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300-215 Conducting Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Using Cisco CyberOps Technologies (CBRFIR)

Exam Number: 300-215
Exam Name : Conducting Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Using Cisco CyberOps Technologies (CBRFIR)
Exam Duration : 90 min.
Number of Questions: 60

Exam Description
Conducting Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Using Cisco Technologies for CyberOps v1.0 (CBRFIR 300-215) is a 90-minute test that is associated with the Cisco CyberOps Professional Certification. This test tests a candidate's knowledge of forensic analysis and incident response fundamentals, techniques, and processes. The course Conducting Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Using Cisco Technologies for CyberOps helps candidates to prepare for this exam.

Course Outline
20% 1.0 Fundamentals
1.1 Analyze the components needed for a root cause analysis report
1.2 Describe the process of performing forensics analysis of infrastructure network devices
1.3 Describe antiforensic tactics, techniques, and procedures
1.4 Recognize encoding and obfuscation techniques (such as, base 64 and hex encoding)
1.5 Describe the use and characteristics of YARA rules (basics) for malware identification, classification, and documentation
1.6 Describe the role of:
1.6.a hex editors (HxD, Hiew, and Hexfiend) in DFIR investigations
1.6.b disassemblers and debuggers (such as, Ghidra, Radare, and Evans Debugger) to perform basic malware analysis
1.6.c deobfuscation tools (such as, XORBruteForces, xortool, and unpacker)
1.7 Describe the issues related to gathering evidence from virtualized environments (major cloud vendors)
20% 2.0 Forensics Techniques
2.1 Recognize the methods identified in the MITRE attack framework to perform fileless malware analysis
2.2 Determine the files needed and their location on the host
2.3 Evaluate output(s) to identify IOC on a host
2.3.a process analysis
2.3.b log analysis
2.4 Determine the type of code based on a provided snippet
2.5 Construct Python, PowerShell, and Bash scripts to parse and search logs or multiple data sources (such as, Cisco Umbrella, Sourcefire IPS, AMP for Endpoints, AMP for Network, and PX Grid)
2.6 Recognize purpose, use, and functionality of libraries and tools (such as, Volatility, Systernals, SIFT tools, and TCPdump)
30% 3.0 Incident Response Techniques
3.1 Interpret alert logs (such as, IDS/IPS and syslogs)
3.2 Determine data to correlate based on incident type (host-based and network-based activities)
3.3 Determine attack vectors or attack surface and recommend mitigation in a given scenario
3.4 Recommend actions based on post-incident analysis
3.5 Recommend mitigation techniques for evaluated alerts from firewalls, intrusion prevention systems (IPS), data analysis tools (such as, Cisco Umbrella Investigate, Cisco Stealthwatch, and Cisco SecureX), and other systems to responds to cyber incidents
3.6 Recommend a response to 0 day exploitations (vulnerability management)
3.7 Recommend a response based on intelligence artifacts
3.8 Recommend the Cisco security solution for detection and prevention, given a scenario
3.9 Interpret threat intelligence data to determine IOC and IOA (internal and external sources)
3.10 Evaluate artifacts from threat intelligence to determine the threat actor profile
3.11 Describe capabilities of Cisco security solutions related to threat intelligence (such as, Cisco Umbrella, Sourcefire IPS, AMP for Endpoints, and AMP for Network)
15% 4.0 Forensics Processes
4.1 Describe antiforensic techniques (such as, debugging, Geo location, and obfuscation)
4.2 Analyze logs from modern web applications and servers (Apache and NGINX)
4.3 Analyze network traffic associated with malicious activities using network monitoring tools (such as, NetFlow and display filtering in Wireshark)
4.4 Recommend next step(s) in the process of evaluating files based on distinguished characteristics of files in a given scenario
4.5 Interpret binaries using objdump and other CLI tools (such as, Linux, Python, and Bash)
15% 5.0 Incident Response Processes
5.1 Describe the goals of incident response
5.2 Evaluate elements required in an incident response playbook
5.3 Evaluate the relevant components from the ThreatGrid report
5.4 Recommend next step(s) in the process of evaluating files from endpoints and performing ad-hoc scans in a given scenario
5.5 Analyze threat intelligence provided in different formats (such as, STIX and TAXII)

Conducting Forensic Analysis and Incident Response Using Cisco CyberOps Technologies (CBRFIR)
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Cisco is adding compute power and streamlining edge hardware and software offerings to make SD-WAN easier to deploy and manage.

