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Garland Technology Attending IT-SA Network Security Expo and Congress 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany

October 2, 2014

Garland Technology, network design and data visibility provider, is attending the IT-SA show, October 7 – 9, 2014 with partner NEOX NETWORKS.

IMG_0551Buffalo, NY (PRWEB) October 02, 2014 -- Garland Technology is set to attend and exhibit at the IT-SA Security Expo and Congress,(to be held from October 7 to October 9 at the Nuremberg Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany. With nearly 7,000 attendees and 358 presenting companies in 2013, the show offers a premier event for IT and security professionals.

Garland Technology will offer an exclusive showcase of solutions they offer in the network security sphere, including visibility for Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) and Next-Generation Firewalls.

The show will also feature presentations by exhibiting companies, divided into three forums. The Red Forum (Management) will focus on the strategic importance of IT security; the Blue Forum (Technology) will showcase a live update on technical matters; the Auditorium will feature politicians, educators, and research associations. These lectures are free to attendees and consist of continuous, 15-minute presentations.

Co-Owner and CEO Chris Bihary, who will be attending the event and is available for meetings, said, “Security is a constantly-changing landscape and you have to stay on top of it. We are releasing some interesting blogs on security in the lead up to the event; IPS and Firewalls have been at the front of our minds and the minds of our customers, so we want to get as much educational material out there as possible.”

Chris Bihary also stated that the Garland Network Design team is hard at work writing additional educational materials to help companies and the general public learn more about IT security, especially in enterprise networks. “Expect a post from our team about what we see at IT-SA,” Bihary noted.

Garland Technology and NEOX NETWORKS will be at booth 219 and invite attendees to stop by to learn more about network TAPs and visibility, IT security, and to enter for a chance to win a free TAP. To learn more about the event please visit: http://www.it-sa.de/

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Heartbeats Packets Inside the Bypass TAP

If the inline security tool goes off-line, the TAP will bypass the tool and automatically keep the link flowing. The Bypass TAP does this by sending heartbeat packets to the inline security tool. As long as the inline security tool is on-line, the heartbeat packets will be returned to the TAP, and the link traffic will continue to flow through the inline security tool.

If the heartbeat packets are not returned to the TAP (indicating that the inline security tool has gone off-line), the TAP will automatically 'bypass' the inline security tool and keep the link traffic flowing. The TAP also removes the heartbeat packets before sending the network traffic back onto the critical link.

While the TAP is in bypass mode, it continues to send heartbeat packets out to the inline security tool so that once the tool is back on-line, it will begin returning the heartbeat packets back to the TAP indicating that the tool is ready to go back to work. The TAP will then direct the network traffic back through the inline security tool along with the heartbeat packets placing the tool back inline.

Some of you may have noticed a flaw in the logic behind this solution!  You say, “What if the TAP should fail because it is also in-line? Then the link will also fail!” The TAP would now be considered a point of failure. That is a good catch – but in our blog on Bypass vs. Failsafe, I explained that if a TAP were to fail or lose power, it must provide failsafe protection to the link it is attached to. So our network TAP will go into Failsafe mode keeping the link flowing.

Glossary

  1. Single point of failure: a risk to an IT network if one part of the system brings down a larger part of the entire system.

  2. Heartbeat packet: a soft detection technology that monitors the health of inline appliances. Read the heartbeat packet blog here.

  3. Critical link: the connection between two or more network devices or appliances that if the connection fails then the network is disrupted.

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