Track: Technical Author: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS In the world of getting from one place to another, people face a common dilemma. What transportation will get them to their destination quickly, safely, and affordable? While nearly everyone would enjoy cruising around in a luxury car, most people are...
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Building a better defense – tech, people, process
Track: Technical Author: Vann Abernethy, Field CTO, NSFOCUS When thinking about how to best to protect an environment, most non-security people tend to focus on the latest whiz-bang tools and threats that get mainstream media attention. Truly effective security, however, starts with understanding the environment that you are protecting, and wrapping...
The managed services opportunity – from commodity provider to valued partner
Track: Business Author: Dave Martin, Director of Product Marketing, NSFOCUS Network connectivity has become a commodity business. Business internet access once priced at $500 per month for 1.5 Mbps is now available for half of the cost at almost 70x the capacity. While this is great for consumers, pure play service...
The Heart of NSFOCUS
Track: Technical Author: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS In my last blog, I wrote about traveling to Las Vegas to attend the NSFOCUS International Business Division (IBD), 2016 Sales Kickoff. The event was a complete success and I had an opportunity to spend four days with some of the...
Doing It Better
Track: Technical Author: Stephen Gates, Chief Research Intelligence Analyst, NSFOCUS Flying at 40,000 feet above the ground always gives one a sense of clarity. Looking down on the world from such a height can make a person feel somewhat insignificant. However, my trip today is very noteworthy. I will be landing...
Anatomy of an attack: network bandwidth exhaustion
Track: Technical Author: Vann Abernethy, Field CTO, NSFOCUS DDoS attacks come in three basic flavors: network-layer, application-layer and a hybrid of the two. This is a somewhat simplistic view but when you look at the strategy for taking someone down via DDoS, the two primary vehicles are either exhaustion of available...
