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How to prevent DoS attacks?

DoS attacks are one of the most dreaded form of network attacks among Enterprises and SMBs since they could paralyze network activity completely. The after-effects of these attacks are even more that they have a long-standing impact on the image of the brand if the company caters to the consumer segment. If Amazon has a DoS attack on its network, it will hit the headlines in a few hours.

March Madness is here. Will your Enterprise Network remain sane?

The annual NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship season has started and we will soon see the frenzy reaching its peak with the regional semifinals scheduled for 22nd, Thursday and 23rd, Friday of this month. March Madness causes a decrease in enterprise productivity with employees watching streaming videos (including High Definition), reading or checking game stats online. Add to this, employees updating their opinion or commenting on someone else’s through social media tools like Facebook and Twitter, and your network is bound to see a lot more madness

Launch secure, browser-based Windows RDP, SSH and Telnet sessions from Password Manager Pro

Launching remote login sessions: Ease of use Vs Security Organizations are deploying privileged password management solutions to mitigate cyber threats and control access to sensitive IT resources. Access requirements themselves are changing in response to evolving business demands such as partners and contractors requiring remote access to internal resources. In turn, IT is seeking solutions that are secure, easy to use and let end users launch a remote login session with a single click, regardless of the target system type or authentication method and, at times, without disclosing the passwords.

Network Security Breaches – What to do after?

Network uptime and bottom line go hand in hand for enterprises dependent on online sales. According to an online DoS attack cost calculator 1 , an enterprise with annual revenue of $10 Million USD, of which at least 10% comes from online sales, can lose up to $100K USD per DoS attack! The year 2011 came to be known as the “Year of the Hack”, a time when we saw small and big enterprises falling victim to network security breaches, advent of industrial malwares like Duqu (Based on Stuxnet ) which can lay dormant for months and attack when needed (That was not the outline of an alien invasion movie), zero day malwares, increased DDoS attacks and more. As per some reports, it is estimated that around One Thousand DoS attacks occur 2 every single day and there are around Three Thousand active Command and Control (C&C) centers 3 which can carry out DoS attacks.

Comparing the traffic utilization of IP Groups in a single report

This blog is to let you know how NetFlow Analyzer can be efficiently used for generating report for comparing the traffic stats for different data-centers or departments in your network. Imagine the time and the hassles involved in collecting the data form those groups from all you devices.Then consolidating the data you have and generating the report.

ManageEngine and Microsoft Facts – Straight Up

I am responding again to Shijaz Abdulla’s post as I wanted to clear the air.  ManageEngine Respects Microsoft, A Lot We have a lot of respect for Microsoft as a company and personally. I am sure most of us started off with Microsoft. My first computer was running Microsoft Windows; my first browser was IE; my first email was Hotmail.