Security News > 2021 > November > Cisco releases Shared Signals and Events reference document to solve "head on a swivel" problem
Cisco's new Shared Signals and Events framework is designed to make life easier for security analysts by improving interoperability and supporting zero trust security.
Shared signals is pretty much exactly what it sounds like: a standard communication method for security changes that has the potential to reduce "Unnecessary, rote re-authentications or authorizations" and allow far more precise reactions to changes in security parameters.
Nancy Cam-Winget, a distinguished engineer at Cisco Secure, said Shared Signals is similar to an RSS feed for security signals or events, even though the actual technical implementation is quite different.
Using a Shared Signals and Events approach could solve the "Head on a swivel" issue, which requires security analysts to check and correlate signals from many different tools and environments because they don't talk to each other.
The Shared Signals and Events approach will allow a sea change in security, similar to the impact of the WebAuthn standard on passwordless authentication, according to Cisco.
The foundation's Shared Signals and Events working group includes industry leaders working to promote more open communication between security systems.