Tag: network-tool

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.

Cyber-attack on Zappos: Information Security Lessons for Enterprises [Part-5]

In the previous four posts , we analyzed the causes for security incidents. We discussed how lack of internal controls, access restrictions, centralized management, accountability, strong policies, haphazard style of privileged password management and lack of proper activity monitoring give room for security incidents

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.

Cyber-attack on Zappos: Information Security Lessons for Enterprises [Part-4]

In the previous three posts in the backdrop of the cyber-attack on Zappos.com, we analyzed the challenges associated with achieving the highest level of information security in enterprises and the causes for security incidents. In part-3 of this series, we discussed how lack of internal controls, access restrictions, centralized management, accountability, strong policies and haphazard style of privileged password management give room for security incidents. Let us now analyze the activity monitoring scenario …

NetFlow Analyzer: Traffic monitoring in MPLS type of Network is made Easy

Frame Relay network are now being converted to MPLS type of network more rapidly. MPLS type of network helps the Network Administrators to easily manage the Network and MPLS network architecture is simple than traditional Frame Relay or packet switching networks. Monitoring Network traffic through NetFlow export becomes very handy in MPLS type of networks.

Application monitoring in NetFlow Analyzer – a video tutorial

NetFlow Analyzer is a bandwidth monitoring tool which helps you make an in-depth analysis about your network traffic. However, NetFlow Analyzer can also be used for application monitoring. Please view the video to know more: You can download the 30 day trial of ManageEngine NetFlow Analyzer from here