What does it mean to say a sidecar container “runs alongside” your application container? Red Hat has a pretty good explanation. Every microservices container in a service mesh of this type has another proxy container corresponding to it. All of the logic required for service-to-service commu...
How Does Cloud Security Work? Cloud security is managed under the shared responsibility model, which describes the breakdown of ownership and control between the cloud provider and the cloud customer. This exact breakdown depends on the cloud service model in use (PaaS, IaaS, or SaaS). ...
What does Threat Intelligence do? Threat intelligence and cyber threat tools help organizations understand the risks of different types of attacks, and how best to defend against them. Cyber threat intelligence also helps mitigate attacks that are already happening. An organization’s IT department may...
Network programmability: What does it mean and how does it relate to SDN? By separating the hardware from the control software, network programmability enabled software to have a broader view of the network at large, creating a proverbial 10,000-foot overview. Software could now be programmed in...
Techopedia Explains Southbound Interface The main objective of a southbound interface is to provide communication and management between the network’s SDN controller, nodes, physical/virtual switches and routers. It allows the router to discover the network topology, define network flow and implement se...
What Does Software-Defined Everything Mean? Software-Defined Everything (SDE) refers to various systems controlled by advanced software programs and constructed in a virtual, versus physical, hardware space. Advertisements Techopedia Explains Software-Defined Everything SDE may be explained as several ...
How does virtualization work?Virtualization works by partitioning the host device's resources between VMs. This partitioning is performed by software known as a hypervisor. There are two kinds of hypervisors: bare-metal ones that are installed directly on the host hardware and hosted ones that need...
What does this mean for providers? It means that solutions must be in place to enable the activation, provisioning, monitoring, and management of wireless data and WiFi services at any wireless connections point, including community WiFi hotspots, cafes, and restaurants. In addition to the demand...
In the event that a breach does occur—for example, when an attacker obtains an employee's credentials and tries to access sensitive data, the Zero Trust Architecture helps contain and respond to the threat. Here’s how it works: Alert and Investigation: ...
When SDN first became a topic of interest, folks presumed "COTS" to mean x86/x64-based servers, probably with Intel CPUs. Arm (formerly "ARM") has long been a factor in low-power computing, but usually for small devices, not general-purpose servers. This has changed in recent years...