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SAFE Overview

Overview The ever-evolving security landscape presents a continuous challenge to organizations. The fast proliferation of botnets, the increasing sophistication of network attacks, the alarming growth of Internet-based organized crime and espionage, identity and data theft, more innovative insider attacks, and emerging new forms of threats on mobile systems are examples of the diverse and complex real threats that shape today's security landscape. This paper discusses the Cisco SAFE best practices, designs and configurations, and aims to provide network and security engineers with the necessary information to help them succeed in designing, implementing and operating secure network infrastructures based on Cisco products and technologies.

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Publisher	Cisco Systems	File Format	PDF
Date Published	June 2009
Format	White Papers
Topics	Network Security, Security Management, Best Practices

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