Infrastructure Management

The network is the heart and soul of your IT infrastructure, and its performance defines the user experience. Key to ensuring this performance is spotting security issues that disrupt its workings. This blog discusses two interrelated approaches: network behavior analysis (NBA) and anomaly detection. In fact, NBA is encompassed within a good anomaly detection system (ADS).

A ransomware attack is one of the effective strategies cybercriminals use to encrypt users’ data and prevent them from accessing it until a ransom amount is paid. While the rate of ransomware attacks is less than other malware types, including viruses and trojans, it can have severe consequences on businesses and individuals alike. Ransomware attacks have been on the rise since 2018, reaching their highest at 68.5% in 2021.

IT folks toss the word “network” around, but all the routers, switches, WANs, and end points in the world are nothing without applications.

Hands up if you have dealt with an issue like the following. It seems to be an ordinary day, and applications and networks are running normally. During the morning, reports start to come in from users saying that applications have longer than usual response times. Oh no! It's the start of a dreaded "it's running slowly!" problem that lives in the nightmares of system admins everywhere.