Taken together enhancements are aimed at helping to better handle growing distributed enterprises but also to help simplify environments—the hardware by allowing users to collapse multiple devices into one, and the software to ease configuration and management of SD-WANs.

On the hardware side, Cisco is adding the 3U, Catalyst 8500-20X6C edge platform to its Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms Family. It is an edge aggregation device built on the Cisco’s quantum-flow processor (QFP) ASIC and promises more than three times the performance over the existing high-end Catalyst 8500 Series Edge Platform, according to Archana Khetan, head of products in Cisco’s Enterprise Routing group. “With the increased power, customers can support more users and collapse the number of boxes they need to support edge applications as needed,” Khetan said.

The box features up to 6x 40/100GbE and 20 10/1GbE ports and is aimed at campus locations and at aggregation points to act as a central connection hub for distributed sites, Khetan said. It is available now.

The Catalyst 8000 Edge Platforms Family includes three models: the high-end 8500, the 8300 for branch users, and the software-based 8000V for virtual environments. The family can share a feature set that includes advanced routing, SD-WAN, secure-access service edge (SASE). All models run Cisco’s IOS XE operating system software.

Cisco also announced the E-Series M6 compute module for its Unified Computing System servers. The module, available in the first half of the year, promises twice the processing horsepower and 10 times greater I/O capacity compared to previous generations, according to Khetan.  “The M6 is ideal for customer environments where they want to collapse more of their edge compute into the platform and better handle process-intensive business applications and network services,” Khetan said.

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Killexams : Cisco observability: What you need to know

Observability may be the latest buzzword in an industry loaded with them, but Cisco will tell you the primary goal of the technology is to help enterprises get a handle on effectively managing distributed resources in ways that have not been possible in the past.

The idea of employing observability tools and applications is a hot idea. Gartner says that by 2024, 30% of enterprises implementing distributed system architectures will have adopted observability techniques to Improve digital-business service performance, up from less than 10% in 2020.

“Today’s operational teams have tools for network monitoring, application monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, call monitoring, and more, but they rarely intermingle to provide a cohesive view of what’s going on across the enterprise,” according to Carlos Pereira, Cisco Fellow and chief architect in its Strategy, Incubation & Applications group.

Observability looks to address real problems by gathering information across domains and using it to show how one domain influences another and to predict problem areas or trigger incident management, Pereira said.

“By using observability tools, the business is able to determine the state of its applications with a high degree of certainty and understand how their services impact business key performance indicators and customers’ digital experience,” Gartner wrote in a latest observability report. “Observability enables quick interrogation of a digital service to identify the underlying cause of a performance degradation, even when it has never occurred before.”

At the latest Cisco Live! event in Amsterdam, Pereira provided a preview of the underlying architecture for observability called the Cisco Full-Stack Observability Platform. It’s expected in June, though some details have already been announced.

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Killexams : Cisco forecast raise allays tech spending fears, lifts shares

Feb 15 (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) on Wednesday raised its full-year earnings forecast and delivered strong second-quarter results, indicating that spending on network infrastructure was staying resilient in the face of an economic slowdown.

The maker of routers and other products that run computer networks and the internet said customers were keeping investments steady in systems related to cloud, artificial intelligence and tools for hybrid work.

The company is also benefiting from the easing of pandemic-driven supply chain constraints, which plagued its business last year and resulted in significant inventory buildup.

"Cisco is better positioned today than at any time since I became CEO almost eight years ago," Chuck Robbins said in a post-earnings analyst call. Shares of the company were 3% higher after earlier jumping 12% in extended trading.

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For fiscal 2023, Cisco said it expects revenue growth of 9% to 10.5%, and adjusted per share earnings between $3.73 to $3.78. It had previously forecast revenue growth of 4.5% to 6.5% and earnings per share of $3.51 to $3.58.

Its second-quarter adjusted earnings of 88 cents per share and revenue of $13.59 billion were both higher than market estimates pooled by Refinitiv.

"This is very strong growth and shows that the company may finally be exiting a difficult period related to supply-chain challenges," said Scott Raynovich, chief analyst at Futuriom.

