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Rhebo Leading the Way to Creating a More Secure Industrial Ethernet
As the industrial sector embraces Ethernet communications on the manufacturing floor and in the power grid, a whole new set of security risks loom. While Ethernet connectivity does provide key redundancy, data sharing and remote access...
Tapping to the Music, Looking Back at ’70s and ’80s
In our new infographic, The Evolution of Network Visibility we took a trip down melody lane to show readers the events and innovations that sparked the rise of network visibility. Relax and rewind to some 1970s and 80s classic rock and to...
Network TAPs are Not Toys, No Batteries Included!
After weeks of shopping and preparation, the holiday season is always upon us. And the big gift of the year? Hoverboards? Drones? These toys bring to life the sort of fun seen in classic Back to the Future films. There’s just one...
Data at Risk: Corporate Confidentiality and VTech’s Data Breach
In the first Data at Risk series post about corporate confidentiality, we discussed a few industry-agnostic cornerstone attacks on corporate data and the need for network TAPs for visibility. One of our key realizations was that corporate...
Maintaining Visibility Amidst 2016 Software-Defined Networking Trends
Software-defined networking (SDN) offers cost-cutting, performance and security benefits that businesses gravitated toward in 2015. However, SDN is constantly changing and you must be prepared to maintain 100% traffic capturing, filtering,...
QUICK TIPS: Installing Multiple Cisco Switches
In the Field - I was working with a project team installing over 100 Cisco switches across three towers. Daunting as that is, it was also an active construction site, which means power is not reliable and in some cases and no elevators...