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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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Radar scans a digital network, representing flow-based threat hunting
Security Operations

How Flow Data Supports Threat Hunting Without Drowning Analysts

Threat hunting should feel deliberate. You should be able to follow a path, validate a suspicion, and document what

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Security padlock and connecting lines in a digital environment, representing firewall change validation
Network Security

What Changed After the Firewall Update? Let the Traffic Answer

Firewall updates rarely fail in obvious ways. Everything looks like it’s going smoothly, but then a day or two

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A hand drawing a playbook on glass, representing network flow data for incident response
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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Many blue network nodes with one red note to which several connecting lines are attached, representing lateral movement detection
Security Operations

How to Investigate Lateral Movement Using Flow Data

Lateral movement is rarely loud. Once an attacker gains an initial foothold, the next phase often blends into normal

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Conversations traversing a network and trailing off, representing the proactive monitoring and downtime prevention
Network Security

Why Downtime Prevention Starts with Proactive Monitoring

Downtime has become one of the most expensive and disruptive challenges in IT operations. Whether it’s a service interruption,

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Deep Network Observability

The DNS Clues Your SIEM Can’t See (and How FlowPro Finds Them)

Encryption protects data privacy, but it also hides intent. Every day, more of the world’s network traffic moves under

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Focused IT professional analyzing real-time network observability data on multiple monitors in a dark, high-tech environment.
Deep Network Observability

Plixer One 19.7 – Unlocking the Next Level of Network Observability

In today’s IT environments, network and security teams face ever-growing challenges in maintaining visibility, efficiency, performance, and security across

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Network Operations

From Knee Surgery to Packet Capture: What Healthcare Can Teach Us About Network Visibility

It starts with a twinge. Then a limp. By the time our patient reaches the orthopedic surgeon, they’re facing

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A black box, which represents a lack of network visibility
Network Security

What Your Firewall Doesn’t Tell You

Your firewall is dutifully logging every connection attempt, blocking malicious traffic, and generating alerts. But here’s the uncomfortable truth:

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