Cisco said it reduced backlog 6% sequentially, while remaining performance obligations (RPO), a metric that denotes contractual revenue that will be recognized in the future, was $31.8 billion as of January-end, compared to $30.9 billion in October.

Cisco's strong performance comes at a time of cost-cutting and restructuring across the U.S. technology sector in response to economic headwinds. Cisco had announced a nearly 5% workforce reduction in November.

Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber

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Killexams : Technology for change: Mercy Corps and Cisco’s partnership
Two adults using a mobile phone.
Mercy Corps program participants, Farhia Adan and Sowda Ahmed Noor, sit outside of their shop in Wajir, Kenya.

February 06, 2023

Cisco and Mercy Corps recently completed a five-year Technology for Impact partnership centered on delivering humanitarian aid and development assistance faster, better and to more people around the world by accelerating digital solutions. There’s a lot to celebrate and reflect on, especially as we center our energy on our new partnership focused on fostering climate adaptation and resilience in the Horn of Africa. Below is a conversation between Erin Connor, Director of Cisco Crisis Response and Carolyn Florey, Senior Director of Mercy Corps’ Technology for Development Team, reflecting on our transformational partnership, and looking forward to what's next.

Two people taking a selfie photo.
Carolyn and Erin in Wajir, Kenya.

Carolyn: Mercy Corps and Cisco have been partnering for 15 years! Our most latest five-year Technology for Impact partnership reached more than 12 million people across 45 countries, and it has also influenced the broader humanitarian and development sector, and Mercy Corps’ capacity as an organization. What results are you most proud of?

Erin: I have loved seeing the programs evolve over the years — from the earliest proof of concepts and pilots, to some initiatives being replicated across other regions and scaled across the organization. The benefit of a multi-year partnership is that it has afforded us the time to test solutions, to pivot and adapt when things don’t go as planned, and to scale initiatives that gained traction and had an impact. In many cases, we have identified new applications and opportunities to apply these solutions to challenges we hadn’t even anticipated at the partnership’s outset. When COVID-19 hit in 2020, for example, we saw how critical technology solutions were to continue supporting vulnerable populations. Mercy Corps was well positioned to respond, leveraging our work building digital communities to deliver trusted and reliable information on COVID-19, and our initiatives to digitize cash and voucher assistance to deliver cash assistance quicker and more efficiently to those in dire need.

A person using a mobile phone.
During the COVID-19 pandemic when food insecurity spiked in Karnali, Nepal, program participants were able to buy nutritious food from local vendors with digital vouchers.

We see our funding as catalytic, so it has been gratifying to see this borne out by our Technology for Impact partnership. Our support has allowed Mercy Corps to invest in its people, tools, and tech-based programming to drive greater efficiency and impact. In doing so, Mercy Corps has been able to demonstrate the value of this support, resulting in greater institutional investment, additional funding and new partnerships that have helped further scale these efforts. It’s incredible to see Cisco-supported technology initiatives now embedded in 116 Mercy Corps programs in 45 countries!

How about you, Carolyn? Which initiatives do you feel have especially moved the needle for Mercy Corps’ work?

Carolyn: The Technology for Impact partnership was incredibly unique in that it touched everything from operations to innovation. You used the word “catalytic” to describe Cisco’s funding — and it has truly been a catalyst for improving how Mercy Corps operates as an organization. Our monitoring and evaluation (MEL) work is a strong example of this. As humanitarians, we work in very complex and fragile environments. These include communities experiencing conflict from armed groups, acute hunger, and much uncertainty. Program monitoring and evaluating is essential to the success of our work, because it allows us to understand if our programs are creating the intended impact we seek, and truly supporting people in rapidly evolving situations. Digitizing and automating our MEL processes has been a game changer for our program teams, allowing us to have a richer, more complete understanding of our programs’ impact much faster.

Carolyn: In what ways are you hoping to see the partnership build on its successes and learnings as we focus on one of the most pressing issues we collectively face: climate change?

Erin: We believe there is a direct link between climate change and humanitarian crises. We know that communities in low-income countries are disproportionately affected by the climate crisis and lack the resources to adapt and respond to an increasing number of climate-related crises. Mercy Corps’ new 10-year Pathway to Possibility strategy, centered around building resilient communities, resonated with Cisco and mirrored our increased focus on addressing climate change and building resilience.

