Cisco SD-WAN Zero-Day CVE-2026-20245 — Exploited, No Patch
CVE-2026-20245 gives root on Cisco SD-WAN with no patch available. Plus IronWorm hits 36 npm packages and Five Eyes warns on Chinese recruiter ops.
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Cisco Unified CM PoC Exploit — Critical Root Access Flaw
Cisco Unified CM critical flaw with public PoC exploit code. Plus CISA warns on fuel tank ATG attacks and Miasma npm supply chain compromise hits 32 packag.
Cisco AI Defense — A Technical Walkthrough of the Five Pillars
Cisco AI Defense secures the AI lifecycle — discovery, validation, runtime protection, supply chain, and shadow-AI control. A solutions engineer's deep …
Cisco ISE BYOD Onboarding Guide — Self-Service Without Tickets
Complete Cisco ISE BYOD onboarding guide — dual-SSID flow, internal CA, native supplicant provisioning, MyDevices portal, and lifecycle management.
Cisco ISE TACACS+ Device Admin Guide — Done Safely
Complete Cisco ISE TACACS+ device admin guide — Device Admin persona, shell profiles, command sets, AD integration, and the safe AAA chain pattern.
Cisco ISE Profiling: Device Fingerprinting Configuration Guide
How Cisco ISE Profiling classifies every endpoint automatically — probes, policy hierarchy, Certainty Factor, configuration walkthrough, and the gotchas.
The TACACS+ Lockout That Taught Me Three Things About IOS-XE AAA
How I locked myself out of a Cisco router with TACACS+, why IOS-XE does not fall through on STATUS_FAIL, and the safe AAA chain pattern that fixes it.
Building a Production-Grade Cisco ISE Deployment in One Sitting — With AI as My Pair
How I built a complete Cisco ISE 3.4 deployment as code in one evening — Ansible, Python, AD-joined 802.1X, TACACS+ device admin, MAB for IoT.
How to Build a Home Lab That Makes You a Better SE
Complete guide to building a cybersecurity home lab under $500 — hardware, software, topology, and real-world scenarios for Solutions Engineers preparing demos …
Top 10 Certifications for Cybersecurity Solutions Engineers
Ranked guide to the 10 most valuable cybersecurity certifications for Solutions Engineers — covering cost, difficulty, study time, customer impact, and a …