All Eyes on PCAP: The Gold Standard of Traffic Analysis
PCAP, or full packet data capture for analysis, does what it says – it captures the entirety of every packet that comprises the network traffic (both metadata and content). If something happens on the network, PCAP knows about it. Whether it is malware moving data around, or staff arranging a private party, it can be…
Lack of visibility and IT staff availability: The main challenges of enterprise decentralization
Enterprise IT reckons with fundamental changes to their networking infrastructure, teams are being stretched to the limit, requiring a new approach to network monitoring and management to regain visibility into all users and locations, the AppNeta report reveals. Stemming from the larger trend of enterprise decentralization, the report finds that a lack of IT staff…
IDG Contributor Network: You can’t protect what you can’t see
How many of us would hire a home security company that sent a representative to our house to tell us to remove all our lightbulbs so that it was pitch black inside? Sure, it would make it much more difficult for the burglars to find their way around. But with no way to turn the…
How Safe Are Your Assets in the Cloud?
The cloud environment is elastic and moves fast. That elasticity applies to cyberattacks just as much, so it is critical for enterprises to have visibility into all the data that crosses its network. While moving workloads and applications to the cloud brings flexibility and agility, it also introduces multiple points of attack. Enterprises need to…