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Are you one ACL from a headline?
Derick Winkworth, Technical Solutions Architect, Forward Networks
ACLs can be the bain of your existence, especially when seemingly benign changes that are buried in the billions of lines of config running the network create a vulnerability. Learn how global enterprises are using Forward Enterprise to continuously verify compliance and stay out of the news.
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A Mathematical Model puts people in charge of the network
Brandon Heller, Co-Founder, Forward Networks
Learn how a mathematical model of the network allows operations engineers to visualize device topology, state, and configuration, verify network behavior, validate security compliance, search the network like a database and predict how configuration changes will impact behavior. Forward Networks delivers a digital twin of the network that puts people back in control.
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Reduce costs & accelerate digital transformation by democratizing the network
Chiara Regale, Forward Networks VP Product, Andre Kindness Forrester, Bob Costello WWT
Join Bob Costello, A former senior executive, in the Office of Information and Technology at U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research to learn how detailed visualization, verification, and prediction capabilities enabled Bob to:
- Justify budget for network upgrades
- Create a single source of truth that improved efficiency and effectiveness for software engineers, the NOC, and the SOC
- Eliminate information silos and improve relations across the broader IT organization
- Fast Track Digital Transformation EffortsBy creating a searchable and easy-to-understand single source of truth for network topology and device config and state information, Bob improved working relationships between the NOC, SOC and Software Development to improve efficiency.
Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research will augment Bob’s expertise with his insight as a leading industry expert to help attendees understand why a single source of truth is invaluable for IT organizations.
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Why you can’t prevent the next breach without the right data
Hosted by Brandon Heller & Derick Winkworth, Forward Networks
In this webinar, you’ll hear the true story of a latent configuration error that left a Fortune 100 company susceptible to a massive security incident, as told by one of the network engineers responsible for dealing with the aftermath, then fixing the underlying issue.
Learn how your security team can proactively get ahead of the next breach, by leveraging a single source of truth for your network data. We’ll show how to uncover similar latent risks, as well as confirm that every future change keeps the security posture solid.
Hosted by: Brandon Heller, CTO and Co-founder of Forward Networks, and Derick Winkworth, Senior Technical Solutions Architect, Forward Networks
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Forward Fix Live: Zero Trust but Verify
Derick Winkworth and Kevin Kuhls, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
Forward Fix Live host, Derick Winkworth (@cloudtoad), and Technical Solutions Architect, Kevin Kuhls, will demonstrate how our customers use the Forward Networks platform to enhance and prove their zero trust posture.
• Visualize all possible traffic paths
• See full network topology including device state and configuration
• Constantly verify compliance and prevent config drift
• Instantly identify the blast radius
• Detailed visibility of East/West Traffic
• Pinpoint policy enforcement point bypass points -
Extending Zero Trust to the Cloud
Kevin Kuhls and Craig Johnson, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
Trying to make sense of your cloud security posture shouldn't mean flipping between multiple screens and inferring how traffic is behaving. Join this live event to see how you can monitor and verify your security posture across multiple clouds on a single screen.
Senior Technical Solutions Architect Craig Johnson (@fracticated), will demonstrate how our customers use the Forward Networks platform to manage their cloud security posture including:
- Visualize topology and hop by hop traffic analysis on-prem, on-prem to cloud, and cloud to cloud; all in a single view.
- Verify zone-to-zone security policy compliance, on prem and in the cloud.
- Prove compliance in the cloud.Forward Fix Live is created by engineers for engineers. No pitches, just knowledge sharing. We want to show you how the platform works and answer questions.
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My worst work day ever, a headline making Security Breach
Derick Winkworth, Technical Solutions Architect, Forward Networks, Scott Arky Systems Engineer
Who doesn't love a good story about someone else's misery? Derick Winkworth (@cloudtoad) is going to share the miserable day (and subsequent weeks) he found out the Fortune150 financial company he worked for was the victim of a headline-making security breach. He'll be joined by systems engineer Scott Arky who has his share of security-related pain. Learn how these events could have been prevented.
Join us and bring your stories we'd much rather chat than tell stories.
Forward Fix Live is content by engineers for engineers.
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Digital Twin Transformation to Improve Your Network Resilience
Elyor Khakimov
There are more possible paths in a network than there are atoms in the universe, making them too complex for the human brain to comprehend. Our head technical solutions architect, Elyor Khakimov, will demonstrate how you can:
- Use a network digital twin can provide vendor-agnostic insight into network behavior, provide detailed visualization and verify the network is behaving according to the operator's intent.
