One of the current trends in IT security that gets a lot of press and discussion is the idea of zero trust. Zero trust, however, is really a philosophy, not a plan of action. Specifically, zero trust is the philosophy that all IT resources, whether internal or external, should be treated as untrusted or even […]
For the first part of our explorations of the zero trust philosophy, we’re going to look at the datacenter. It’s All in the Flow When we look at the datacenter we have two types of traffic flows, each of which needs to be looked at from a security perspective. First is user to machine security. […]
A common topic of conversation with our Cisco Call Manager (“CUCM”) customers has been whether or not Microsoft Teams can act as a softphone for CUCM. The answer is … sort of. Let’s look at the process of getting this working. First and foremost, at the time of this writing, calling from CUCM to MS […]
Navigating RESTCONF for Cisco Network Engineers In both my personal education and in work projects, there’s been a slow but steady move into network automation. This document is written from the angle of a network engineer, and as such, the document approaches the topic from the angle of moving from the CLI to a true […]
What other applications does DNA have?Cisco’s DNA Center appliance is generally talked about in the context of SD-Access (SDA), but SDA is a complex technology that involves significant planning and re-architecture to deploy. DNA Center is not just SDA, though – it has multiple features that can be used on day 1 that can cut […]
Recently, a customer came to us with an interesting problem with their Room Kits… The Challenge Our client has many Cisco Room Kit installations ranging from large training areas on the Room Kit Pro, to some smaller conference rooms and huddle spaces. Most multi-display video systems have two or more same-sized televisions, generally right next […]
Two of the lesser known yet extremely useful features present in the Catalyst 9000 and many other route/switch products in Cisco’s lineup are Guest Shell and Application Hosting. Both of these features rely on Cisco’s use of Linux as an underpinning of their various network OSes and the use of x86 CPUs for their devices […]
