TAP Into Technology Blog

Should You Be Worried About Bending A Fiber Cable?

Fiber wires lose light no matter what. They have a db/km loss rate, this is subject matter we have covered in my other blog on Split Ratio & Budget Light Loss. But, did you know your bend radius...

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Is Your Industrial Control System Secure? Probably Not

With attacks on critical infrastructure similar to last year’s Ukraine power grid hack on the rise according to recent reports, it’s easy to point blame at the stack of security solutions. We’ve...

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Network TAP Split Ratios & Loss Budget

Do you know what a Split Ratio is on a fiber network TAP? Well there was a time when I didn't, either. But I know what a seven-ten split is in bowling and I know what it means to “split hairs,” but I...

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A Glimmer of Hope for Industrial Security in 2016

Creating the smart grid for critical infrastructure is becoming increasingly feasible from an economic standpoint. For the oil and gas industry this could mean greatly-reduced operating costs and...

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Real Time Passive Monitoring is the Smarter Solution

Our infrastructure is at risk. In 2013, an Iranian hacker broke into the flow control mechanism for a dam in upstate New York. Only the fact that the dam itself was broken prevented him from remotely...

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Beyond the Firewall: Smarter Network Security for the “Smart Grid”

Network-enabled sensors and devices, part of the Internet of Things (IoT), can be a boon to industrial operations. They help Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems automate...

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