The Detection Debate: Deep-Packet Inspection vs. Flow-Based Analysis

In the ever-evolving cyberthreat landscape, cybercriminals are deploying sophisticated methods to exploit network vulnerabilities while organizations constantly seek new ways to protect their networks. As traditional perimeter defenses become less effective against advanced threats, the deployment of network detection and response (NDR) solutions has risen in prominence as a crucial component of modern cybersecurity strategies.…

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SaaS Management and Application Discovery

The old saying, “history doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” proves itself time and again with computers. In my recent analysis of SaaS management platforms (SMPs), it proved true once again, as I couldn’t help but observe how familiar the problem of getting a handle on software-as a-service (SaaS) sprawl felt. The challenges inherent…

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The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Enterprise Object Storage

For a long time, enterprise object storage was positioned for archive and backup workloads—hardly the most exciting task, yet certainly a critical and necessary part of a data infrastructure. Life in this scenario was easy; the primary concern was to build for large sequential streaming workloads and optimize for availability, durability, and scalability of capacity.…

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