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Cisco Firewalls are Hot Right Now and Here's Why!
With a lot of good news around Cisco Secure Firewalls recently, we decided to put them to the test, ATC style!
Cisco NGFW Foundation Lab
Cisco NGFW Foundation Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of the Cisco Secure Firewall solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Bridging Kubernetes, Cilium, & eBPF to Networking Concepts for Network Engineers
As cloud-native technologies continue to converge with traditional networking in the data center and enterprise, understanding how Kubernetes, Cilium and eBPF work is crucial for network engineers. Hybrid mesh firewalls are the latest trend, and distributed firewalls (like Cisco's Hypershield) are emerging in the market.
Cisco Secure Firewall Firepower Sandbox 7.4
Cisco Secure Firewall/Firepower Management NGFW Sandbox lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC). This is designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the Cisco Secure Firewall version 7.4. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Cisco Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Learn the basics about network security and how next-generation firewalls (NGFW) fits into a secure environment. Establish baseline knowledge around the Cisco Secure Firewall to better understand the tools and techniques used to secure the most important part of your networks. You will have the opportunity to explore these concepts, tools, and practices through this NGFW Learning Path. So Let's jump in!
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Bridging Kubernetes, Cilium & eBPF to Networking Concepts for Network Engineers: Part 4 Services
As cloud-native technologies continue to converge with traditional networking in the datacenter and enterprise, understanding how Kubernetes, Cilium and eBPF works is crucial for network engineers. With hybrid mesh firewalls being the latest trend, and distributed firewalls (like Cisco's Hypershield) emerging in the market.
Bridging Kubernetes, Cilium & eBPF to Networking Concepts for Network Engineers: Part 2 Security
As cloud-native technologies continue to converge with traditional networking in the data center and enterprise, understanding how Kubernetes, Cilium and eBPF works is crucial for network engineers. With hybrid mesh firewalls being the latest trend, and distributed firewalls (like Cisco's Hypershield) emerging in the market.
Understanding how Kubernetes transforms traditional IP networking concepts into a dynamic, software-defined environment is crucial. This article demystifies Kubernetes security, making it accessible for network engineers familiar with ACLs and VLANs. You may think this doesn't apply to you, but if you're planning a firewall refresh anytime soon, then these concepts will need to be part of your vernacular going forward.
Bridging Kubernetes, Cilium & eBPF to Networking Concepts for Network Engineers: Part 3 Observability
As cloud-native technologies continue to converge with traditional networking in the datacenter and enterprise, understanding how Kubernetes, Cilium and eBPF works is crucial for network engineers. With hybrid mesh firewalls being the latest trend, and distributed firewalls (like Cisco's Hypershield) emerging in the market.
Understanding how Kubernetes transforms traditional IP networking concepts into a dynamic, software-defined environment is crucial. This article demystifies Kubernetes observability, making it accessible for network engineers familiar with Logging and NetFlow. You may think this doesn't apply to you, but if your planning a firewall refresh anytime soon, then these concepts will need to be apart of your vernacular going forward.
Bridging Kubernetes, Cilium, & eBPF to Networking Concepts for Network Engineers
As cloud-native technologies continue to converge with traditional networking in the data center and enterprise, understanding how Kubernetes, Cilium and eBPF work is crucial for network engineers. Hybrid mesh firewalls are the latest trend, and distributed firewalls (like Cisco's Hypershield) are emerging in the market.
Cisco Secure Firewall Firepower Sandbox 7.4
Cisco Secure Firewall/Firepower Management NGFW Sandbox lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC). This is designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the Cisco Secure Firewall version 7.4. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Empowering Security: Cisco's AI-Driven Future
Join us for an insightful conversation with Tom Gillis, SVP and General Manager, Cisco Security, Data Center, Internet and Cloud Infrastructure, as we explore the evolving cybersecurity landscape for 2025. We'll discuss the latest trends in AI-driven threats, the importance of integrated security solutions across the tech stack, and how Cisco's firewall models and Hypershield are shaping the future of defense strategies. Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a leading industry expert on how to stay ahead of emerging threats and safeguard your organization's data.
Cisco Secure Firewall Strength in Unity
There is strength in unity, and when it comes to protecting the integrity of your organization, the same holds true. You need multiple security tools working together to protect your network, workforce, and workloads.
Cisco Secure Firewall Sandbox 7.6
Cisco Secure Firewall/Firepower Management NGFW Sandbox lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC). This is designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the Cisco Secure Firewall version 7.6. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Cisco NGFW Foundation Lab
Cisco NGFW Foundation Lab is a capability of the Advanced Technology Center (ATC) designed to provide an environment to gain hands-on experience with the fundamental features of the Cisco Secure Firewall solution. The environment that supports the lab is completely virtual, removing any hardware dependencies associated with physical infrastructure.
Cisco AI for Security Overview
Cisco AI Assistant for Security cuts through the clutter to quickly solve the challenge of setting and maintaining complex policies and rules. Using Cisco's AI administrators can save time, improve operational efficiency, and reduce complexity.
Cisco Firewalls are Hot Right Now and Here's Why!
With a lot of good news around Cisco Secure Firewalls recently, we decided to put them to the test, ATC style!
Cisco Multicloud Defense Demo Lab
This provides an overview of the Cisco Multicloud Defense Demo, which offers hands-on experience with the platform. Users will learn how to identify assets and potential malicious traffic, analyze threats, and develop security policies. The demo showcases the platform's robust security capabilities in multi-cloud environments.
ASAv integration in Cisco ACI using PBR Service Graph redirection Lab
The goal of this lab is to show how policy-based redirection to a L4-7 device can be used with a single bridge domain needed for Cisco ACI fabrics. The use of a single bridge domain and single PBR redirection is known as "one-armed mode."
Cisco vFTD integration in ACI using PBR Service Graph redirection Lab
The goal of this lab is to show how policy-based redirection to a L4-7 device can be used with a single bridge domain needed for Application Centric (ACI) fabrics. The use of a single bridge domain and single PBR redirection is known as "one -armed mode."
Partner POV | Cisco Security and SD-WAN Efficacy and Performance Evaluation
Cisco engaged Miercom to conduct a review of their converged security and SD-WAN technologies available through Catalyst and Meraki WAN appliances.
Cisco Secure Firewall History and Terminology
An overview of Cisco Secure Firewall history, and an introduction to Cisco Security verbiage, lingo, and acronyms.
Cisco Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW)
Learn the basics about network security and how next-generation firewalls (NGFW) fits into a secure environment. Establish baseline knowledge around the Cisco Secure Firewall to better understand the tools and techniques used to secure the most important part of your networks. You will have the opportunity to explore these concepts, tools, and practices through this NGFW Learning Path. So Let's jump in!
What Is NGFW? A Primer on the Third Generation of Firewalls
Learn about the competitive difference NGFW has over traditional firewalls, types of organizations that benefit most from NGFS and competitive vendors in the space.
Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) Workshop
During a World Wide Technology (WWT) Next-generation Firewall Workshop, our security practice experts will review a full capabilities matrix of next-generation technology from leading manufacturers. This workshop will help participants determine what next-generation solutions will drive the most business value to their organizations.
My Favorite Next-Generation Firewall Security Features
A review of the features that differentiate today's hottest NGFW solutions.