Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 22 | Page 54

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Data Centres powered by Gigamon eBook shares network knowledge A new eBook shares how to gain pervasive network visibility. The Security Delivery Platform for Dummies eBook provides key information about technology that transforms how security and monitoring tools are deployed on the network. Readers of the e-Book issued by Gigamon, which provides pervasive visibility into physical, virtual, and cloud environments, can learn how to: • Detect threats faster by removing network blind spots. • Achieve pervasive network visibility across the global enterprise. • Optimise their security tools’ performance and efficacy. The eBook is aimed at those responsible for protecting a corporate network or managing the deployment of security tools. More specifically, it will be helpful to those who work in the IT security field for a corporation, government 54 INTELLIGENTCIO “IT organisations need a new approach that enables visibility across the entire IT infrastructure, including physical, virtual, and cloud environments. They need a security delivery platform.” agency, or services firm; those who have foundational knowledge of networking and network security concepts but are not necessarily familiar with network test access points (TAPs) or network visibility; and those who are familiar with common network interfaces, including 10/100/1000 copper, 1 Gbps fibre and 10 Gbps fibre. Networks have become far more complex in recent years, as the volume and variety of data traversing them grows. One way to avoid the blind spots created from increased data traffic is to deploy visibility solutions designed to tackle the problem and create a more secure and efficient environment. The eBook introduces IT professionals to Security Delivery Platforms (SDPs), a class of technology that transforms how security and monitoring tools are deployed on the network to provide pervasive visibility. www.intelligentcio.com