A refresher on Talos’ open-source tools and the importance of the open-source community
Summary: Cisco Talos published a refresher on its open-source security tools, noting that its Snort IDS/IPS dates back to 1998, that licensed Snort deployments cover over 450,000 systems, and that its twice-weekly rule release is downloaded by more than 60,000 users. Talos also reports more than 18 million installations of its open-source ClamAV anti-malware engine and says the Cisco Networking Academy has trained over 20 million students in 190 countries.
What you should know: For many systems across the planet, the source states, open-source solutions are the only protections stopping them from becoming compromised - so the health of projects like Snort and ClamAV, and the community that writes their rules, is part of your defensive baseline whether or not you bought them.
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