Network visibility according to Greg Mayfield is a term that refers to the awareness of everything in and moving through a network with the help of network visibility tools. In the previous article, we explained the importance of network visibility in network monitoring. Yes, network visibility and network monitoring are related. For this article, still on the same topic, let’s talk about the benefits of network visibility for your business. The following we have summarized into 4 most important benefits of network visibility. Let’s take a look.
1. Prevent Downtime
With better network visibility, the chances of your network experiencing downtime will be smaller. According to Danny Johnson in his article, while you can’t prevent downtime entirely, many of the issues that cause it can be addressed with good management practices and comprehensive network visibility.
2. Better Security
Good network visibility, according to Mayfield, can allow you to monitor network traffic and see or detect malicious behavior and potential threats that occur on the network more closely. For example, you can detect malware hidden in encrypted traffic and when someone gains unauthorized access to the network which allows security measures to respond quickly. Increased network visibility alone can speed up the time to identify and contain threats, reducing time, as well as effort and cost in mitigating security breaches.
3. Contributing to Business Transformation
Not only can it improve security, network visibility can also help your company transform. What does that mean? According to Mayfield, with comprehensive network visibility, you can easily identify trends early on and see where and how your network data is increasing. This way, you can plan for future growth and not get caught in a period of catch-up that can undermine business transformation projects such as big data and the Internet of Things (IoT).
4. Important for Network Monitoring
As explained in the previous article, network visibility is important in network monitoring. According to Mayfield, with better network visibility, network monitoring applications can improve, allowing you to optimize overall application performance.
Those are the benefits of network visibility for your business, especially for those of you who have network monitoring tools. As for those of you who are interested in network monitoring for your company, one of the best choices is NetMonk, a network monitoring application and network monitoring services. Please contact our marketing team here for further information about products and PoC. Please visit here to see our product demo.
Referensi :
https://blog.gigamon.com/2017/11/01/what-is-network-visibility/