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Cisco Solution Brief
Acalvio ShadowPlex and Cisco®pxGrid/ISE:
Advanced Threat Detection & Rapid Containment

Deception and Compliance: The Co-Existence Conundrum
In our recent blog, we looked at using Deception solutions to satisfy compliance regulations, in particular controls which are intended to promote active discovery of anomalous behavior. In this blog we’re switching gears and looking at a different aspect of...

Market Spotlight for Cyber Deception Systems
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Tunneling for Network Deceptions
Patent Awarded to Acalvio Acalvio was awarded U.S. Patent No. 20,170,310,706, titled “Tunneling For Network Deceptions”. This patent forms the basis of the Deception Farms® architecture. This blog goes a little deep into the patent to talk about what the patented...

Deception and Compliance – It’s the Intent that Matters
Compliance is like an annual checkup at the dentist: Nothing good is likely to come of it and we want it to be as fast and painless as possible. In the first of two blogs on compliance, we’ll consider how best to think about compliance intent, and how deception can...

Ransomware Deja Vu – Louisiana Declares State Emergency After Cyberattacks on Schools
On 24 July, 2019 the State of Louisiana actually had to declare a state of emergency over what appears to have been a ransomware attack against at least three of the school districts within the state. So far, the districts impacted include Sabine, Ouachita, and...

Know Your Adversary, Before They ATT&CK
The Cyber Kill Chain If you’re reading this blog, you likely know the basics of the cyber kill chain. You might even be able to name a few of the seven stages in the kill chain, which lays out the steps adversaries take to attack and exploit their victims. Where you...

Deception Technology in Healthcare – When Good Medical Devices Go Bad
Healthcare institutions continue to be heavily targeted by cyber attackers. A review of the current data in the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights (HHS OCR), database of major breaches shows that cyber attackers continue to compromise our...

Want to Get Serious about APTs? NIST Knows a Thing or Two, Because They’ve Seen a Thing or Two
If there's any organization that knows about dealing with advanced persistent threats (APTs) it's NIST. The US government is constantly targeted by the most sophisticated adversaries, and the attacks are directed at both the government agencies themselves, and...

Amazon Firestick” is to “VCR”, as “Deception” is to _________
Complete the Analogy: “Amazon Firestick” is to “VCR”, as “Deception” is to _________. Correct Answer: “Honeypot” Remember your SAT or ACT exams with the analogy questions? If so you probably got this one right. For those of us old enough to remember, Video Cassette...