Thought Leadership archives
How to Export Palo Alto Networks Firewall Configuration to a Spreadsheet
Rohit Singla describes how to export Palo Alto configurations into a spreadsheet.
Tracking Capacity Under COVID-19
Indeni users are reporting an unprecedented load on firewalls and load balancers from increased internet usage during the global COVID-19 response. Networks…
3 Qualities You Need to Deliver a High-Quality Online Retail Experience
With online sales outpacing in-store buys, it’s more crucial than ever to offer users a high-quality retail experience. Here are three critical…
What Retail Cybersecurity Strategies Can Teach Us About IT
Technology’s effect on retail is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, e-commerce, data-driven customer experiences, and other innovations simplify…
5 Ways Big Failures Grow from Accumulated Small Ones
Network engineers believe that outages, when they happen, usually come from unexpected causes, because if a network outage can be predicted, it can be…
Real Visibility Doesn’t Require Reaching for the Stars
Visibility has always been key to situational awareness. Imagine navigating the open ocean based on what stars could be seen, and where they were in the…
Why Security Infrastructure Automation Needs Humans (And Vice Versa)
Calling something “autonomous” implies that it operates without human input. That’s a misguided notion. Take, for example, security infrastructure…
Implementing Security Solutions to Support Your Business? Don’t Overlook These 3 Factors
In cybersecurity, a dangerous disconnect exists between what people think they know and what they actually know. Consider…
How Security Infrastructure Automation Is Revolutionizing Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is a top priority for organizations due to its increasingly important financial and public-facing ramifications. Experts predict…
How to know if Internet of Things will break your network
Yesterday I spent some time with a new customer of ours, a Fortune 500 communications company. They are essentially the network over which a variety of…
Keep Traffic Moving: Lessons from the TSA.
What is Operations Assurance? Picture an airport. TSA has two important jobs. The most visible job of TSA is to detect and block questionable…
Network & Security Automation: When the Lego blocks don’t fit
Who doesn’t love playing with Lego blocks? Colorful blocks of different shapes and sizes, all fitting so nicely together thanks to “the…