- Learn functionality like search, modeling, and intent checks help engineering teams reduce MTTR, avoid outages, and ensure policy compliance in hybrid multi-cloud environments.Join this interactive demo and learn how much easier wrangling your network can be!
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Proving network innocence in multi-cloud & hybrid multi-cloud environments
Yadhu Govindarajan, Head of Customer Success and Craig Johnson, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
When your hybrid multi-cloud estate is not performing, proving network innocence is critical. Unfortunately, conducting the necessary analysis to map the affected traffic path and can be tedious and time-consuming - which is no fun when you're under pressure to resolve the issue ASAP.
Learn about:
- Verifying cloud security posture and use custom intent & verification check to confirm appliance
- Ending expensive multi-cloud routing
- Single sourcing the truthJoin us live and learn how Forward Enterprise can perform a detailed hop-by-hop path trace from the on-premises network through a multi-cloud environment in seconds - giving you the data you need to prove network innocence and resolve the issue in less time than it takes to brew a cup of coffee.
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Prevent Surprise Cloud Bills with a Digital Twin
Kevin Kuhls and Craig Johnson, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
Unexpected bills resulting from accidental inter-cloud routing are one of the top complaints of cloud architects today. The mistake is easy to make and painful to pay for.
Until now, there was no way of detecting and correcting expensive mistakes before the bill arrived. Join Senior Technical Architect Craig Johnson and Host Kevin Kuhls as they demonstrate how using Verification Checks within the Forward Networks detect and resolve unintentional inter-cloud routing before the bill arrives.
Forward Fix Live is content by engineers, for engineers. This is a technical demonstration, not a sales pitch, join us live and ask questions!
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Extending Zero Trust to the Cloud
Derick Winkworth and Craig Johnson, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
Trying to make sense of your cloud security posture shouldn't mean flipping between multiple screens and inferring how traffic is behaving. Join this live event to see how you can monitor and verify your security posture across multiple clouds on a single screen.
Forward Fix Live host, Derick Winkworth (@cloudtoad), and Technical Solutions Architect, Craig Johnson (@fracticated), will demonstrate how our customers use the Forward Networks platform to manage their cloud security posture including:
- Visualize topology and hop by hop traffic analysis on-prem, on-prem to cloud, and cloud to cloud; all in a single view.
- Verify zone-to-zone security policy compliance, on prem and in the cloud.
- Prove compliance in the cloud.Forward Fix Live is created by engineers for engineers. No pitches, just knowledge sharing. We want to show you how the platform works and answer questions.
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How to Unify NetOps and SecOps with Next-Gen Firewall Modeling
Glen Turner, Technical Solutions Architect
Learn how a digital twin can help enhance your security posture by providing a detailed and actionable analysis of connectivity and security posture at the application and user ID level. Keep your on-premises, virtual and multi-hybrid cloud environment safe
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Case Study: How to Merge Clouds Post Acquisition
Kevin Kuhls and Craig Johnson, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
Following a significant acquisition, the IT department in a Fortune 150 company needed to merge their AWS cloud infrastructures and prepare for multi-cloud traffic while ensuring security policies were not disrupted, the network stayed in compliance, and customers were not disrupted. Being able to model their entire estate from on premises throughout the cloud made this herculean task possible. Senior Technical Solutions Architect Craig Johnson will demonstrate how they did this quickly and on budget.
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Digital Twin Transformation to Improve Your Network Resilience
Elyor Khakimov
There are more possible paths in a network than there are atoms in the universe, making them too complex for the human brain to comprehend. Our head technical solutions architect, Elyor Khakimov, will demonstrate how you can:
- Use a network digital twin can provide vendor-agnostic insight into network behavior, provide detailed visualization and verify the network is behaving according to the operator's intent.
- Learn functionality like search, modeling, and intent checks help engineering teams reduce MTTR, avoid outages, and ensure policy compliance in hybrid multi-cloud environments.Join this interactive demo and learn how much easier wrangling your network can be!
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Agility, Predictability, and Network Security with Digital Twin
Scot Wilson and Kevin Kuhls, Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks
Enterprise networks are comprised of tens to hundreds of thousands of devices from dozens of vendors running billions of lines of code across a hybrid multi-cloud network. In addition to the sheer size of networks, complexity is amplified by its constantly changing nature. It’s no longer possible for people to understand the network, technology is necessary. Network administrators need a network digital twin to keep the network agile, predictable, and secure.
