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Network Security

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI): From Reactive to Proactive Security

As attackers grow more sophisticated and persistent, organizations are shifting from reactive defense to proactive strategy. That’s where cyber

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Security Operations

Understanding Lateral Movement: How Attackers Navigate Your Infrastructure

Lateral movement refers to the techniques attackers use to move through a network after gaining initial access. Instead of

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Deep Network Observability

Understanding Network Observability: A 2025 Guide for NetOps

A trend of this decade is that we’re being flooded with information and data points. Certainly, an overabundance of

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Network Operations

Opportunity Cost and the Inflexible Network 

At a former job of mine, there was a tool that most of the company used but nobody liked.

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Deep Network Observability

Three Ways Universities Use Plixer One to Solve Common Network Problems

With thousands of users and connected devices, ensuring network reliability, security, and compliance is a significant challenge for universities.

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Network Operations

Why We Hate Direct Exporter-Collector Configurations

Odds are you have a lot of devices on your network that export data somewhere—whether that’s to a traffic

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Network Operations

Understanding MTTR (Mean Time to Respond) and How to Reduce It

Because system downtime can have serious financial and operational consequences, NetOps teams often find it useful to track MTTR

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Deep Network Observability

The Network Operations Paradox: Why More Automation Often Leads to Less Understanding

Author:  Nils Werner​, Director of Customer Success Here’s an uncomfortable truth: As our networks become more automated, many teams are

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