You Can’t Handle the DNS Truth
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Problem to Solve – My company is experiencing application response time and DNS issues in our IPV4 environment.    What could be the issue to troubleshoot and resolve this pain? This topic is so easy and well documented I paused before actually … Continue reading

Baby Got TAPs !!
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Problem to Solve: How can we guarantee the collection of network traffic that feeds our APM/NPM, Security, & Big Data tools inside of our production network? In my previous video blog, I discussed the use of SPANs with their associated pros and cons (“To … Continue reading

The Smoldering Ashes After the PCI Fire …PCI #6
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Problem to Solve:  How can we use our APM/NPM solution to meet the PCI requirement of “regularly testing security systems and processes”? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience   As we wrap up this blog series I … Continue reading

The Fire is Almost Out …PCI #5
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Problem to Solve: How can we use our APM/NPM solution to meet Network Authentication, Database Access, and Video requirements of PCI compliance?? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience This article will cover PCI requirements 7,8, and 9, all … Continue reading

Monitoring the “PCI Compliance Monitor”: PCI #4
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Problem to Solve:  When we put in PCI Compliance mechanisms like Anti-Virus & Malware & Timeout values, how can we be sure things are … (gulp) working? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience When “best … Continue reading

If a PCI Tree Falls in the Forest, Are You Non-Compliant? PCI #2
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Problem to Solve:  My company must comply with PCI.   How can I best leverage my APM/NPM tools ‘to be PCI compliant’ inside my business? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience In our last segment, … Continue reading

The “No Tools” Myth Your Auditor is Spreading … PCI #1
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Problem to Solve:  My company must comply with PCI.   Can I even run APM/NPM tools inside my business? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience The Great PCI Myth When I started researching PCI for … Continue reading

We Didn’t Start the (PCI) Fire !! …. The Series !
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Problem to Solve – My company has several APM/NPM solutions in our environment.  How can we use them to be PCI Compliant? Contributing Author – Robert Wright, Network Engineer with 15+ years experience   Is that credit card data in … Continue reading

If You’re “API” and You Know It, Clap Your Hands !!
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Problem to Solve — We have many separate APM/NPM performance management tool sets and want to create some integration points to incorporate all of these different data sets. How can we accomplish that?   Come on, you all know the song from your kindergarten days, … Continue reading