TAP Into Technology Blog: Network Monitoring (16)
It’s Not Wiretapping—It’s Network Tapping
We all know those old mobster movies, right? Where the cops are tapping phone lines to take down America’s most wanted criminals. Or if you need a more recent example, you can think of all of the surveillance involved in HBO’s The Wire....
[Infographic] Are You Monitoring a 1G, 10G, 40G or 100G Network?
What tools are you deploying in your network? Are you monitoring out-of-band with tools like Wireshark, forensics, Intrusion Detection Systems, Security Information and Event Management or Application Performance Monitoring? Monitoring...
[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 affecting your real environment or...
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 us anything it’s that realizing lofty...
[video] Observing The Impact Multiple Default Gateways With Wireshark
I was speaking with a client the other day and they were asking me how Microsoft behaves if a device has two default gateways. One thing I have to say about my job and clients, I always get interesting scenarios and questions to figure out.
Top 7 Security Predictions for 2017
As a network TAP provider, Garland anchor's security solutions for so many organizations across all public and private sectors. I like to think that working with IT’s top security professionals has given Garland and myself unique insight...