Cisco borgs UK infosec bods Cisco Systems is buying Portcullis Computer Security, a UK-based firm specialising in consulting to enterprise and government clients. Both firms are staying tight-lipped about the value of the deal which is expected to complete early in 2016. When that happens Portcullis employees will become part of the Cisco Security …
I don't like security advice from a company who sells security appliances. I can't trust them because they have a vested interest in finding nails and trying to sell me a hammer.
From the article/PR: "Together, Cisco and Portcullis will provide strategic guidance to our clients to help them..." and in my head I changed the rest to read: "... know which expensive bits of Cisco kit to buy to address any issues because you wouldn't want the auditors to find out you hadn't done anything, now, would you?"
Security Advisors/Auditors should *always* be independent from Security Solution sellers.
I was wondering how come the first series of acquisitions after the depression goes to security firms. Did the US learn something from its slow crawl down that first road to perdition besides the fact that banished chemicals get marketed by dangerous suppliers?
What's next according to ancient ustory?
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