Welcome to OnGuard, a branded content series by Netscout. Here, you will gain insights and intelligence from technology experts as they share perspectives and debate the most complex IT challenges faced by the world's largest enterprises and service providers. Keep scrolling for a glimpse into what the future might hold for your organization.
Featured Episode
Using Network-Derived Data for Net/Sec Ops Collaboration & Cyber Threat Investigation
Comprehensive network visibility is a requirement for effective service assurance and cybersecurity. Our team of cybersecurity experts discusses the value of using a common source of network-derived metadata and packets to enable Net/Sec Ops collaboration and complement other cybersecurity technologies for highly contextualized network-based threat investigation.

Panelists and Moderators

Tom Bienkowski (Moderator)
Director, Product Marketing, Netscout

Mark Doering
Director, Technical Marketing, Netscout

Hardik Modi
AVP, Engineering, Netscout
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Threat Intelligence: Applying Actionable Information to Current Threats
Meet the leadership of our world-class ATLAS Security and Engineering Research Team (ASERT) and learn how they see the evolving threat landscape. We’ll discuss research on DDoS, botnets, and malware, providing much-needed context to the overall threat environment. Understand how NETSCOUT Threat Intelligence is uniquely targeted and curated to provide DDoS...

UC&C: Navigating the Complexity of Today's UC&C Environment
A globally remote workforce disrupted communications in nearly every sector. Hear from our team of experts as they break down how some businesses were able to adapt and how some got left behind.

Monitoring TEAMS Voice and Video Collaboration With NETSCOUT nGeniusONE
This episode explains how nGeniusONE monitors voice and video quality in Microsoft TEAMS environment. It discusses how video calls are routed in MS TEAMS (Home Worker, Branch or HQ), through Data Centers and Co-Los, and thus how nGeniusONE instrumentation can monitor TEAMS in these complex environments, to help identify the root cause of voice and video...

Unified Communications Monitoring in an Encrypted World
Solution Architect Ray Krug from NETSCOUT shares how NETSCOUT Smart Data can provide critical insights even for encrypted traffic. Ray discusses how NETSCOUT utilizes header information to calculate powerful metrics even in SRTP and achievable work arounds by using IP addresses and subnets when dealing with encrypted signaling or leveraging APIs for...

Best Practices for UC Monitoring with NETSCOUT Smart Data
Solution Architect Ray Krug from NETSCOUT shares best practices for instrumenting UC to ensure the right visibility in the right place. Ray discusses various edges of data centers, SBCs, voice gateways, on-prem UC equipment, media bridges, VPN concentrators, home offices, Contact Centers, etc., and when, where and why getting visibility helps to reduce risk...

Using nGeniusPULSE in UC Environments
Extending Smart Data Visibility with complementary synthetic testing helps provide automated testing from anywhere to ensure UC&C services work even before they are utilized. nGeniusPULSE tests the network routes and signaling to ensure service expectations match reality.