Michael Watkins

Take a More Hands-On Approach with Digital Learning

January 17, 2018 Michael Watkins Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

At Global Knowledge, we provide a complete learning experience that blends the convenience of digital learning with the ability to consume the learning at your own pace, while being supported by experts along the way.

Cisco’s Lancope Acquisition Creates Security Power House

November 18, 2015 Michael Watkins Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

On October 27, Cisco announced plans to acquire Lancope for a little over $450 million. This is the most recent purchase in their security buying spree and a very strong addition to an increasingly formidable security portfolio. For those not familiar with the products from this Alpharetta, Georgia based company, Lancope’s StealthWatch technologies are the […]

Rise of the Shadow Hacker: Cisco’s Threat Assessment

August 12, 2015 Michael Watkins Cisco, Cloudera, Featured, Professional Development, Project Management, Routing & Switching, Technology, Training in Business

Ransomware, domain shadowing and malvertising are just a few of the menacing terms you’ll need to get familiar with in order to protect your network in 2015. Cisco’s 2015 Midyear Security Report is out and it’s just the sort of reading that could give any chief information officer nightmares. The 41-page report confirms every security professional’s greatest fears: the bad guys are getting sneakier and our general ability to stop them is lagging dangerously behind.