Cisco’s NetFlow is being tapped more and more by network managers to get more granular metrics on which applications are used most, on how to bill back services and on ways to better secure networks.

NetFlow is one of those tools that’s been around forever, but until the last few years it hasn’t received a lot of attention outside of service provider and large enterprise networks. Recently, there ...

Packet capture has long been used by network operators, but a variety of challenges have limited its effectiveness in security and threat detection. In large networks, packet capture can collect ...

I'd like to have a better understanding of how my network is performing in real-time and also historically (day, week, month, and year). Currently I launch Cisco ASDM and keep it running on a ...

Quick question for IT leaders – can the switches on your network report 100% unsampled netflow? If they can’t, there may be elusive cybersecurity threats hiding within your network. Yes, inside your ...