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How to run Cisco ASA ACL Reports: Netflow Security Event Logging

In this blog I’ll show you how to use Cisco ASA NSEL (aka Cisco ASA NetFlow) reporting to monitor your Cisco ASA firewall ACLs....

Detecting Worms and Malware with NetFlow: Network Threat Detection

Since 2005, Plixer and Cisco have been touting NetFlow (not Net Flow) as an IT Security and threat detection solution. Cisco calls NetFlow the...

How to Detect Advanced Persistent Threats – 2 Primary Technologies

Possibly the most difficult network malware to detect today is the Advanced Persistent Threat or APT. I’ve also heard them referred to as advanced...

12 Vulnerabilities is the Average for a given PC : Detect Network Threats

I came across this article in infosecisland.com on Securing PCs posted by Michelle Drolet who is the founder and CEO of Towerwall. In the...

Network Address Translation Reporting: Cisco ASA NetFlow

Network Address Translation reporting is now available from NetFlow exported from the Cisco ASA. The traditional NetFlow reporting that can be done from the...

Identity-Aware NetFlow: Cisco ASA NSEL

Businesses with IT Teams managing tens of thousands of IP addresses often find it more difficult to track down IP addresses and for this...

Cisco 4500 NetFlow Support

Cisco 4500 NetFlow support is available if you add the WS-F4531 card which is supported on SUPERVISORs IV and V.   If you are fortunate...

Flow Analysis Expert Adam Powers Joins Plixer as Chief Security Officer

Mike Patterson (Plixer CEO and Founder) and I have been long time colleagues in the arena of NetFlow analysis. Over the years we’ve both...

SonicWALL VPN utilization Reports : IPFIX Reporting

Are you looking for detailed insight into your SonicWALL VPNs?  With IPFIX reporting from Scrutinizer Flow Analyzer, you can get some really cool SonicWALL...

300K Infected Computers will off-line on Monday July 9th

DNSChanger  is a type of DNS Malware  that infected about 4 million PCs computers and many of which (~300,000) are still infected.  Those still...