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As networks become larger and more complex, the cost to maintain them increases. However, there are clear activities that you can implement which will allow you to increase efficiency while controlling those costs. More in-depth coverage of these activities can be found in the whitepaper Ixia’…

$50k Network Makeover MC Daniel Bogdanoff in Action. For bonus points name the 8 bit computer on the table in the background.  The first two weeks of December, 2019, were special for us here at Ixia, a Keysight Business. Thanks to the tireless efforts of host and MC Daniel Bogdanoff, not only did…

Our smart, connected devices are capable of generating and processing more data than ever before. The mountain of available data fuels valuable new services and applications, delivered to users through a combination of traditional, cloud, edge, fog, and mist computing technologies…

People talk about inline security a lot. But what is it? I thought I would take a moment to explain. There’s also an in-depth explanation here – Ixia’s Inline Security Architecture. Businesses are finding themselves fighting security battles on many fronts that include: an increase in the…

As Black Friday and Cyber Monday ring in the holiday shopping season, consumers ever-increasingly ditch the long lines and head to their favorite websites to shop. Go eCommerce! However, this is also the time many websites are either fully or partially down for long periods of time, causing massive…

When we launched our daily malware service, there were some level of doubt. Before the daily malware, we would generally release a collection of malwares each month. The issue with monthly malware updates is that 30 days is a long time in the hyper-dynamic world of cyberattacks, where malware can…

I hear this comment all the time, “Yeah, I have enough security defenses deployed.” However, when I press further to understand what the person is doing, all I typically get is the name of a few security products that are being deployed as point solutions. While it is good to know the name of the…

Recently we have been seeing a lot more on ransomware. In October, the FBI issued an alert on the topic, available here, warning of ransomware using phishing attacks, RDP (remote desktop protocol, a proprietary Microsoft protocol for remote administration and application, in some ways similar to…