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NDR

How Network Anomaly Detection Works (And Why It Matters)

By Paul Piccard, CTO & SVP of Engineering at Plixer  Network anomaly detection identifies deviations from normal network behavior, such as unusual traffic patterns, ...

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NetFlow Analyzer

Network Troubleshooting: How To Diagnose Network Outages Faster

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

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Security Operations

Why Flow Data Belongs in Your Incident Response Playbook

When an incident kicks off, the early picture is usually fragmented. Logs and endpoint alerts hint at symptoms and

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Security Operations

Supply Chain Fallout: What the Salesloft Drift Attack Reveals About Third-Party Risk—and How Plixer One Helps

The recent breach of the Salesloft Drift application highlights a troubling truth: even organizations with strong internal security can

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DNS

How Network Data Allows You To Detect DNS Attacks Like The “Decoy Dog” Exploit

In today’s complex cybersecurity landscape, the battle between hackers and defenders is a continuous chess match. Recent revelations about

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NDR

Why Other NDR Solutions Are So Expensive

If you started to research NDR solutions to any degree, you’ve likely noticed that most vendors use packet infrastructure

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NDR

How to detect lateral movement with the Plixer Platform

If you are familiar with the MITRE ATT&CK framework, then you know most attackers will follow a general sequence

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NDR

How to map MITRE ATT&CK® with Plixer NDR

Sophisticated attacks continue to grow and breach organizational defenses, and they do so without being detected.  Traditional attacks use straightforward

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Netflow

What visibility flow data offer

Network and Security administrators have several monitoring protocols available to help provide network insight and security awareness. Today, I’d

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NDR

Why IT SecOps analysts need more than endpoint agents and system logs

Endpoint agents and logs often play an important role in securing your organization. That said, despite the investment of

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NDR

3 ways single platform cybersecurity vendors are failing you

We’ve seen the best-of-breed or single-vendor platform debate unfold for many years. On one hand, you have niche solutions

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NDR

Preparing for the next threat

It’s safe to say organizations have had their fair share of cyber attacks this past year—from threats discovered early

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