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 … [Read more...] about Why is Metadata Important for IT Compliance?
How to Protect Your Network Against the ‘Sea Turtle’ DNS Hijacking Campaign
A large-scale DNS hijacking campaign called ‘Sea Turtle’ has been spreading across more than 13 countries. With our FlowPro Defender, you can monitor your organization’s DNS activity. … [Read more...] about How to Protect Your Network Against the ‘Sea Turtle’ DNS Hijacking Campaign
Using your network as a sensor
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
Q1 Roundup: 15 Interesting Articles on Cybersecurity News & Expert Opinions
Things move fast in cybersecurity, and it’s always worth investing time to stay up-to-date on the state of the field. I’ve gathered 15 articles all about cybersecurity news and insights to provide some food for thought. … [Read more...] about Q1 Roundup: 15 Interesting Articles on Cybersecurity News & Expert Opinions
Network Security: Using Dashboards to Aid Your Investigation
In my last post, titled Network Visibility: Using Dashboards to Tell a Deeper Story, we discussed how the dashboard feature of Scrutinizer can be an asset to multiple departments. I’ve had the opportunity to work with clients who had a one- or two-person shop … [Read more...] about Network Security: Using Dashboards to Aid Your Investigation
Why ERSPAN is Important for Network Security
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 … [Read more...] about Why ERSPAN is Important for Network Security
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
The Top 7 Network Security Predictions for 2019
After you celebrate New Year’s Eve, it is time to get to work on those New Year's resolutions! It is also a good time to reflect, prepare for new challenges, and brush up on security threats to watch out for. In 2019, we expect new technologies and channels to … [Read more...] about The Top 7 Network Security Predictions for 2019
Using Host Indexing to Investigate IP Addresses
I want to introduce you to a very cool, very powerful search function for investigating IP Addresses.We talk all the time about how NetFlow and IPFIX technologies fit very well in the behavior analysis side of a layered security solution.NetFlow is a … [Read more...] about Using Host Indexing to Investigate IP Addresses
How to Enable SSL in Scrutinizer
One of the most common cases we get up here in support is helping customers with their SSL certificates (or TLS or HTTPS domain, depending on your verbiage of choice). This is an easy task to perform. … [Read more...] about How to Enable SSL in Scrutinizer
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