Spot Bad Traffic without decrypting it

How can we detect and mitigate a kill chain in encrypted traffic without breaking users privacy and same time  with minimal false positives? Cisco Catalyst 9k is the newest platform with this capability which is called Encrypted Traffic Analysis (ETS). Machine Learning & metadata seems to be the right ingredients to make the wheel work. … Read more

Cisco Catalyst reborn

Cisco announced a new platform, Catalyst 9k (fixed and modular), a new hit for the Enterprise Architecture. Some of the benefits i’ve captured: Secure segmentation with SD-Access Unmatched 60W POE on every access port DNA Center IoT readiness Cloud readiness IOS-XE UADP 2.0 StackWise Virtual IEEE1588 MACsec256 Encrypted Traffic Analysis (ETA) Licensing mode changed (no … Read more

CCIE and VR combined

It’s not April fools day, so what the title means? No chance to Cisco stay behind the software world! I would expect that Cisco will use VR soon as part of their Collaboration suite If you are going to Cisco Live US you can see this two Demos: BeTheRouter (BTR) – in this App, you … Read more

Next-Gen SAN reaching 32Gbps

Cisco MDS still evolving as a platform, and Cisco announced technology innovations for next-generation storage networking, giving 32Gb fibre channel performance across a unified MDS storage director and UCS. Cisco storage solutions can help the network adapt to new storage trends such as flash, NVMe, and converged infrastructure workloads. You can see here the full … Read more

New Cisco Certs on Programming Skills

We have been observing a lots talk about SDN (and flavours), programmability , APIs, Automation, and so on.  Cisco is launching new Certifications embracing a new Era of Software. So stay relevant! You can read the full article here https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/blogs/talking-tech-with-cisco/2017/04/06/new-certifications-and-training-to-meet-the-needs-of-today-s-digitized-businesses

Upgrade Cisco Blade Switch

Applying a major upgrade between 12.x and 15.x code, backup your config first before go ahead! Checking the actual version   SW01#sh ver | i IOS Cisco IOS Software, CBS30X0 Software (CBS30X0-LANBASEK9-M), Version 12.2(35)SE, RELEASE SOFTWARE (fc2)SW01#show boot BOOT path-list      : flash:cbs30x0-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE/cbs30x0-lanbase-mz.122-35.SE.bin Config file         : flash:/config.text Private Config file : flash:/private-config.text Enable Break        : no … Read more

NetRiders Competition 2017

NetRiders is a Competition offered for students currently or recently enrolled in a Cisco Networking Academy course. Each region offers three levels of competitions: CCNA, CCENT, and IT Essentials. Eligibility requirements differ per competition level. Competition schedules differ for each region. What are the benefits? Develop and grow networking and IT skills Test and showcase … Read more