A previous installment discussed the centrality of network topology to an organization’s data security and outlined the legal framework and obligations incumbent upon many organizations in the U.S.

Data security is a top concern for organizations in today’s digital landscape. It protects data from unauthorized access, use, modification, or disclosure, and requires implementing technical, ...

Some social problems are so complex that they feel impossible to solve. That seeming intractability arises from our inability to understand systems in all their complexity—to identify the scope of a ...

Networks can sometimes be like closets; they start out completely organized, but then over time as items are added and stuff gets moved around, pretty soon you end up with a bit of a mess, with items ...

Most network administrators would give their right arms to get an accurate picture of their network over time. Knowing where the network is broken can save hours of troubleshooting, which translates ...

You can’t manage what you don’t know. Whether you’re tweaking the performance of your network or preparing for a major upgrade, you can set the stage for a ...

Microsoft chose to disable the Network Mapping feature in the final version of Windows Vista. The problem with this is that the group policy settings used to enable or disable network mapping simply ...