Let's discuss the natural evolution from just getting things working to adding all the bells and whistles, a Flannel to Cilium discussion, powered by eBPF, as the logical next step for Kubernetes networking. Looking at how Isovalent Enterprise enhances scalability, security and observability, offering a robust, production-ready platform for complex, multi-cluster environments. Transitioning to Cilium signifies embracing advanced capabilities for modern network engineering.

The complexity of the application landscape is continuing to change, segmenting the path from our users to our applications. Monitoring the performance of that landscape has become equally complex with the number of Application Performance Monitoring and Management (APM) tools growing by the year. A large part of that issue is the visibility in segments that we don't control. ThousandEyes offers options that largely haven't been available before, and that makes this product awesome and exciting. In this article, I'm going to provide five reasons why you should consider ThousandEyes.

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) empowers organizations to strengthen and simplify network security. Upgrading to ISE 3.3 Premier unlocks advanced capabilities beyond Essentials, enhancing your network's value, optimizing operations and providing robust protection against emerging security threats.

World Wide Technology (WWT) through the Army Global Enterprise Modernization Software and Services (GEMSS) program, regularly offers the Army 1-Day security seminar events to learn more about Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE). These comprehensive seminars are delivered by our technology-specific Subject Matter Experts and will include interactive workshops, training, and lab demos for both ISE 101 (morning session) and ISE 102 (afternoon session). Attendees gain valuable insights into new technologies, best practices, and how to effectively integrate ISE into their current environments. In addition, continental breakfast and lunch is provided to all in-person attendees during the day long seminar.

With a lot of good news around Cisco Secure Firewalls recently, we decided to put them to the test, ATC style!

Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) 3.x represents a significant upgrade over its predecessor, Cisco ISE 2.x, offering a host of new features, improved performance and enhanced security capabilities. This blog post delves into the key features of Cisco ISE 3.x and highlights the benefits of migrating from earlier versions, providing a thorough understanding of why this upgrade is essential for modern network environments.

At its core, eBPF Programs are at the heart of how eBPF views and controls traffic. The eBPF technology is composed of bytecode that the kernel executes in response to specific events (a.k.a event-driven execution). Meaning the eBPF programs can be attached to various hook points in the kernel, allowing them to run in response to a specific event in the kernel. There's a lot of possibilities that stem from this event-driven execution. So many in fact, that eBPF was dubbed by Brendan Gregg as "superpowers for Linux!"