A person walking on dried earth.
Pastoralist, farmer, and mother, Kheira Osman Yusuf, walks across the cracked, dry earth of the reservoir next to her farm in northern Kenya.

Mercy Corps works on some of today’s toughest challenges, with communities that are at the forefront of the climate crisis. Over the course of our Technology for Impact partnership, Mercy Corps has tested, adapted, and applied innovative technology solutions to Improve the way they deliver aid. It therefore made sense that we expanded our partnership, building on what we’ve learned and developed, and see how we can apply this approach and technology to help communities adapt and build resilience to their changing environments. I’m hoping that, as with our Technology for Impact partnership, we will be able to leverage the activities and technologies from our work in the Horn of Africa, and apply these to other regions and communities similarly affected by climate change.

Carolyn, I’d love to hear your perspective on this. How do you see technology playing a role in Mercy Corps’ climate resilience work?

Carolyn: There are multiple ways our existing work can be expanded and adapted to build climate resilience. For example, we can combine digital cash payments with our crisis analysis work to make automatic payments in advance of severe weather. We can provide digital early warning alerts before these crises occur, and also digital information afterwards so that the communities we work with have the information they need to access services and support. Technology opens the door for us to build and achieve climate resilience from multiple angles, many of which are already reflected in our work.

In Kenya, through our new partnership with Cisco, we are increasing the uptake and use of digital information services and tools among key decision-makers so they can make data-informed decisions to combat the effects of climate change — which in Kenya, looks like severe drought. We see potential in scaling this approach to the broader Horn of Africa region and beyond.

Female farmers in kenya grow sweet potatoes inside a greenhouse amidst severe drought.
Female farmers in Kenya grow sweet potatoes inside a greenhouse amidst severe drought.

Carolyn: We recently had the opportunity to visit Wajir, Kenya together and see some of our climate adaptation programming in action. What were some highlights of that experience for you? 

Erin: The highlight of these visits is always meeting the people: the local Mercy Corps team, their government and community partners, and probably most important, the agropastoralists, whose lives and livelihoods are most impacted by climate change. It was incredibly moving to see the drought firsthand, and to listen to the stories and perspectives of those affected. While in some ways disheartening, it was also inspiring to see the many ways in which Mercy Corps is partnering with these communities to adapt to their changing environment, and innovate to Improve their livelihoods. 

Another highlight (for the experience, not necessarily the taste): trying warm camel milk, a Wajir staple!

Carolyn: Combating climate change might be the most important challenge of our lifetime, and one that obviously can’t be solved by one organization alone. How is Cisco hoping to contribute to the fight against climate change? What role do you think these partnerships play in tackling global issues?

Erin: Cisco’s purpose is to “Power an Inclusive Future for All” - and that also means by and with all. Collaboration with partners large and small, global and local, has always been part of our approach to driving lasting and systemic change. One area where Cisco has the potential to make a meaningful impact is with our customers. How can we help them use our products and solutions to reduce their environmental footprint and achieve their sustainability goals? We are working to reduce the energy consumption of our products, and build them using circular design principles that can extend their life cycle and reduce the amount of materials they require. But beyond that, we will continue to look at how we can continue to partner with organizations like Mercy Corps — because we have seen that when we combine the strength of the humanitarian sector’s expertise with our core competencies in technology and connectivity, we can have deeper and longer-lasting impact.

Join us in building a more equitable world.

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 13:12:00 -0600 en text/html https://www.mercycorps.org/blog/technology-for-change-cisco-partnership
Killexams : Cisco beats earnings and revenue estimates, boosts full-year guidance
Cisco supply chain issues continue to ease

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Cisco reported better-than-expected fiscal second-quarter results on Wednesday and lifted its forecast for the full year. Shares of the computer networking company initially jumped in extended trading before paring most of their gains.

Here's how the company did:

  • Earnings: 88 cents per share, adjusted, vs. 86 cents per share as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.
  • Revenue: $13.59 billion vs. $13.43 billion as expected by analysts, according to Refinitiv.

Cisco's total revenue grew 7% year over year in the quarter, which ended Jan. 28, according to a statement. Net income fell about 7% to $2.77 billion.

Some components that go in Cisco's hardware products remain constraints, but the company did see an improvement across the board, CEO Chuck Robbins said on a conference call with analysts.

