TAP Into Technology Blog

2015 Cyber Security Report: How the Biggest Threats and Breaches Affect Businesses Processes

Security focus has shifted from what is being taken from businesses to how attackers are gaining access to enterprise systems. Symantec notes “the number of breaches rose 23 percent” and “there was a...

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Data at Risk Series: Corporate Confidentiality Cyber Attacks

While we’ve looked at the state of cyber security in the healthcare, finance and insurance industries, it doesn’t begin to cover the breadth of threats out there. Industry-agnostic attacks are...

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4SICS Conference Recap on Industrial Control Systems

I attended the Swedish industrial cyber security conference 4SICS last month, where I also gave a one-day class on analyzing network traffic. 4SICS is the the leading Industrial Control System (ICS)...

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Lessons Learned from Mr. Robot: Understanding Advanced Persistent Threats

The latest breach at Scottrade makes one thing abundantly clear – cyber criminals have become more sophisticated and increasingly dangerous. With so many cyber security failures, it would be easy to...

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Data at Risk Series: How Is the Insurance Industry Stacking Up to Cyber Attacks?

When it comes to data privacy and cyber security, the three industries that are generally seen as the most heavily regulated are healthcare, finance and insurance. We’ve already discussed healthcare...

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101 Series: SPAN Mode On A Network TAP – What Is The Point?

Today I'm going to review another way that a network TAP can be used when trying to get access to network traffic. The SPAN mode is a unique mode for a TAP that takes the SPAN or mirrored output from...

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