When an organization commits to implementing the technologies and tools to support role and entitlement management, it faces a number of sizable challenges. In this podcast, expert Richard Mackey counts down these organizational, process, and technical challenges that block the successful deployment of role and entitlement management technology. 

It may be surprising to some that Cisco routers run many services that could create vulnerabilities. This paper is meant to be a vehicle for discussion regarding the security of Cisco routers. Additionally, some best practices for securing your Cisco routers are defined. 

Read this Aberdeen Group benchmark report to learn specific recommendations on achieving Best-in-Class status and how to focus first on the security of endpoint systems, then on compliance, then on optimizing ongoing management for greater efficiency and lower cost. 

The Adaptive Security Appliance is the latest firewall appliance in the Cisco security arsenal and provides a number of services to protect your "trusted" network users from "untrusted" users. 

3G wireless solutions tend to be relatively low-cost and high-speed and are often available in areas where acquiring wired service may be difficult or impossible. This document demonstrates how to address some of 3G's limitations through the use of Cisco® Wide Area Application Services (WAAS). 

This white paper discusses risk management as a key process in designing security architectures, including a better way for security managers to approach the security ROI issue. 

Delivering solid application performance to branch and satellite offices is a clear business priority but costly and challenging to maintain for IT. How can you ensure the business gets what it needs while lowering IT costs and fueling greater consolidation and efficiency? Hear how leading enterprises are conquering this challenge and you can too. 

This white paper documents the procedure for failback from a VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) recovery site after SRM has performed a failover on an HP LeftHand SAN. This document is intended for customers who are using an HP LeftHand SAN with VMware. 

This paper presumes that your enterprise already has a data network security policy in place. It examines the many different settings that are available to help secure the Cisco IP Phones from potential hacker attacks, and it looks at a selection of Cisco secure infrastructure technologies that are especially useful for protecting voice systems. 

TechWiseTV will show you how you can actually take control of the mobility revolution and even shape it to your advantage. Discover the technologies and the tools that will enable you to extend the power of your network far beyond the desktop and empower your mobile users. 

This paper breaks down the e-discovery process into phases, discusses best practices and relevant technologies for each phase, and provides a matrix to guide an e-discovery team’s decision making process. 

View the December issue of Cisco trainings available in this latest Nxtbook. Inside you'll find a complete listing of dozens of courses offered in routing and switching, data center and storage, optical networking, security and much more. 

Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) enables consolidation of your branch office server, storage, application, and data protection infrastructure into the data center, allowing for a multitude of business benefits. Watch this informative video to learn more!