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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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Security Operations

How a Rogue DHCP Server Works

I’d like to take the time to go through the steps on how a rogue DHCP server works. The more you

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General

Incident Response System Guidelines

Working in support, customers often ask me how to start using NetFlow and IPFIX in their network monitoring tool, to get

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Netflow

SonicWALL NetFlow Reporting : IPFIX Support

Over 100 SonicWALL field people have been brought up to speed on the IPFIX capabilities of their next generation

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