The world of IT and networking is changing, and it’s changing fast. Not only are networks getting much faster but IT and data are going virtual, applications are migrating to the web, people are bringing their own toys to work and the cyber crooks are playing a much smarter game than they’ve ever played before. The days of organizations deploying relatively simple point solutions on COTS (commercial off the shelf) hardware have gone for good. It’s time to face the facts: A single dropped packet could mean the difference between seeing the Stuxnet worm and seeing nothing!!!

Too Much to see - too fast - where is it!
The real problem that organizations face is one of network visibility. It’s inconceivable to imagine airport security letting passengers skip the metal detector when the queue gets a bit long, yet there are thousands of systems in the ground that are currently dropping millions of packets daily from capture and even inspection. Today there are glaring holes in the armor that are exposing critical data and systems to the criminal fraternity.
Here is a list of three visibility pre-requisites that decision-makers responsible for procuring network security, network monitoring or any type of network instrumentation must be looking for:
- Absolute proof of continuous 100 percent accurate packet capture and inspection at line rate at 1Gbps, 10Gbps, 40Gbps AND 100Gbps.
100Gig is just around the corner and any technology decisions, particularly expansive long term integrations, must take into account the demands of tomorrow’s network as well as today’s. Continuous 100 percent packet capture and inspection at high speeds is a problem that, as any expert will attest, can only be solved in hardware. There’s a compelling argument that suggests we are about to enter a new age of purpose built, ultra high performance network monitoring and recording systems that are designed from the ground up to capture, analyze (inspect) and record packets for the purposes of network visibility and loss mitigation.
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