
Filed under: Security , iPhone , App Review Despite some security-conscious enterprise experts pointing accusatory fingers at the rather bleak encryption story and only-recently fixed ActiveSync policy compliance on the iPhone platform, there’s no doubt that IT and network professionals are grooving on the iPhone — there are many apps designed for administrators to take control of their operations with a touch of a finger, and now Cisco has stepped in with an informational and alert resource that fits in your pocket. The Cisco SIO (Security Intelligence Operations) to Go free app [ iTunes link ], requiring iPhone OS 3.0 or later, lets the paranoid properly alert and aware security professional keep tabs on the global threat landscape with Cisco’s Cyber Risk Reports, Threat Outbreaks and Mitigation Bulletins, along with podcasts, blog posts and a slew of other branded content. There’s also an IronPort-driven IP and email domain scanner, which will grab WHOIS data along with a brief reputation score for your hosts.
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