Learn how a network digital twin can immediately deliver actionable information. Visualize, search, verify, predict and compare.
-- Observe the whole network from LAN, WAN, Datacenter to the Public Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
-- Ensure traffic flows go through desired choke points/security stacks
-- Rationalize intercloud and on-prem to cloud traffic
-- Instantly access always current performance data
-- View air-gapped networks in a unified manner
-- Visualize network overlay and underlay
-- Ensure IPv6 readiness & migration and isolation of networks -
Proving network innocence in multi-cloud & hybrid multi-cloud environments
Yadhu Govindarajan, Head of Customer Success and Craig Johnson, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
When your hybrid multi-cloud estate is not performing, proving network innocence is critical. Unfortunately, conducting the necessary analysis to map the affected traffic path and can be tedious and time-consuming - which is no fun when you're under pressure to resolve the issue ASAP.
Learn about:
- Verifying cloud security posture and use custom intent & verification check to confirm appliance
- Ending expensive multi-cloud routing
- Single sourcing the truthJoin us live and learn how Forward Enterprise can perform a detailed hop-by-hop path trace from the on-premises network through a multi-cloud environment in seconds - giving you the data you need to prove network innocence and resolve the issue in less time than it takes to brew a cup of coffee.
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Data Driven Insights Delivered by a Digital Twin
Kevin Kuhls and Scot Deveci, Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks
Data without context is useless, but with context it can deliver transformational insights. Join this session to learn how Forward Networks’ digital twin can be used to:
Streamline lifecycle management
Verify application reachability
Track key performance indicators
Prove best practice compliance
Compare the network over time using behavioral differences -
Prove Zero-Trust Compliance Throughout the Multi-Cloud Environment
Kevin Kuhls and Scot Wilson, Sr Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks.
Protecting IT systems is harder than ever. As threats continue to escalate and the transition to hybrid and multi-cloud environments accelerates, the boundaries are blurring, making it difficult to visualize and monitor systems as a whole. Enterprises need to rapidly visualize security postures and verify compliance with the company's zero trust policies and ensure the right configurations and connectivity are being enforced.
Learn how network engineers use the digital twin to:
Immediately identify all reachable hosts from any host with Blast Radius
Validate all security posture, including multi-cloud connectivity
Verify policy enforcement points
Ensure application isolation
Determine device reachability for data exfiltration
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Improve Network Security, Reliability, and Hygiene with Unprecedented Visibility
Scot Wilson and Kevin Kuhls, Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks
Enterprise networks are comprised of tens to hundreds of thousands of devices from dozens of vendors running billions of lines of code across a hybrid multi-cloud network. In addition to the sheer size of networks, complexity is amplified by its constantly changing nature. It’s no longer possible for people to understand the network, technology is necessary. Network administrators need a network digital twin to keep the network agile, predictable, and secure.
Join this live demonstration to experience how the visibility of a network digital twin can help you:
-- Observe the whole network from LAN, WAN, Datacenter to the Public Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
-- Ensure traffic flows go through desired choke points/security stacks
-- Rationalize intercloud and on-prem to cloud traffic
-- Instantly access always current performance data
-- View air-gapped networks in a unified manner
-- Visualize network overlay and underlay
-- Ensure IPv6 readiness & migration and isolation of networks -
How to Mitigate Risk and Improve Operations with a Network Digital Twin
GigaOm analyst, Howard Holton and Forward Networks VP of product and UX, Chiara Regale
GigaOm analyst, Howard Holton and Forward Networks VP of product and UX, Chiara Regale will discuss how enterprises can use digital twin technology. This discussion will uncover:
- How to reduce risk, improve operations and deliver meaningful ROI
- How a digital twin increases visibility and enhances security in multi-cloud environments
- Ways to prevent config drift or config misalignment using a digital twin
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Use Network Query Engine to turn network data into significant savings
Andreas Voellmy Principal Engineer, Yadhu Govindarajan, Director of Customer Success
Join to learn how global enterprises are using data to extract business value from their network. Dr. Andreas Voellmy, our principal engineer, developed NQE to help customers get the most value from their network through insights, agility, the ability to proactively detect issues before an outage, automate best practices, and bolster network security.
