TAP Into Technology Blog

What role does Link Failure Propagation play in the network?

When building a network, uptime and reliability are a major focus in the design of the network. To meet these reliability needs, redundant appliances and links are often put in place to provide high...

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Improve Visibility to Enhance, Remediate and Resolve Vulnerability

Network visibility is the base of all network activities, whether they be for security or monitoring purposes. After all, if you don’t have visibility, you lack an understanding of what’s going on in...

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TAP Test: Do you need a Network TAP?

Whether you are proactively designing a network for a new office or data center location, or looking to make changes to your current infrastructure, there are a lot of questions to ask during the...

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Understanding Advanced Features in a Network Packet Broker

Network Packet Brokers (NPBs) have come a long way from their modest roots as data monitoring switches, though their intended application remains nearly the same. The NPB is still primarily used as a...

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7 reasons why you shouldn’t choose SPAN as a real visibility access device

Every day I come across network techs who continue to rely on SPAN ports for their network access method. This blows my mind as its been proven time and again why you shouldn’t rely on SPAN ports....

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Garland TAPs at Work for the SECCDC

"You have just been hired as the network and security administrators at a small company and will be taking administrative control of all information systems. You know very little about the network,...

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