Malware detection using machine learning and NetFlow
Last year Plixer released version 19 of Scrutinizer, and with it came the introduction of Plixer Security Intelligence, our machine learning appliance. The ML...
Plixer recognized as Most Innovative NDR vendor by Cyber Defense Magazine
Plixer has been recognized by Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2021 InfoSec Award as the Most Innovative in Network Detection & Response. This award acknowledges Plixer’s continued evolution of our industry-leading NDR platform....
Cisco ISR4300 IPFIX configuration
I recently helped a customer configure NetFlow on their ISR4300. I found that ISR43XX/44XX routers run IOS-XE, which only supports Flexible NetFlow (FNF). NetFlow...
Finding threats with host index
Imagine someone walks up to your desk and asks a very simple question: has this IP address been seen on our network? This could...
Network Detection and Response (NDR): What does it mean?
What is NDR? This blog will focus on the hottest 3-letter acronym of 2020 & 2021—NDR. Network Detection and Response solutions must address an...
Network traffic demands of the post-pandemic era and how to manage them
Gartner just posted their worldwide spending forecast report for the first quarter of 2021 and it looks positive. Clearly, the experts will continue to...
NetFlow configuration: back to basics
As a conversation is observed by a NetFlow-capable device, metadata about that conversation such as source and destination addresses, source and destination port numbers,...
Five ways Plixer Scrutinizer helps education networks
Spring is among us: warmer weather, blooming flowers, and the need to start monitoring on-campus university and school networks again now that students are...
Integrate your network alarms with Microsoft Teams
2020 was a year of incredible change—changes that I believe will have a lasting impact, but also changes that require immense flexibility with traditional...
Why and how to export a violator list for DDoS mitigation
The need to detect and mitigate denial-of-service attacks is nothing new to network and security administrators. DoS attacks on enterprise networks have been occurring...