"Based on the sequentials that we saw, demand remains stable," he said, although he added some sales cycles are longer than usual.

Cisco's public sector business performed more strongly than it has historically, while in the service provider category, some customers are adjusting to the better delivery of the company's products into their environments, Robbins said.

The company called for fiscal third-quarter adjusted earnings of 96 cents to 98 cents per share and 11% to 13% revenue growth. Analysts surveyed by Refinitiv had been looking for adjusted earnings per share of 89 cents and revenue of $13.58 billion, which implies almost 6% growth.

Cisco lifted its guidance for the 2023 fiscal year, and now expects $3.73 to $3.78 in adjusted earnings per share and 9% to 10.5% revenue growth. Both numbers are well ahead of analysts' estimates.

But Cisco said its backlog increased year over year. The backlog for both hardware and software is still considerably higher than usual for Cisco because of limited supply availability, said Scott Herren, Cisco's finance chief.

"We continue to have very low order cancellation rates, which remain below pre-pandemic levels," Herren said.

Logistics costs have come down somewhat, he said.

In the fiscal second quarter Cisco's largest business segment, Secure, Agile Networks, featuring networking switches for data centers, posted $6.75 billion in revenue. That was up 14% and more than the $6.52 billion consensus among analysts polled by StreetAccount.

The Internet for the Future unit, which includes routed optical networking hardware, contributed $1.31 billion, down 1% and just below the $1.32 billion StreetAccount consensus.

Revenue from Cisco's Collaboration division containing Webex fell by 10% to $958 million, falling short of StreetAccount's $1.06 billion consensus.

In the quarter, Cisco announced updates to its AppDynamics cloud software for application monitoring and disclosed a restructuring plan that includes changes to its real estate portfolio.

Notwithstanding the after-hours move, Cisco shares have inched about 2% higher, while the S&P 500 index is up 8% in the same time period.

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Killexams : Cisco Systems Introduces Connected Building Technology Solutions

Emma Okonji

Cisco Systems, a global leader in networking and information technology solutions has introduced an innovative, smart and connected building technology solution that will further drive real estate business.

The technology solution is coming at a time when most states in Nigeria are planning towards smart and connected cities that are driven by Internet of Things (IoTs) and Artificial Intelligence (AI).

At the heart of the Cisco approach is a service-oriented building architecture designed to reduce cost and complexity by replacing discrete and disparate in-building system networks with one simplified, flexible, and scalable IP network. The converged network creates the secure and reliable platform for systems integration, enabling information from various systems to be shared. Not only has this made it possible to automate processes, such as heating in anticipation of changes in the weather, it has also enabled the creation of new, IP-based information and communications services.

Building owners are looking at technology convergence to deliver enhanced occupant experiences and improved efficiencies in their buildings. However, as the number of networks and connections within buildings grows, they are becoming increasingly complex. Interconnecting and interoperating isolated building systems such as lighting, HVAC, badging systems, security, CCTV, sensors and audio-video equipment, into a single converged system is fundamental to the digital transformation of buildings. Today’s building systems and equipment need to work together smoothly and efficiently to meet owners’ and occupants’ needs, which requires a holistic approach of integrating new technologies, Cisco said
Cisco Nigeria’s General Manager, Olakunle Oloruntimehin, expressed Cisco’s commitment to provide innovation to customers.

According to him, “Our vision is to leverage Cisco’s core technology asset and installed base to provide a set of infra-solution and cloud applications to help customer deliver this next-gen building and workspace environment with a focus on improved occupant experience namely: meeting room experience and improved building operation efficiency, better visibility of space planning, and building asset management.”

Cisco is partnering cable solution, Siemon, to achieve its goal of providing connected building technology solution for the real estate industry.

Today’s real estate market is filled with opportunities. Market trends including workforce globalisation, environmental and social responsibility, and a growing worldwide population favor building transformation. Cisco’s Smart and Connected Building solution, gives way to the next generation of real estate and building services which will turn workplaces and home spaces into environments that are personalized, efficient, functional, and profitable
The importance of early adoption of Smart Building designs and software means reduced build and fit out costs right from the start of construction. A secure, enterprise-grade network means that every building system can be controlled from anywhere with a smart device. Tenants enjoy an enhanced user experience through personalized environmental controls.

The Cisco Smart and Connected Building solution is a framework that positions the Network.

