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[Video] Ignite 2016—How We Network TAP IT in Vegas

What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.

Not when you give the Garland sales team a camera, though.

Check out our TAP-It at Ignite video and our Facebook photo album to see what we experienced at Palo Alto Networks Ignite 2016. 

Spreading Network TAP Awareness at Ignite 2016 

Palo Alto put together another great Ignite show. This was our second Ignite show and it was great to see familiar faces along with many new people, including NextComputing, Cloud Harmonics, and the Fuel User Group, which Garland Technology is a Founding Partner of.

The show was mostly attended by network engineers, security and architecting professionals from the U.S., although we did see several companies from Canada, Mexico, as well as a small representation from EMEA and APAC.

As we’ve found at many conferences, half the attendees did not know about network TAPs. Those who weren’t aware of the value of network TAPs said they connect their Palo Alto NGFW either directly inline or with SPAN ports. We saw this lack of network TAP awareness as a prime educational opportunity to teach network pros about the best practices of using a network bypass TAP

One emerging topic of discussion among Palo Alto trainers was the need to defend the internal network, rather than focusing solely on the external. We used to think only external traffic posed threats; however, in today's high risk environment IT departments needs to protect the internal network as well. Defending the internal network makes visibility even more important, which is where network TAPs can step in and make a difference for IT departments of all sizes.

[Video] TAP'ing It at Ignite

Ignite 2016 with Garland Technology from Garland Technology on Vimeo.

Network TAPs—The Key to Ensuring NGFWs Can Do Their Job

Your Palo Alto NGFW promises a combination of standard enterprise next-gen firewall features, intrusion prevention system (IPS) functionality and application control. However, if the NGFW can’t see every bit, byte and packet® of network traffic, there’s no way to ensure it is defending your network to its fullest potential. With network TAPs, you can ensure your security appliances and applications have 100% visibility while gaining access for updates, maintenance and trouble-shooting without taking the link down.

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Written by Chris Bihary

Chris Bihary, CEO and Co-founder of Garland Technology, has been in the network performance industry for over 20 years. Bihary has established collaborative partnerships with technology companies to complement product performance and security through the integration of network TAP visibility.

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