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Related Attributes: NetFlow and Interface Traffic Statistics
August 2, 2018
Nick Buraglio
For many engineers, operators, and information security professionals, traffic flow information is a key element to performing both daily and long-term strategic tasks. This data usually takes the form of NetFlow version…
Defining Your IT Journey
August 1, 2018
Phoummala Schmitt
The IT journey is really nothing more than your career plan or goals that you have for your career. It’s the story of you. I call it the IT Journey because it’s…
Cybersecurity Fundamentals – Attack Surfaces and Vulnerabilities
July 31, 2018
Natalie Timms
In the first blog of this series, we became familiar with some well-used cybersecurity terminology. This blog will look at some well-known cyberattack and threat types and how they can…
Culture of Data Protection: Development Counts, Too.
July 30, 2018
Karen Lopez
In my earlier post in this data protection series, I mentioned that data security and privacy is difficult: Building a culture that favours protecting data can be challenging. In fact, most…
Monitoring Your Systems in the Cloud
July 25, 2018
Greg Stuart
What happens to our applications and infrastructure when we place them in the cloud?  Have you ever felt like you’ve lost insight into your infrastructure after migrating it to the…
Viewing the Network as an Ecosystem
July 20, 2018
Nick Buraglio
Many of us have or currently operate in a stovepipe or silo IT environment. For some, this may just be a way of professional life. But regardless of how the…
Cybersecurity Fundamentals – Threat and Attack Terminology
July 18, 2018
Natalie Timms
In the first post of this blog series, we’ll cover the fundamentals of cybersecurity, and understanding basic terminology so you can feel comfortable “talking the talk.” Over the next few…
Building a Culture for Data Protection
July 12, 2018
Karen Lopez
Building a culture that favors protecting data can be challenging. In fact, most of us who love our data spend a huge amount of time standing up for our data…
Disaster Recovery – The Postmortem
June 26, 2018
Dan Frith
So you’ve made it through a disaster recovery event. Well done! Whether it was a simulation or an actual recovery, it was possibly a tense and trying time for you…
The Effects of Software-Defined IT on Admins and Engineers
June 22, 2018
Kevin Blackburn
When it comes to networking specifically, software-defined networking is a model in which the use of programmability allows IT professionals to increase the performance and their ability to accurately monitor…
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