Whitepapers

One of our guiding principles is to stay in close contact with new technological and academic developments. We therefore fund research in network defense and situational awareness, enterprise risk identification and reduction, and Process Query System applications. Below we offer several links to both internal and external efforts in these areas as a starting point for interested readers.

The Taxonomy of Wise Infrastructure Spending

How to Manage, Protect and Control IT Assets for Smooth Infrastructure Operation.  This paper is a detailed discussion of best practices and the software applications available to manage, protect, and control operational IT assets.   Download this paper to get 3 ready-to-use samples of implementation matrices including specific software recommendations for points such as: application administration, device monitoring, traffic monitoring, policy enforcement, malware repulsion, audit & compliance, backup & restore, hosts and appliances, and traffic forensics.  Download this premium white paper. 

Introduction to Flow Analysis Slides

If you want a 10,000ft overview of the concept of flow analysis, take a look at these 6 slides. It discusses the concept of a “flow”, the role of exporters and collectors, and the characteristics of various flow formats: Introduction to Flow Analysis..

NetFlow, sFlow®, CFlow, JFlow, IPFIX-Flow

ProQueSys is one of the leading providers of flow exporting and analysis software. For a deeper insight into these powerful technologies this article is a great read: The NetFlow/sFlow®/CFlow/JFlow Flow Dilemma.

Collector, Exporter, Sessions, and what’s a Flow?

If instead you want a very basic introduction to the concepts of ‘flow’, ‘session’, ‘exporter’, and ‘collector’, give this article a try.

Flow Questions and Answers, Privacy Concerns, Performance, and Value Proposition

For a nice Q&A on the different types of flow analysis software, deployment options, and overal value of flow solutions, take a look at this article.

Process Query Systems Application Domains

The links below are short project synopses describing a variety of solutions that were created based on our PQS engines. These projects illustrate the power and versatility of the PQS correlation approach.

Visual Object Tracking Autonomic Computing Network Security Chemical Plume Tracking Social Network Analysis

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