4.22.16
TCP Analysis: Where the Network Meets the Application, Part 2
A diagram of the OSI Model. In Part 1 of this two-part series, we imagined the perfect framework for no-impact monitoring of an application stack and found it was right in front of us all along in…
Eric Thomas
4.11.16
The Big Idea Behind IT Operations Analytics (ITOA): IT Big Data
Learn what's driving the growth of IT operations analytics and how ITOA is data-driven, borrowing a lot from from Big Data principles.
Erik Giesa
5.4.15
Real-User Monitoring's Next Frontier: Context, Context, Context!
Since the early days of the Internet, site owners and admins have craved deeper, more meaningful insight into user experience. Knowing what happens when someone visits your site is strategically…
Chase Snyder
4.27.15
Guide to Building Stellar ExtraHop Dashboards, Part II: Chart Types
Click image to zoom A custom FTP dashboard built to display essential FTP metrics. Previously in this blog series:In part one of this blog series, The Step-by-Step Guide to Building Stellar ExtraHop…
Nojan Moshiri
4.22.15
Step-by-Step Guide: HL7 Analytics with ExtraHop
HL7 data is crucial to the healthcare industry, and the ability to extract meaningful insights from HL7 messages in real-time can help organizations improve patient outcomes, boost security, and save…
Terry Shaver
4.17.15
Outranging HTTP.sys Range-Based Attacks, Trigger Style
If you've been watching the news in the tech space this week you've probably seen plenty going on in regards to HTTP.sys. A couple days ago ( April 15) a new CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures…
Colin Walker
4.9.15
ExtraHop Top5: April 8, 2015
Welcome, intrepid reader, to the inaugural (read: first of many) ExtraHop Top5s. "But what is this greatness of which you speak?" you ask. The Top5 slices, it dices, it'll even fold your laundry…
Colin Walker
3.3.15
Healthcare's Y2K: The Dreaded ICD-10 Conversion
If you're in the healthcare industry, you're aware of the impending transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10 on October 1. "What the heck is 'diagnosis coding,'" you ask? ICD or International Classification of…
Terry Shaver
2.19.15
The Four Data Sets Essential for IT Operations Analytics (ITOA)
[This is the second post in a multi-part series, last updated on April 11, 2016. Read the first post: The Big Idea Behind IT Operations Analytics (ITOA): IT Big Data] In my previous article, I…
Erik Giesa
2.5.15
FTP Dashboard: Detect and Mitigate FTP Data Leaks
Most administrators rarely understand their FTP traffic profile until it's too late. The following are some basic questions every administrator should know when trying to secure their data: How…
Ken Pickles
12.17.14
Community: The Icing on Your ExtraHop & Why I'm Here
Some days I just frackin' love what I do. Taking a figurative hammer to the metaphorical tough nut in the form of a complex problem and cracking that baby wide open is just plain fun. Getting to use…
Colin Walker
12.8.14
Track the Entire Threat Lifecycle with ExtraHop + FireEye TAP
Visibility gets you many things: high-performing applications, faster remediation and, perhaps most importantly, peace of mind. That's why we're super excited to show off our recently announced…
Chris Abella
12.3.14
Detect and Track HTTP-based C&C Traffic for Backoff Malware
Roughly 1,000 retail companies have been impacted by the Backoff point-of-sale malware with costs related to data breaches totaling more than $150 million, according to a recent eWEEK article. If your…
Mitchell Schwartz
11.5.14
The Big Data Opportunity for Healthcare with HL7 Analytics
If there's any industry that stands to benefit from IT-enabled insights, it's healthcare. However, traditional methods of analyzing healthcare operations data are costly, rigid, and complex. Clinical…
Tyson Supasatit
10.15.14
Neuter the POODLE: Detect All SSLv3 Clients and Servers with ExtraHop
Following on the heels of the Heartbleed and Shellshock exploits, the new POODLE vulnerability in SSL version 3.0 (SSLv3) is the latest to require IT teams to identify and patch vulnerable…
Tyson Supasatit
9.27.14
Monitor Shellshock Attempts with ExtraHop
On Wednesday, NIST released information about a vulnerability in the GNU Bash shell that enables remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on the target system. For details, I recommend this…
Ryan Corder
9.12.14
IT Is Drowning in Data, But Thirsty for Insight
Water, water, every where,Nor any drop to drink. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner IT teams have plenty of data. What they lack is visibility and insight. Over the past several weeks, ExtraHop has…
Tyson Supasatit
9.3.14
Why IT Needs a Culture of Healthy Paranoia
There are three words to explain why IT professionals need a dose of healthy paranoia: Advanced. Persistent. Threat. The term "advanced persistent threat" was coined in 2006 to differentiate from…
Tyson Supasatit
8.1.14
See Who's Using (or Abusing) Your Network
Note: The ExtraHop Discovery Edition is no longer being actively maintained or updated, but all of the functions described in this post still apply to existing DE licenses and Enterprise Editions of…
Anna Brown
6.23.14
ExtraHop ♥ Visio Stencils
Turning ideas into infrastructure means one thing to IT Architects, engineers, and technicians: diagrams. And usually the idea-to-infrastructure process begins with Visio. Before joining ExtraHop's…
Jon Garrison
