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Attacking the Cyber Security Skills Gap on the Ground Floor—Sponsoring the SECCDC
The statistics speak for themselves—the cyber security industry is facing a significant skills shortage. But when people talk about this shortage, the discussion often centers on the need for ongoing training and education within the IT...
The 101 Series: Why Do We Need an Aggregating Network TAP?
If you remember in my post on Breakout TAPs, there was a small problem when your network analyzer or monitoring device only had one network interface card (NIC). You could only look at the traffic going from ports A to B or the traffic...
2016 Security Breaches: The Reality from the Predictions
At the beginning of 2016, I warned of key security threats that the world would face in the coming year. As I look back at those predictions, I realize that there are still critical insights to be gained from the numerous attacks that...
How Feasible is SDN in 2017?
Whether it’s the proliferation of cloud applications or growing cybersecurity demands, data centers are being forced to change faster than ever. Pushing 1G or even 10G architectures to their limits won’t work moving forward. That’s why SDN...
[video] Observing The Impact Multiple Default Gateways With Wireshark
I was speaking with a client the other day and they were asking me how Microsoft behaves if a device has two default gateways. One thing I have to say about my job and clients, I always get interesting scenarios and questions to figure out.
Network Functions Virtualization—What Is It and Why Should You Care?
Remember back in 2013 when software-defined networking (SDN) was going to change the world? It’s still the future of the data center, but the revolution is happening slower than people expected four years ago. Amidst all of the SDN hype,...