Cisco has revealed its plans to cull its Android-based Cius tablet just under a year after launching the enterprise-only product. Cisco said the rise of bring-your-own-device trends in the enterprise was behind its decision to kill the tablet, which ran the…
Simple Ways to Secure Wireless Network

Many administrators and managers will likely read this article title and say to themselves: “We don’t have wireless networking here. I don’t need to read this.”  But those same administrators often discover that wireless networking happens, even when “they don’t…
Cisco PIX Firewall Basics

The PIX is a firewall appliance based on a hardened, specially built operating system, PIX OS, minimizing possible OS-specific security holes. The PIX has received ICSA Firewall and IPsec certification as well as Common Criteria EAL4 evaluation status. PIX firewalls…

In order to be proficient in network security, you have to understand the different types of networks since each network type poses different challenges, issues and risks. There are different types of networks: Local Area Network, Wide Area Network, Metropolitan Area…

Wireless bridge and access point offer radio link connectivity over a computer network, but they are structurally and functionally designed to serve slightly different purposes. Setting up a vast wireless network for a corporate office space requires the installation of…