TAP Into Technology Blog: Network Management (10)
What's the 2020 on Application Performance Management (APM)?
Cloud, firewalls, and even SDN are all some of the most well-known technologies currently in use. For the next part of our 2020 series, however, we're going to take a look under the hood at application performance management (APM). This...
The Current State of Hacking—And What to Expect in 2017
Surprise! 2016 is on pace to break records in terms of data breach volume—a feat that seems to be accomplished on an annual basis now. Through August 30, the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has counted 638 total data breaches with...
[SlideShare] Tech Talk 2016: Crapplet, Cat Waxing, and CamelCase
Back by popular demand is my second edition of Tech Talk, were you can learn all about "Crapplets," "Cat Waxing" and other unusually interesting words from the cyber world. In our 2015 post I explained "Smurfing" and "Yak Shaving," and...
Why Are You Hiding Your Duplicate Packets?
Major consideration – If you have duplicate packets in your network: Find out if you have problems in your network Then solve the issues Duplicate Packets (DP) are there for a reason whether it be good or bad (usally bad though). Do NOT...
The 7 Things You Need to Know About MSSP Utilization
Why do so many of the world’s businesses wait to engage a managed security services provider (MSSP) until after they’ve experienced a data breach? A new study by the Ponemon Institute consists an in-depth survey of almost 2,000 IT...
Network TAP Split Ratios & Loss Budget
Do you know what a Split Ratio is on a fiber network TAP? Well there was a time when I didn't, either. But I know what a seven-ten split is in bowling and I know what it means to “split hairs,” but I didn’t know what a “Split Ratio” was...