Default User Role in Firepower

When I took over the Firepower system at work, we had a long standing issue relating to a couple of users. Everyone in Security Operations is an admin in the FMC, however, one of our SecOps guy could not see all the events in the FMC. He can see everything in the SIEM, just not in the FMC, verifying...

Database Integrity Check Failed

A quick tip for Firepower when you have a database error.  This seems to come up a lot especially if you're manually importing snort rules from an outside source such as Emerging Threats. Every once in a while you'll get a database error that will cause an operation to fail. In my case, it's the scheduled backup. The web page doesn't give you a lot go to on at first glance, but under your schedule,...

Chicken Chicken

Chicken Chicken Chicken Chicken. https://isotropic.org/papers/chicken....

My New Favorite ISE Setting

And by favorite, of course I mean least favorite ever. This one has been a thorn in my side for a while now. In the User Password Policy (Administration > Identity Management > Settings > User Password Policy), under Password Lifetime, there's a setting called "Disable user account after ____...