The Cisco® Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. The report encompasses threat information and trends collected between January and December 2010. It also provides a snapshot of the state of security for that period, with special attention paid to key security trends expected for 2011. In response to the last decade of cyber-exploits targeting PC operating systems, PC platform and application vendors have shored up security in their products and taken a more aggressive approach to patching vulnerabilities. As a result, scammers are finding it harder to exploit platforms that [...]

The Cisco 2010 Midyear Security Report examines the major forces of change reshaping the global security landscape. These changes demand that organizations rethink their approaches to enterprise security. Current shifts — from the virtualization of operations to collaboration and social networking — provide new opportunities for criminals to infiltrate networks and steal high-value business data. As more organizations transition to borderless enterprises, criminals are quickly discovering new tactics for breaching network safeguards. Businesses are weighing the benefits of embracing mobility, video, and collaborative applications (such as social networking and peer-to-peer technologies). At the same time, criminals are using the same [...]

The Cisco 2009 Midyear Security Report presents an overview of Cisco security intelligence, highlighting threat information and trends from the first half of 2009. The report also includes recommendations from Cisco security experts and predictions of how identified trends will evolve. As predicted in the Cisco 2008 Annual Security Report, attacks are only becoming more sophisticated and targeted as we move through 2009—and the global recession. However, while cybercrime is more pervasive, there are encouraging signs that increased collaboration among the “good guys” is making it more difficult for attacks to take root and grow.

The Cisco® Annual Security Report provides an overview of the combined security intelligence of the entire Cisco organization. Encompassing threat and trends information collected between January and October 2008, this 49-page document provides a snapshot of the state of security for that period. The report also provides recommendations from Cisco security experts and predictions of how identified trends will continue to unfold in 2009. There was an enormous amount of activity related to data and online security during the past year. Although no single, overwhelming attack—such as the spread of Melissa, Slammer, or Storm malware in previous years—turned into the [...]