Why Cisco Kinetic Table 7-1 describes the key features of Cisco Kinetic Platform. Table 7-1 Kinetic Platform Key Features Understanding Cisco Kinetic Platform Cisco Kinetic makes it easy to connect distributed devices (“things”) to the network and then extract, normalize, and securely move data from those devices to distributed applications. The Kinetic platform also plays … Read more
IoT Challenges The following is a list of some of the challenges IoT presents: • The process of connecting, securing, and managing diverse devices is complex. • A lot of data remains locked inside its sources. • Flexibility is needed to compute data at the edge, data center, and/or cloud. • There’s no programmatic way … Read more
Introduction to the Internet of Things Before we can begin to see the importance of the Internet of Things (IoT), it is first necessary to understand the differences between the Internet and the World Wide Web (or Web)—terms that are often used interchangeably. The Internet is the physical layer or network made up of switches, … Read more
Proximity for On-Premises Registered Webex Devices Figure 6-55 shows that Unified CM and VCS registered Cisco video devices use ultrasonic signaling and tokens for proximity pairing with Webex Teams apps. Unique tokens are generated by the device every 180 seconds and emitted using ultrasound from the device speakers. A Webex Teams app within range of … Read more
Webex Team Single Sign-On Webex Teams supports any Identity Provider (IdP) that complies with SAML v2. Webex Teams works with the leading identity providers for both on-premises and Identity as a Service (IaaS) integration for the purpose of SAML v2 federated single sign-on. Cisco has created integration guides for some of these partners and has … Read more
KMS On-Premises Webex Teams and Webex devices establish TLS connections to the Webex cloud. These encrypted connections are used for all communication to Webex cloud services and on-premises services such as the Hybrid Data Security service. To ensure that communication between Webex Teams and on-premises HDS services remain confidential, an additional encrypted connection is established … Read more
Multifactor Authentication from Duo Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a specific type of MFA that strengthens access security by requiring two methods (also referred to as authentication factors) to verify your identity. These factors can include something you know, such as a username and password, and something you have, such as a smartphone app, to approve … Read more
Cisco Duo Security The landscape of authentication is clearly changing. Just a few years ago, security experts started preaching a risk-based access model—evaluating users, their devices, and the applications they access to determine a login’s legitimacy. The corporate network wasn’t the ultimate source of security anymore. Instead, risk could be managed using stronger security controls … Read more
Watchlist Configuration Watchlists control whether or not traffic from a specific entity will generate an alert. You can configure entries such that traffic involving those entities always causes the system to generate an alert. You can also configure those watchlist entries to expire after a configured period of time, at which point traffic involving those … Read more
Public Cloud Monitoring Configuration for Google Cloud Platform Cisco Secure Cloud Analytics public cloud monitoring is a visibility, threat identification, and compliance service for Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Secure Cloud Analytics consumes network traffic data, including VPC flow logs, from your GCP public cloud network. It then performs dynamic entity modeling by running analytics on … Read more
