TAP Into Technology Blog

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...

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[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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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