TAP Into Technology Blog: The 101 Series (2)
The 101 Series: Quick Connect Tips for Inline Security Appliances
You just bought a brand new inline security appliance—a next-gen firewall, intrusion prevention system (IPS), data leakage prevention (DLP) system or web application firewall—and you’re ready to deploy it in your network. But then it sits...
The 101 Series: Breakout Network TAPs
I recently wrote a blog about the six different types of network TAPs with a brief overview of each TAPs functionality. In this blog, I’m going to explain in detail more about how the breakout or commonly referred to tap mode operates....
The 101 Series: Network Packet Brokers
Understanding and maintain control of your network is a constant, uphill battle. With the increase in network virtualization, BYOD, and growing number of security threats, network monitoring is more important than ever. It’s well...
The 101 Series: Filtering TAPs
In our 101 network TAP series, we have explained the functionality of the various network TAPs that are available to gain access to the traffic that is typically found in a network. We have reviewed passive fiber TAPs, copper network TAPs,...
The 101 Series: Link Failure Propagation and High Availability
Many customers that we talk to have more than one Internet connection at their facility. Referred to as a high availability (HA) scenario, this active/active or active/passive link setup ensures customers that when the primary link goes...
[Training] TAP Modes - Test Your Knowledge
A few weeks back, my sales team introduced a new training video concept to our reseller partners. We sampled a group of 100 by asking them to watch this five minute video, take a 5 question quiz, and then provide feedback on the content...