How Cisco protects its own networks

Most of us aren't too concerned about how vendors are dealing with the same security issues hitting today's enterprises, yet since some of those same vendors push out products that feature risk issues now and then, it can be enlightening to learn how they're protecting their own networks and systems. That's the insight provided by Cisco's CSO John Stewart in an interview given this week. As Stewart says, his company has seen a surge in attacks on its networks, with a specific goal of knocking its electronic-commerce service using denial-of-service attacks near the end of each financial quarter. That's just one of the reasons it's got a multi-pronged security program running at full speed these days.

For more on how Cisco is boosting its own network security:
- read the interview at NetworkWorld