Network Security
Why AI Just Broke Cybersecurity’s Oldest Defense
For forty years, one defense held against nearly every cyberattack: a person who could sense that something felt wrong.
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General
Cisco Live 2026: The Agentic Era Is Here and Your Network Is Already Behind
By Adam Howarth, Data Scientist and Field Engineer at Plixer Cisco Live 2026 was not a conference about what’s
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Network Security
How To Investigate Encrypted Traffic Without Decrypting It
Most malicious traffic is encrypted, and in real environments, you usually don’t have the keys to inspect it. You
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Network Security
How To Detect Lateral Movement: A Step-by-Step Guide
Lateral movement is detected by spotting small changes in internal network behavior: new host-to-host connections, unusual authentication patterns, and
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Network Security
Why Cloud Problems Still Show Up in Network Data
Simplicity was the promise of cloud migration. You could tuck underlying infrastructure behind service APIs and provider consoles. Applications
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Network Security
What Changed After the Firewall Update? Let the Traffic Answer
Firewall updates rarely fail in obvious ways. Everything looks like it’s going smoothly, but then a day or two
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Network Security
AI-Powered Anomaly Detection: Benefits, Techniques, and Challenges
As networks scale and data volumes grow, detecting what doesn’t belong becomes increasingly difficult. Modern environments generate vast datasets
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Network Security
Why Network Metadata Is Becoming More Valuable Than Packets
For years, packet capture was considered the gold standard for network visibility. If you had the packets, you had
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Network Security
The Most Overlooked Ingredient in Successful Tool Consolidation
Tool consolidation is gaining momentum as organizations look for ways to reduce overhead, eliminate redundancy, and simplify their operations.
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Network Security
Why Tool Consolidation is Back on IT Leaders’ Agendas
Every December, renewal schedules pile up, contract reviews demand attention, and leaders are asked to justify tools purchased years
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