As enterprises adjust to the new normal and remote work, they are bracing for potential attacks resulting from employee carelessness. Bad habits, such as leaving devices unattended while on the VPN, can pose serious risks to the business. This blog will discuss how human negligence affects network security and provide some examples of how some threat vectors impacts organizations.
Read moreAuthor: Elgin Robinson
Elgin provides pre-sales support to the sales team at Plixer. Elgin comes from a technical support background, having years of experience doing everything from sales engineering to technical support. Some of his interests include spending quality time with his significant other, mentoring youth in the DFW area, playing bingo with the elderly, and staying fit with the local CrossFit and boot camps in his area.
How to detect bogon connections
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Many ISPs filter bogon connections because bogon IP addresses have no legitimate use. If you find a bogon or bogus IP address in your firewall logs, it is likely due to a misconfiguration or someone intentionally creating a bogon connection for malicious purposes. This blog provides guidance on how to detect bogon connections with Plixer Scrutinizer and potentially discover other vulnerabilities that would compromise an enterprise network environment.
Read moreSupport criteria for SD-WAN vendors
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As OEMs continue to invest in WAN optimization, what differentiates vendors’ capabilities so that enterprises seek to scale their infrastructure? In this blog, we’ve created a matrix defining functionalities that help enterprises save money, manage their application performance, and secure their network. The matrix displays the strengths and benefits of each SD-WAN vendor and how they can evolve their WAN ecosystem.
Read moreThe strategic approach to adtech monitoring
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When exploring how digital advertising affects users on a daily basis, you may wonder what solutions are in place to monitor complex systems in real time. Think of searching for the latest Apple iPhone: it only takes this one search and then you’ll get iPhone ads in your email and in between your daily search for other items. This is called adtech and it focuses on a targeted demographic or subject through direct advertising. This blog explores adtech, but first we need to understand how the adtech ecosystem works.
Read moreThe strategic approach to network performance monitoring
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When speaking with customers about what they need to support their infrastructure, the thing we hear most is “network performance monitoring.” This blog will share my insight on what is network performance monitoring, tools utilized, and methods to use Scrutinizer for monitoring network performance.
Read moreSD-WAN visibility: key KPIs that enterprises identify
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As enterprises seek to expand 5G/LTE or MPLS networks, they must set SLAs. Inside of those SLAs, key performance indicators (KPIs) drive the progression of the network. With the expansion of SD-WAN deployments, network administrators need assurance that the KPIs of branch sites align with their current infrastructure. Tracking the performance of how the applications connect to their assigned virtual private network (VPN) and DSCP class enables the service provider to validate the SLA performance of a potential problem and resolve it swiftly.
Read moreWhy is Metadata Important for IT Compliance?
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Enterprises are seeking proactive approaches against potential breaches in their network and prefer passive approaches to detect vulnerabilities. But as technology evolves and become more complex, enterprises face challenges adhering to IT compliance standards. With limited visibility, SecOps can’t perform threat forensics and help their organization maintain compliance.
Why ERSPAN is Important for Network Security
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Enterprises are seeking a secure monitoring solution that performs encapsulation. Encapsulated Remote SPAN (ERSPAN) identifies visibility gaps and vulnerabilities, but using it enables flow data to passively monitor on one or more ports or VLANs, and then sends traffic to the target destination. ERSPAN transports mirrored traffic over an IP network and ensures better network reliability and availability.