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An alert touches multiple segments of the network, representing the challenge to reduce false positives
Deep Network Observability

How to Reduce False Positives with Shared Context

False positives are rarely caused by too many alerts, but by missing context. Let’s say a spike in outbound traffic shows up in the firewall logs. Around the same time, ...

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Network Operations

Why Most Performance Investigations Start in the Wrong Place

A padlock silhouetted against a dark background, surrounded by a spray of white particles, representing password spraying detection.
Security Operations

What Password Spraying Looks Like in Raw Network Telemetry

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Network Operations

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,

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Why Is My Computer Connecting to Akamai Technologies?

Once in a while, I perform a cleanup of my personal computer that involves removing unnecessary and unwanted applications.

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