I spent a lot of time talking to customers at RSA 2019 and a message that resonated with a lot of them was using your network as a sensor. I believe this is because SOC analysts often dig through log data or full packet capture—but then overlook network … [Read more...] about Using your network as a sensor
Real-Time DDoS Detection & Analysis
DDoS attacks have plagued the network security space for almost 20 years. In that time, we have seen a lot of changes. In just 2018 alone, we saw the first multi-terabyte/s DDoS attacks, which have been bringing large organizations to their knees. If you … [Read more...] about Real-Time DDoS Detection & Analysis
Scrutinizer AMI Deployment Guide
Being on the pre-sales side of the house, I hear about a lot of upcoming projects for a variety of different companies and verticals. One that is really starting to get some traction is a cloud-first initiative. This guide aims to help new users deploy their … [Read more...] about Scrutinizer AMI Deployment Guide
Configuring SolarWinds IPAM Integration
Part of my responsibility as a Sales Engineer at Plixer is to find new and exciting ways to integrate our tools with those that our customers already use. Often these tools have APIs that let us do this easily! We’ve already created a few other integrations … [Read more...] about Configuring SolarWinds IPAM Integration
Best Practices in Network Forensics, Part II: Insider Threats
In part 1 of our Best Practices in Network Forensics we discussed different integrations and how you can tie in your existing tools with our solution to correlate events with syslogs, DNS, IPAM, and cloud infrastructure logs. This blog will go a bit deeper on … [Read more...] about Best Practices in Network Forensics, Part II: Insider Threats
Best Practices in Network Forensics
When shopping for tools to help with network forensics, you will find many vendors claiming why they are the best, but not necessarily how they fit into your existing security ecosystem. Here, I’ll cover how our customers use our IPFIX and metadata solutions … [Read more...] about Best Practices in Network Forensics
Network Capacity Planning Fundamentals
Are we properly utilizing these expensive WAN links? That is probably a question you have asked yourself on more than one occasion when you get a bill from your provider. While MPLS/Broadband connectivity both have pros and cons, wouldn’t it be great if you … [Read more...] about Network Capacity Planning Fundamentals
How We Troubleshot a Network Performance Problem in Minutes
There comes a time in every network engineer’s job where they have to troubleshoot slow network performance. Wouldn’t it be nice if you had a fast, reliable tool to make this task easier? In this blog, I want to cover a use case we recently saw at our main HQ … [Read more...] about How We Troubleshot a Network Performance Problem in Minutes
Securing Third-Party VPN Access
VPN monitoring is something every network and security engineer should be familiar with. It is often used for checking in on users or making sure their business critical applications are working properly. But in recent years, security teams have taken a much … [Read more...] about Securing Third-Party VPN Access
Detecting Application Tunneling with NetFlow
With today's networks getting larger and larger and with the need to accommodate end-user devices, locking down the network without affecting performance is becoming a major concern. This blog will cover how some malicious end users often try to obfuscate … [Read more...] about Detecting Application Tunneling with NetFlow
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