Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVoIP configuration requires significant preplanning to meet the requirements of voice traffic. Learn the steps to take when configuring VoIP on your network. By Irwin Lazar Troubleshooting poor voice performance can be problematic if packets are taking multiple paths across your network. If VoIP doesn’t work, it will likely negatively affect business and create security issues, as workers may be unable to
Reading Time-approximately: < 1 minuteWhile VoIP services are growing in popularity, issues with reliability and quality of calls remain. Learn what organizations can do to maintain and improve VoIP quality of service. By Michael Brandenburg Voice over IP services can certainly achieve the same level of quality and reliability as traditional telecommunications services. In fact, given the built-in failover capabilities in today’s IP-based voice services, VoIP services could
Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesNetwork technologies and devices might change over time, but certain maintenance tasks, such as data backup and device inventory, will always be essential for network teams. By David Jacobs Network maintenance is important, but projects like designing and installing a new section of the network or installing a new application can often interfere with needed maintenance tasks. Despite the urgency
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEnterprises face myriad remote access security concerns, but training and clear communication can help them bolster their security programs for the long term. By Kevin Beaver Just when network teams thought they had their networks under control, everything went sideways because of the coronavirus crisis. Many people were caught off guard as they were forced to deploy and support a
Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesIn computer security, challenge-response authentication is a set of protocols used to protect digital assets and services from unauthorized users, programs or activities. While challenge-response authentication can be as simple as a password, it can also be as dynamic as a randomly generated request. By Linda Rosencrance From login verification to machine learning (ML), challenge-response authentication is an easy-to-implement cybersecurity
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesZero trust is a journey, not a destination. Ensure your corporate network is safe from internal and external threats by implementing these five principles of zero-trust security. By Andrew Froehlich Perimeter security is no longer the best option for enterprise IT departments. A far more flexible architecture is needed that focuses on users, devices and services. The concept of zero
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesZero trust is a complex term, but organizations that take security seriously must know what it is and how it can support existing endpoint security platforms. By Brien Posey Zero-trust authentication is a security concept that has been around for over a decade, but the ways that IT professionals and security software vendors incorporate this strategy are consistently evolving. The
Reading Time-approximately: 8 minutesA proxy server provides a gateway between users and the internet. It is a server, referred to as an “intermediary” because it goes between end-users and the web pages they visit online. By Tekmart Africa Enterprise Support When a computer connects to the internet, it uses an IP address. This is similar to your home’s street address, telling incoming data
Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesPen Testing as a Service (PTaaS) is a cloud service that provides information technology (IT) professionals with the resources they need to conduct and act upon point-in-time and continuous penetration tests. By TechTarget Contributor The goal of PTaaS is to help organizations build successful vulnerability management programs that can find, prioritize and remediate security threats quickly and efficiently. In IT security, it
Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesEnterprises that want to ensure competent network security strategies should look at how they can implement penetration testing, considering red teams and physical pen tests. By John Cavanaugh The SolarWinds hack has generated a lot of interest in the networking and cybersecurity spaces, particularly concerning penetration testing, or pen testing. Business and technology managers perform pen testing to ensure their
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