Neil Wilkins
Neil is a Systems Engineer at Garland Technology focusing on customer challenges with network visibility such as resilience, interoperability, and integration into data center topology. Wilkins is a seasoned network professional with 30 years of experience globally within the computing industry, in product marketing and technical support, for both the commercial and public sectors
Why Do Inline Security Tools Rely on External Bypass TAPs?
As the modern cybersecurity stack grows with an array of threat detection and response tools critical to protecting IT data, active blocking tools like Intrusion prevention systems (IPS), Web Application Firewalls (WAF), and next...
Building Trust After Supply Chain Attacks
If you’re in charge of defending the average enterprise, your supply chain might be your least-defended attack surface. In the language of information security, your supply chain is any vendor or service provider with a password, and...
Network Packet Brokers: Tunneling Explained
We’ve discussed why network packet brokers are an essential component for the increasingly crowded data center, for traffic aggregation and load balancing. We’ve also begun diving into specific advanced features such as deduplication....
How Visibility Fuels Network Detection and Response in the Cloud
Enterprises are in the early stages of migrating to the Cloud. As they migrate, the initial cybersecurity focus tends to be on compliance and reducing the potential attack surface. As the migration evolves, the focus may expand to securing...
Enabling ICS Security Best Practices for Power, Water, and Wastewater Utilities
In most parts of the world, power, water, and waste utility services can be taken for granted. Need to light up a room? Just flip a switch, and you have electricity. Hands need washing? Just turn the faucet, and there’s the water. Sink...
5 Benefits of Network Performance Monitoring
We all live on the internet now. It's where we access our news, entertainment, and whatever other distractions we need to get through the day. It's where we do our work, and it's where we communicate with loved ones we haven't seen in...