Many people do not realize that there are different tools out there that will allow them to get more out of their existing Cisco infrastructure. Especially when it comes to monitoring, compliance, and even security of their system by using additional tools that they might already actually have. In some cases it is possible to leverage some of the built in capabilities within the Cisco switches and routers and other parts of the Cisco solution to get more when it comes to monitoring of the entire environment Overall I will be talking about topics like, using MACSec, leveraging spam poles and monitoring folds, how to use taps efficiently, how to deal with aggregation, regeneration of traffic, and how to monitor your virtual infrastructure within the Cisco UCS, as well as any other virtualized infrastructure that you might have tied into the Cisco network.