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The 101 Series: Bypass Network TAPs Keepers of the Critical Link
There are some great network tools on the market that provide protection for your organization's operations on the Internet. The problem with using them is that they can do the unthinkable by introducing a potential “point of failure” when...
It’s Not Wiretapping—It’s Network Tapping
We all know those old mobster movies, right? Where the cops are tapping phone lines to take down America’s most wanted criminals. Or if you need a more recent example, you can think of all of the surveillance involved in HBO’s The Wire....
[Infographic] Are You Monitoring a 1G, 10G, 40G or 100G Network?
What tools are you deploying in your network? Are you monitoring out-of-band with tools like Wireshark, forensics, Intrusion Detection Systems, Security Information and Event Management or Application Performance Monitoring? Monitoring...
Taking the Pain Out of HIPAA Compliance [Get the Data You Want]
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted in 1996 to keep sensitive patient data safe. It’s security rules have been published since 2003, and yet, nearly 35% of the record-setting number of reported data...
[Video] Weird by Works: Fixing Drag and Drop With VMware Workstation 12
VMWARE and virtual machines in general should be a very important part of your tool kit. Virtual environments allow you to better familiarize yourself with different operating systems or test without affecting your real environment or...
Network TAPs or Packet Brokers for Software-Defined Networks?
Centralized, programmatic control of the network—this was the major promise software-defined networking (SDN) offered when it first emerged. We’re getting there, but if the last few years have shown us anything it’s that realizing lofty...