Cisco introduces SAFE framework

[Jeff Ogden]

At

  http://www.internetwk.com/story/INW20000926S0005

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Cisco Gets Serious About Security

Cisco yesterday unveiled a blueprint to help
organizations embed security functions into
their e-business infrastructures.

The framework, dubbed SAFE, provides
extensive guidelines for deploying Cisco
security products as well as third party
applications to secure Cisco's Architecture
for Voice, Video and Integrated Data
(AVVID).

Additionally, the company rolled out new
intrusion detection modules for switched
networks and an intrusion detection
appliance for small-to-medium sized
businesses.

The SAFE blueprint uses a "modular
approach" that specifies which security
designs, implementation and management
processes are necessary for an e-commerce
infrastructure or which are best for a
manufacturing site with an extranet, Wilson
added.

The SAFE approach lets users dissect the
network into discrete chunks "so folks don't
have to tackle the entire network at once,"
said David King, Cisco's director of
marketing for security.  This gives IT
managers the option to deploy secure Cisco
AVVID in stages according to their specific
needs, he added. - Rutrell Yasin

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For more information see:

  http://www.cisco.com/go/safe