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Cisco Security Agent Helps Westinghouse Thwart Zotob and Other Day Zero Attacks

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Overview Westinghouse Electric Corporation, part of the Nuclear Utilities Business Group of British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) is a provider of nuclear plant products and services to utilities around the globe. Westinghouse Electric Company wanted to safeguard the company against both known and unknown "Day zero" network threats. The challenge was to provide extra protection against operating system vulnerabilities and patch delays and protect a highly mobile workforce with thousands of laptops and home-based PCs. As a solution Cisco Security Agent, deployed on all employee PCs worldwide.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2005	Downloads	3
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Desktop Systems - PCs, Network Security, Security Management

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