Endpoint protection isn’t enough: you need network traffic analytics
The recent SANs 2018 Survey on Endpoint Protection and Response makes clear that point-security solutions are not enough to quell the ever-growing barrage of...
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Clearing the Mine Field: Scrutinizer & Lansweeper for Network Monitoring
Greetings fellow sysadmins. Either you’re reading this because you’ve just installed Lansweeper too, or else you’re wondering “What is Lansweeper? Is it the Linux...
Scrutinizer SaaS Deployment
Let’s talk about the cloud for a minute. A majority of IT infrastructure has been moving to the cloud over the last few years,...
Extreme Networks: Enabling and Disabling SNMPv1, SNMPv2, and SNMPv3
Why am I seeing SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 attempts when I’ve only got SNMPv3 enabled? It appears some of Extreme’s switches handle their SNMP configurations...
Network Traffic Analytics with Gigamon
Quite some time ago, my colleague wrote about our Gigamon NetFlow support. That article will help you understand how to configure your Gigamon appliances...
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...
Username Reporting – NetFlow Integration with Cisco ISE
Traditionally in networking, we track down end systems by searching on IP addresses. Although this is a great way to narrow in on an...
How to detect SSH credential misuse with network traffic analytics
According to a recent article on BleepingComputer, a backdoor Python library can steal SSH credentials. This can lead to ssh credential misuse if undetected by IT...
ISPs and Netflix Open Connect
Whether it’s after a long day at work, a rainy weekend, or when a new season of your favorite TV show is released, we’ve...
Cisco IWAN vs. Viptela
While investigating our SD-WAN value proposition with customers, I worked with one client who has Cisco IWAN for 250 branches uses Scrutinizer to monitor...