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SCOPE Middle East, Garland Technology ink regional distribution deal

January 30, 2019

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Garland Technology, a manufacturer of network test access points (TAPs) and packet broker solutions has announced a new regional distribution agreement with SCOPE Middle East, the networking and cyber security solutions Value-Added Distributor in the Middle East and Africa.

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Fadi Abu Eqab, SCOPE Middle East

Under the agreement, the value-added distributor will deliver Garland Technology’s first bypass test access point (TAP) to organizations in the Middle East and Africa. In addition, SCOPE ME will also provide enablement training and workshops on Garland’s technologies and act as a first contact and deliver tier-1 support to its channel community and customer base.

“Partnering with SCOPE Middle East reflects Garland Technology’s international growth strategy in the Middle East,” says Sharjeel Alvi, Regional Director EMEA, Garland Technology. “SCOPE ME brings vast security and monitoring experience with a strong understanding of network TAPs and the importance of network visibility.”

Garland Technology network TAPs are a purpose-built hardware device that provides physical access and visibility into your network – allowing users to see every bit, byte and packet.

Fadi Abu Ekab, Chief Executive Office at SCOPE Middle East, adds “We are pleased Garland Technology has trusted SCOPE ME to distribute their solution in MEA countries. With this manufacturer we cover the need of many security projects within complex corporate networks to divide traffic for analysis with security tools. Garland’s TAPs allow gathering of traffic in real time that is shared with the security and monitoring tools. Additionally, Garland TAPs fit well in our current portfolio.”

 

Read the full press release: https://www.tahawultech.com/channel/scope-middle-east-garland-technology-ink-regional-distribution-deal/

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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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