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Cyberthreats 5G Palo Alto NETSCOUT Partners
/ Heather Broughton

A Dynamic Duo in the Fight Against Pervasive 5G Cyberthreats

As 5G networks continue to grow in order to meet the increasing demands of mission-critical applications, concerns over cybersecurity are top-of-mind. The vast volume of data...

  • Security
  • Service Provider
Understanding Attack Traffic is Required for Building DNS Protection
/ Michael Wetherbee

Understanding Attack Traffic Is Required for Building a DNS Protection Strategy

Last week my daughter lost her phone. Due to this unfortunate event, she also lost the ability to call or message anyone she knew on another device because she did not know anyone...

  • DDoS
  • Security
  • Service Provider
AI 5G NETSCOUT Service Assurance Automation with AI
/ John English

Everything AI at Mobile World Congress 24’

The topic on everyone’s lips was AI or AIOps at Mobile World Congress ‘24 in Barcelona. Indeed, it was as if that was the only topic to discuss at MWC. What happened to all the...

  • Event
  • Service Provider
Private 5G Networks, Security, and NETSCOUT
/ John English

Private 5G Networks Need to Stay Private!

Enterprises have a lot of options when considering a private 5G network deployment. If they have the requisite talent in-house, they have an á la carte menu of deployment options...

  • Security
  • Service Provider
5G Network Edge Support
/ John English

5G Network Edge Support Runs Deep!

STL Partners has named NETSCOUT as a top-edge computing company to watch in 2024. STL Partners’ selection of the top 100 edge companies alone is a statement of the business...

  • Service Provider
Security Stack Efficiency Depends on Focused Feature Usage
/ Michael Wetherbee

Security Stack Efficiency Depends on Focused Feature Usage

Many networks in today’s interconnected world suffer from overexposure to excessive nuisance and sometimes malicious traffic, even if they are not the target of that traffic. This...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider
Is Automation the Answer for the 5G Labor Shortage?
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

How 5G Automation Unlocks Efficiency

The transition to 5G leads to new complexities and is made even more challenging by the ongoing labor shortage in telecommunications. Heather Broughton, Associate Vice President of...

  • Service Provider
network-visibility-and-ddos-attack-analysis-are-essential
/ Michael Wetherbee

Network Visibility and DDoS Attack Analysis Are Essential in Identifying and Mitigating Adversarial Attacks

All methods of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack analysis—whether proactive, or in preparation for a DDoS attack; reactive, or during a DDoS attack; or even in post...

  • DDoS
  • Security
  • Service Provider
Telecom Talent Pool Drying Up as Standalone 5G Heads to the Cloud
/ John English

Telecom Talent Pool Drying Up as Standalone 5G Heads to the Cloud

Moving to the cloud with 5G standalone (SA) networks promises a lot of good things for mobile operators and the enterprise customers they serve—including ultra-low latency and...

  • Service Provider
Harnessing the Power of IP Data for NetOps, SecOps, and AIOps
/ Heather Broughton

Harnessing the Power of IP Data for NetOps, SecOps, and AIOps

As networks become increasingly complex, Communications Service Providers (CSPs) have their hands full ensuring that performance meets subscriber needs and that security is up to...

  • Service Provider
RAN network visibility can provide real-time and contextual insights to ensure a continuous quality user experience.
/ Jennifer Steele

How to Improve Handover Performance in 5G Networks

For many service providers, handover performance remains an ever-changing yet critical component of commercial success. While simplistic in nature, the act of maintaining...

  • Service Provider
Mobile Network Security for 4G, 5G and beyond.
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

A zero trust framework helps protect network services at the edge.

In this era of 5G networks, the wireless industry is hedging the edge by implementing new zero trust network access (ZTNA) security standards to help protect their networks and...

  • Security
  • Service Provider