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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

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Security Operations

What Password Spraying Looks Like in Raw Network Telemetry

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Security Operations

Detect abnormal lateral network traffic using machine learning and NetFlow

In a previous blog I introduced you to the malware detection capabilities of Plixer’s intelligence product. I would like

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Security Operations

Malware Detection: Determining the cause

Malware Detection and determining the cause of an incident is a requirement in todays connected world. The post U.K. Parliament’s

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Network Operations

Tracking brute force Attacks

Tracking brute force attacks on your network can be a very time consuming process. It often ends up with

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