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Killexams : Counterfeit Cisco Hardware Bypasses Security Checks With Modchips

Some pictures recently surfaced on social media, showing a small PCB tapped into four points on Cisco-branded boards. What is this about? A NSA backdoor so data can be exfiltrated to some third party? Well, that’s theoretically possible, but it’s actually used for bypassing hardware authenticity checks in Cisco hardware being cloned — a sizable industry. Of course, “can’t believe it’s not Cisco” hardware is only valuable insofar that it’s able to run the Cisco software, and that’s where the bodge boards play a major role.

An unidentified IC on the a different counterfeit Cisco board, with markings soldered offA 2020 report by F-Secure details an investigation, comparing three switches marked as Cisco 2960X – one known genuine and two known counterfeits. The counterfeits had the aforementioned implants either soldered to the bottom of the PCB or added to the board as a separate component, and the paper goes into why they’re important for successful counterfeiting.

Apparently, these chips emulate or bypass an I2C EEPROM containing part of the code executed during the boot sequence, and Cisco depends on this EEPROM’s contents for authenticity verification. Cisco software reads the EEPROM twice — once for verification, and once again for actually running it. The microcontroller included on the mod board can return a genuine binary with a valid signature on the first read, and a binary with hardware checks patched out for subsequent reads.

The paper will tell you about way more than this — it’s thorough yet captivating. As you’d expect, it devotes quite a bit of time to comparing genuine and counterfeit boards, showing that the cloning process is pretty to-the-T, save for some part substitutions. For instance, check out the PDF page 12 to see how via locations are exactly copied between PCBs in a bizarre way, or the Cisco file format and authenticity check analysis closer to the end of the report. All in all, the 38 pages of the document make for a fun foray into what makes Cisco authentication mechanisms tick, and what helps clone hardware makers bypass them.

Are such chips ever used for adding backdoors and data exfiltration? There’s no evidence of that, as much as that’s not to be excluded — bypassing anti-cloning protections would make other hijinks more viable no doubt, that said, only hardware authentication bypass measures were found so far. This mechanism also breaks during software updates, and absolutely, leaves some to be desired when it comes to its stated functionality. That said, such fun insights can help us, say, enforce right-to-repair, enable hardware reuse, and thwart many predatory business practices in areas where laws fail us.

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Killexams : Cisco unveils toolkit for greater network visibility and control

Tech giant Cisco has announced what it calls new innovations in cloud-managed networking, welcoming the EMEA tech community back to the European edition of its networking and security event for the first time in three years.

Specifically, the company unveiled cloud services in its internet of things (IoT) Operations Dashboard to increase industrial asset visibility and securely manage assets, while the Cisco ThousandEyes division introduced support for OpenTelemetry, unlocking internet and cloud intelligence across monitoring and IT platforms for expanded visibility, correlated insights and optimised digital experiences. The company also announced that its unified secure access service edge (SASE) offering, Cisco+ Secure Connect, now supports integration into Cisco SD-WAN fabrics leveraging Viptela technology.

Outlining the benefits of the individual technologies, Cisco noted that with the new cloud management tools for industrial IoT applications, simplified dashboards to converge IT and OT operations, and flexible network intelligence to see and secure all industrial assets, enterprises can gain a unified experience that provides true business agility. This, said the firm, is essential in a marketplace where they need to connect core enterprise operations to industrial spaces, spanning utility grids, manufacturing facilities and transportation networks, and will need to prioritise sustainability and resiliency in their operations, driving the need for greater visibility across their environments.

Cisco also observed that organisations are extending their networks to new places. They must connect core enterprise operations to industrial spaces, spanning utility grids, manufacturing facilities and transportation networks. They are also prioritising sustainability and resiliency in their operations, driving the need for greater visibility across their environments. Yet the distributed nature of these operations makes these networks complex to manage and, as these industries digitise their assets, the cyber security attack surface grows.

“The most effective way to manage growing complexity and provide more insight into business operations is through reliable connectivity and complete visibility across an organisation’s operations and assets,” said Vikas Butaney, senior vice-president and general manager for SD-WAN, cloud connectivity and industrial IoT networking at Cisco. “A strong partnership between all technology teams – security, networking and operations – is essential.”

The new tools are designed to enable IT and operations teams with full visibility into IT and OT devices to manage threats across their organisations, providing a unified security posture across the entire network.

