security

Interop: Firewalls, Booth Babes and Unicorn Poop

12 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 1 Comment

Now that I've returned from the whirlwind that was Interop Las Vegas, I thought I'd share some thoughts about my experience … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN, Security, Work Life Tagged With: cisco, data center, firewall, firewalls, management, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, SDN, security, tech field day, worklife

Healthy Paranoia Show 12: The Saga of Terry Childs

2 May 2013 by Mrs. Y 4 Comments

Announcing the latest episode of Healthy Paranoia from Mrs. Y featuring the case of Terry Childs, the infamous former Network … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: cisco, mrs. y, network, Network management, network security, networking, security, worklife

It Works and It Should Be Better

26 April 2013 by Greg Ferro 3 Comments

You say, "It works - don't fix it." I hear, "It works - don't touch it." I'm also thinking that if you don't touch it, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Work Life Tagged With: change management, itil, risk avoidance, security

Healthy Paranoia Show 11: Bro – The Outer Limits of IDS

28 March 2013 by Mrs. Y 4 Comments

Join Mrs. Y, Taylor Banks and esteemed Nerd Captain Ivan Pepelnjak for another exciting episode of Healthy Paranoia! In … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: firewall, ids, intrusion detection, Intrusion prevention system, mrs. y, podcast, SDN, security

A Small Yellow Wooden Door: Thinking Practically About SDN

28 March 2013 by Steven Iveson Leave a Comment

As I do most days, I took a walk in the woods at the back of my garden after a hearty dinner. I was quite surprised to come … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, SDN Tagged With: data center, data centre, design, firewalls, networking, packet pushers, routing, SDN, security, switching, virtualization

Healthy Paranoia Show 10: Beware the Shmoo

25 February 2013 by Mrs. Y Leave a Comment

Darkness falls across the land, The hacker hour is close at hand. Creatures crawl in search of 0-days To terrorize your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: conferences, hackers, healthy paranoia, makers, mrs. y, network security, podcast, security, worklife

NetCitadel and Software Defined Security

21 February 2013 by Neil Anderson 5 Comments

OneControl uses a common policy definition language to define security policies

It's been an exciting couple of weeks in the security realm, with a number of innovative startups appearing. That's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Data Center, Network Management, SDN, Security, Virtualization Tagged With: firewall, netcitadel, sds, security

Night of the Living Zombie Recruiter

10 February 2013 by Mrs. Y 1 Comment

Everyone in the IT industry has had to deal with the dreaded recruiter at some point in his or her career. You post your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, job search, Work Life Tagged With: career, healthy paranoia, Job Search, mrs. y, security, worklife

Healthy Paranoia Show 9: Live and Let Scada

10 February 2013 by Mrs. Y Leave a Comment

It's time to be "shaken, not stirred" by the latest episode of Healthy Paranoia! You'll have "the living daylights" scared … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: hacking, healthy paranoia, ICS, mrs. y, network security, PLC, podcast, scada, security

Healthy Paranoia Show 8: Hacking the Mind

21 January 2013 by Mrs. Y 3 Comments

Descend into the heart of darkness with Mrs. Y as she explores the topic of social engineering with Chris Hadnagy, noted … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Healthy Paranoia, Podcasts Tagged With: firewall, hacking, healthy paranoia, mrs. y, network security, packet pushers podcast, Paul Ekman, security, social engineer, social engineering

Security Superstition

20 January 2013 by Mrs. Y 2 Comments

A scientist is never certain. We all know that. We know that all our statements are approximate statements with different … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: firewall, firewalls, healthy paranoia, incident response, intrusion detection, mrs. y, network security, security, URL Categorization, URL classification, virtualization, web reputation

Interacting With the Cisco ASA CLI Using the HTTPS Interface

5 December 2012 by iggdawg 5 Comments

Most people are familiar with interacting with the ASA over HTTPS to get captures off the box, but every CLI mode is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Network Management, Security Tagged With: asa, management, security, tips

12 Tips for Effective IPS Deployment (Goats Optional)

4 December 2012 by Neil Anderson 4 Comments

Fresh from a conversation so frustrating that I could have cheerfully punched a goat today, I thought I'd jot down my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: hints, ips, security, tips

Ode to a Network Engineer (in the Style of Bukowski)*

29 November 2012 by Mrs. Y 7 Comments

You are not a technical sink. You are not an infant made to passively suck up the pabulum from a vendor. Do your … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security, Work Life Tagged With: Employment, healthy paranoia, mrs. y, network, network security, networking, security, worklife

The Scorched Earth LAN & A Better Enterprise Security Model

21 November 2012 by Neil Anderson 6 Comments

The enterprise LAN is a blasted wasteland of dead and dying technologies. I call for a strategic retreat. It seems to me … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blogs, Security Tagged With: lan, policy, security, software defined security, strategy, wireless

Who is Greg Ferro?

Greg Ferro is a Network Engineer/Architect, mostly focussed on Data Centre, Security Infrastructure, and recently Virtualization. He has over 20 years in IT, in wide range of employers working as a freelance consultant including Finance, Service Providers and Online Companies. He is CCIE#6920 and has a few ideas about the world, but not enough to really count.

He is a host on the Packet Pushers Podcast, blogger at EtherealMind.com and on Twitter @etherealmind and Google Plus.

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Who is Ethan Banks?

Ethan Banks, CCIE #20655, is a hands-on networking practitioner who has designed, built and maintained networks for higher education, state government, financial institutions, and technology corporations. Ethan is a host of the Packet Pushers Podcast, which has seen over one million unique downloads, and today reaches a global audience of over ten thousand listeners. Also a writer, Ethan covers network engineering and the networking industry for a variety of IT publications. He is also the editor for the independent community of bloggers at PacketPushers.net. Follow @ecbanks.