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Many organizations operate smaller on-premises environments such as small data centers, branch locations, campus networks, and industrial sites. While these environments may not have the scale of large hyperscale data centers, they still require reliable network monitoring and cybersecurity visibility.

Introduction: The Cloud's Visibility Problem As businesses rapidly migrate to hybrid and multi-cloud environments, they are creating powerful new capabilities but also significant operational blind spots. The traditional tools used for network monitoring, like SPAN ports and physical packet brokers, were simply not designed for the dynamic, distributed, and complex nature of modern cloud networks. These legacy methods struggle to access and make sense of the traff...

- Co-authored by André Vink and Vitaliy Ivanov - Mobile providers are transitioning from physical perimeter infrastructure to cloud-based infrastructure to gain greater scalability, flexibility, and cost efficiency. This shift enables them to swiftly adapt to growing mobile data demands, rapidly deploy innovative services, and efficiently manage network resources. Cloud infrastructure also of...

Challenges of Encrypted Traffic Visibility and Threat Detection Encryption has fundamentally changed the way traffic visibility works. Nearly all modern network communication - web, cloud, SaaS, internal services - is encrypted by default. While that’s great for user privacy, it complicates lawful intercept workflows. Getting access to the right traffic, extracting meaningful data, and staying within legal and privacy boun...

How Niagara’s Advanced Packet Broker Enables Scalable Security Intelligence In today’s high-bandwidth networks, Security Operations Centers (SOCs) face the challenge of managing and analyzing vast amounts of mirrored traffic - copies of network data used for monitoring and analysis - without overloading tools or breaching compliance boundaries like GDPR or HIPAA. Niagara Networks’

In today's digital age, smartphones, laptops, and desktops have become integral parts of our daily lives, storing personal data, financial details, browsing history, and critical work documents. This extensive information makes our devices a prime and accessible target for cyber attackers, especially those employing advanced spyware and zero-day exploits, two of the most elusive and dangerous threats in modern cybersecurity.

Service providers across the board are grappling with the demand of high-bandwidth, low-latency networks in 5G deployments to support modern smart infrastructures, whose bandwidth requirements are enormous and growing exponentially. Smart city projects have become the new standard that many countries are trying to achieve. Real-time traffic management, IoT-enabled utilities, enhanced mobile broa...

Organizations across nearly all industries are increasingly strengthening their network security posture to gain an advantage in detecting anomalies promptly and responding appropriately. When choosing network threat detection and response solutions, the key question that arises is: “Where should we capture traffic to achieve complete visibility?"

Network security isn’t just about stopping hackers; it’s about ensuring visibility into every packet moving through your digital infrastructure. Many IT teams, specifically NOC teams, default to using SPAN (Switch Port Analyzer) ports because they seem convenient and cost-effective - but convenience can come at a steep price when packets start to drop and security is at risk. Let’s dive into the limitations of SPAN ports, why they fall short, and when to use network TAPs (Test Access Points) ...