The offerings are also designed to make it easier for IT and OT teams to remotely deploy, manage and troubleshoot any connected equipment with IP connectivity, so operations teams can run native applications on their workstations to access remote assets more easily. These also provide common tooling and data so IT and OT teams can work more efficiently together to reduce downtime of critical infrastructure, drive greater business productivity and efficiencies, and enhance overall safety and security.

Another key challenge highlighted at Cisco Live was that even though having the relevant data at the right time is necessary to optimise users’ digital experiences, data may not always be easy to collect and correlate. To help customers tackle this challenge, Cisco’s ThousandEyes division announced it now supports OpenTelemetry, the open-source framework and industry standard that allows companies to generate, collect, process and export cloud-native and distributed telemetry data.

Claiming to offer the first network visibility service to support OpenTelemetry, ThousandEyes said it was making it possible for customers to interconnect cloud and internet intelligence across a wide range of offerings for “unmatched” data correlation and insights across disparate domains, from user to application for optimal digital experiences.

To simplify network security and policy management, the Cisco+ Secure Connect unified SASE offering now supports integration into SD-WAN fabrics using Viptela technology. This means SD-WAN users have a single platform and a streamlined operational model that simplifies and scales the visibility, management and control over a hybrid work environment.

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Killexams : Cisco Systems (CSCO): New Buy Recommendation for This Technology Giant

In a report released yesterday, Tal Liani from Bank of America Securities reiterated a Buy rating on Cisco Systems (CSCOResearch Report), with a price target of $56.00. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $48.45.

According to TipRanks, Liani is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 6.9% and a 53.14% success rate. Liani covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Amdocs, Cisco Systems, and F5 Networks.

The word on The Street in general, suggests a Moderate Buy analyst consensus rating for Cisco Systems with a $55.40 average price target, implying a 14.34% upside from current levels. In a report released on February 8, Evercore ISI also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $58.00 price target.

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Based on Cisco Systems’ latest earnings release for the quarter ending October 31, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $13.63 billion and a net profit of $2.67 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned a revenue of $12.9 billion and had a net profit of $2.98 billion

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Cisco offers a broad range of technologies across networking, security, collaboration, applications and the cloud. It manufactures and sells Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and IT industry and also provides associated services. The company was founded by Sandra Lerner and Leonard Bosack on December 10, 1984 and is headquartered in San Jose, CA.

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Killexams : Cisco forecast raise allays tech spending fears, lifts shares

By Yuvraj Malik

(Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc on Wednesday raised its full-year earnings forecast and delivered strong second-quarter results, indicating that spending on network infrastructure was staying resilient in the face of an economic slowdown.

The maker of routers and other products that run computer networks and the internet said customers were keeping investments steady in systems related to cloud, artificial intelligence and tools for hybrid work.

The company is also benefiting from the easing of pandemic-driven supply chain constraints, which plagued its business last year and resulted in significant inventory buildup.

"Cisco is better positioned today than at any time since I became CEO almost eight years ago," Chuck Robbins said in a post-earnings analyst call. Shares of the company were 3% higher after earlier jumping 12% in extended trading.

For fiscal 2023, Cisco said it expects revenue growth of 9% to 10.5%, and adjusted per share earnings between $3.73 to $3.78. It had previously forecast revenue growth of 4.5% to 6.5% and earnings per share of $3.51 to $3.58.

Its second-quarter adjusted earnings of 88 cents per share and revenue of $13.59 billion were both higher than market estimates pooled by Refinitiv.

"This is very strong growth and shows that the company may finally be exiting a difficult period related to supply-chain challenges," said Scott Raynovich, chief analyst at Futuriom. 

Cisco said it reduced backlog 6% sequentially, while remaining performance obligations (RPO), a metric that denotes contractual revenue that will be recognized in the future, was $31.8 billion as of January-end, compared to $30.9 billion in October. 

Cisco’s strong performance comes at a time of cost-cutting and restructuring across the U.S. technology sector in response to economic headwinds. Cisco had announced a nearly 5% workforce reduction in November.

(Reporting by Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)

Wed, 15 Feb 2023 20:41:00 -0600 En text/html https://www.business-reporter.co.uk/technology/cisco-forecast-raise-allays-tech-spending-fears-lifts-shares-7915
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