaper | October 4, 2022

Organizational practices in the digital age are inevitably linked to the processing of data, and built upon the systems that support these efforts. Collectively, cybersecurity and privacy professionals are responsible for guiding and implementing organizational decisions that ensure data is collected, processed, protected and shared consistent with evolving norms.

whitePaper | January 24, 2023

Cloud-based software delivery has increasingly become the norm in today’s world, owing to the elasticity, scalability, and economy of cloud architectures. Arista has established a leadership position in the delivery of reliable and secure cloud networking and services management through the introduction of CloudVision®, a single unified AI/ML-enabled network management platform supporting every place in the cloud – and CloudVision is now available in an “as-aService” delivery model in the cloud.