Let’s talk about UDP scans and how they can be an internet threat. In today’s world, having multiple layers of Internet Threat Defense is a requirement. With Scrutinizer and the intelligence behind Flow Analytics it is easy to detect reconnaissance-style traffic patterns like UDP scans. UDP scanning is common both on the Internet and internally. A common …
Whether your company has 50 employees or 50,000, someone somewhere in the next 60 days will bring malware into your network. When it happens, what malware incident response system do you have in place to detect it or at least investigate it? Your answer had better be “it depends”.
It has never been more dangerous to maintain your company’s on-line presence. If your company security perimeter is breached, what should you do? We wish it were as easy as calling 911 but, unfortunately most companies are left to investigate the incident on their own. Often times there is no one else to turn to …
Do you have a solution in place for detecting network threats? If you say no, you are not alone. Or maybe you have firewalls blocking the unwanted network traffic. Either way, you may be interested in network behavior analysis, another network threat detection option to consider.
Now more than ever banking Internet security is at the forefront of nearly every CIO, CTO and Director of IT employed by a financial institution. Improving computer security against cyber threats such as advanced persistent threats and DDoS are of paramount concern. In January, the Washington Post Reported: “The banks whose Web sites have been disrupted …
In this blog, I will be continuing Part 1 of the “What is Flow Analytics™?” Series. In this blog I will be going over what the different algorithms do and how you can use them to better your network traffic analysis.
Username NetFlow Reporting is a hot topic since the Cisco Visual Networking Index (VNI) report in late May. By 2016, Cisco’s forecast predicts that there will be “nearly three networked devices per capita”. Firewall vendors like Dell-SonicWALL and Palo Alto are also paying attention. Network admins are asking “Who is authenticating all of these devices onto the …
Often these days, we’re asked for a general rule of thumb or guidelines that can help with calculating NetFlow Volume. How much disk space should an average NetFlow Deployment consume. One of the biggest concerns is that exporting NetFlow (or one of its cousins) for Network Performance Analysis will have a drastic impact on the …
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 post, she noted several interesting vulnerability facts that most businesses need to be aware of. Right off the top, I found these to be shocking:
Businesses with IT Teams managing tens of thousands of IP addresses often find it more difficult to track down IP addresses and for this reason, they would rather work with a username. Identity Aware NetFlow ties the two together. In this post, lets take an example of tracking down the root cause of a network …