NetOps and SecOps Collaboration Benefits the Business
Not only have NetOps and SecOps teams historically been separate, but they have often seen each other as impediments to getting their own jobs...
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Network Operations
Large Scale NetFlow Collection
When an enterprise is ready to move beyond basic flow collection to large scale NetFlow collection, there are several features that should be taken...
Tracking Malware Hidden in Encrypted Traffic
I feel comfortable saying that all of us know what encrypted data is. Web encryption, specifically, has been around for quite some time now....
Why is My Computer Connecting to amazonaws.com?
Did you know that ignorance is bliss? When I was in school, I didn’t think about cybersecurity at all, and had a devil-may-care approach...
5 Prevalent SIEM Problems and How NetFlow Collector Integration Solves Them
Security Information Event Management (SIEM) platforms began to gain mainstream attention and adoption around 2008. SIEM promised to simplify and improve security as an...
Better Metadata and NetFlow Analysis
Scrutinizer from Plixer is the recognized leader in metadata and NetFlow analysis and it just got even better! With the recent release of version...
A Comprehensive List of Cisco NetFlow Capable Devices
Is my Cisco hardware NetFlow compatible? If you follow the news, you know that there has been a big spending spree by Cisco with...
Aruba IPFIX Support
These days, wireless networks support a mixed use of employees, guests, and vendors. Without adequate classification and prioritization of applications, companies risk reduced employee...
How to monitor FTP traffic with NetFlow
In my last post, I discussed how to monitor SSL traffic. Today, I thought I would continue down the road of traffic monitoring by...
How to Detect ICMP Tunneling
Are you aware of any data tunneling that might be occurring in your network? Do you think that your network is totally secure? If...