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FCC Bans Foreign-Made Routers: What Enterprise Network Engineers Must Do Now
The FCC banned all new foreign-made consumer routers from US import and sale effective March 23, 2026, citing “unacceptable” supply chain and cybersecurity risks. The order adds every consumer-grade router manufactured outside the United States to the FCC’s Covered List, blocking new device authorizations unless the Department of Defense or Department of Homeland Security grants a specific exemption. For enterprise network engineers, this is not just a consumer story — it is a forcing function that exposes how dangerously the remote edge depends on hardware you do not control. ...
CCIE Security v6.1 Lab Prep: The ISE-Heavy Reality and How to Survive It
If you’re preparing for the CCIE Security v6.1 lab exam, here’s the uncomfortable truth that nobody tells you upfront: Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) dominates roughly 40% of the entire lab exam. Not firewalls. Not VPNs. ISE. This catches most candidates off guard. They spend months perfecting ASA configs and FlexVPN tunnels, walk into the lab, and discover that ISE authentication policies, profiling, posture assessment, and TrustSec SGT propagation consume nearly half their 8-hour exam window. ...