Carter Foster, Author at Plixer

3 ways single platform cybersecurity vendors are failing you

We’ve seen the best-of-breed or single-vendor platform debate unfold for many years. On one hand, you have niche solutions providing a focused approach to cybersecurity. On the other, you have one platform that provides interoperability.

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3 cybersecurity trends to watch

06.21.22 - Carter Foster

Businesses are seeing a 50% increase in cyberattacks per week. That’s according to a report from Check Point Research, where companies reported a bump in cyberattacks during 2021. The increase is in line with a year-over-year trend of increasing attacks. Though 50% is a staggering figure, it is only 13% higher than Check Point’s 2020s findings.

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3 lessons energy and utility cyberattacks have taught

05.11.22 - Carter Foster

Recent attacks indicate that energy and utility companies need to increase their security posture sooner rather than later. Because energy companies are so entwined with local and global operations, attackers can see significant financial gains, cause widespread infrastructure disruption, or steal coveted intellectual property.

NPMD

Machine learning takes the guesswork out of network capacity planning

05.05.22 - Carter Foster

It likely will come as no surprise that the machine learning (ML) market is expected to experience a compound annual growth rate of almost 40 percent through 2027 – when it’s estimated the value of the market will then be $117 billion. What may come as more of a surprise is that the top two ML use cases are risk management, followed by performance analysis and reporting.

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Why analyzing network flow data helps network performance

04.28.22 - Carter Foster

When we talk about Plixer’s Network Performance Monitoring and Diagnostic (NPMD) platform, one of the key features that we highlight is that our solutions use network flow data instead of relying upon the data derived from packet capture. To understand why we’re so passionate about this unique differentiator, it’s useful to understand what network flow data is and how it benefits enterprise NetOps and SecOps teams.