TAP Into Technology Blog

Ways to Protect Against Phishing

Just like the internet, phishing has evolved more and more over the years. Of the more than 537,000 phishing threats that were reported in the 2017 Global Spear Phishing Report, 91 percent (490,557)...

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Historical Lookback - The Proof is in the Packet

"It's the Unicorn we've been looking for!" This was the response I got the other day when I was explaining to a customer the benefits of looking back at packets before and after they pass through an...

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When Did Phishing Become a Social Problem?

In the world of technology, social media is starting to become king. Just think about this for a minute, 15 years ago, there was no Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat. Now, it seems every...

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[Get the Data You Want] How Education Can Avoid Being the Next Soft Hacking Target

It’s hard to believe it’s been two years since we experienced the year of the healthcare hack. But now that attention has shifted to that industry, hackers are doing their best to identify the next...

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Executive Order in Place to Boost Cybersecurity

If we have learned anything from the massive cyber hack, entitled WannaCry, that hit 150 countries recently, there needs to be more measures taken to upgrade the defense against those that are trying...

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[Demo] Protecting the Core with High Speed Load Balancing

I recently presented a demonstration for Palo Alto Network's Fuel User Group on the importance of implementing high speed (10G/40G/100G) load balance at the Core of the Network. Prior to beginning...

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