During the session Andreas and our director of customer success, Yadhu Govindarajan will demonstrate how NQE is being used to:
-- Automate Design Validation
-- Inform Decision-making with Accurate Inventory
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Using a Digital Twin to Improve IT Efficiency
Andre Kindness principal analyst at Forrester, and Steve Allie, vice president of technical services at Forward Networks
Join Steve Allie, vice president of technical services at Forward Networks, and guest speaker Andre Kindness, principal analyst at Forrester, to learn how a digital twin can help enterprises maximize their resources by better understanding and documenting their network, automating audits, preventing config drift, empowering less senior team members to effectively problem solve, and making data-driven decisions.
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Why you should care about Network Modeling: A CISO discussion
Steve Allie, Vice President Technical Solutions, Matt Honea, Head of Security and Compliance
Our New Head of Security and Compliance, Matt Honea, will talk about how CISOs can use network modeling and digital twin platforms to protect your networks, uncover blind spots, detect vulnerable devices, and locate and isolate compromised devices.
He knows firsthand what it’s like to protect an everchanging attack surface. He’ll be joined by Steve Allie, VP of Technical Services as we share our perspective with hands-on network experience and collaboration with CISOs at some of the world’s most regulated and targeted networks.
Join us in this webinar to learn why you should care about network modeling and digital twin platforms.
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How Network Digital Twins Enhance Security, Visibility, and Hygiene
Scot Wilson and Kevin Kuhls, Technical Solutions Architects, Forward Networks
Enterprise networks are comprised of tens to hundreds of thousands of devices from dozens of vendors running billions of lines of code across a hybrid multi-cloud network. In addition to the sheer size of networks, complexity is amplified by its constantly changing nature. It’s no longer possible for people to understand the network, technology is necessary. Network administrators need a network digital twin to keep the network agile, predictable, and secure.
Join this demonstration to experience how the visibility of a network digital twin can help you:
-- Observe the whole network from LAN, WAN, Datacenter to the Public Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
-- Ensure traffic flows go through desired choke points/security stacks
-- Rationalize intercloud and on-prem to cloud traffic
-- Instantly access always current performance data
-- View air-gapped networks in a unified manner
-- Visualize network overlay and underlay
-- Ensure IPv6 readiness & migration and isolation of networks -
How a Digital Twin Can Increase Efficiency in Complex Hybrid Networks
Steve Allie, Vice President of Technical Services, and Mike Lossmann, Technical Product Marketing Manager
In today's complex hybrid networks with different vendors in the traffic path, correlating and understanding output and troubleshooting can be complicated. Do you often ask how day-to-day tasks can be more efficient without understanding different technology at critical points in the network? Join Steve Allie, Vice President of Technical Services, and Mike Lossmann, Technical Product Marketing Manager at Forward Networks, to discuss how using Forward Networks' digital twin can help increase network efficiency in today's complex hybrid networks.
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Supercharge SecOps with Network Insights
Nikhil Handigol, Co-Founder
Why is network data your most valuable asset to ensure compliance? Join Nikhil Handigol, Co-founder of Forward Networks, to explore our integrations with Tenable and Rapid7. The demo will highlight how our solutions deliver complete attack surface visibility that empowers SecOps teams to proactively identify impacted hosts with critical vulnerabilities accessible from the Internet or other critical exposure points in seconds.
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A Digital Twin makes ensuring multi-cloud hybrid network compliance child's play
Mike Lossman, Technical Marketing Manager
In this Demo Tuesday session, Mike will show you how the data delivered by Forward Enterprise helps Cloud Ops and SecOps teams protect their network and ensure it stays in compliance. In this session, Mike demonstrates how to:
1. Provide a cloud security posture breakdown.
2. Identify config-based vulnerabilities in devices.
3. Determine the potential impact of a security breach on a specific host.
4. Integrate with vulnerability scanners like Rapid 7 and Tenable.
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Learn how digital twin technology can quickly resolve network issues.
Mike Lossman, Technical Marketing Manager
In this demo Mike will show how Forward Networks' digital twi can:
- Help network teams to quickly verify conditions in the network and resolve issues, reducing the need for senior team members to be constantly involved.
- identify issues such as an open port that shouldn't be, and identify the likely cause of the issue.
- Forward's alert the team when the intent of the network changes, such as when a port that should not be open is detected.
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Learn To Troubleshoot Complex Network Issues in Seconds With Forward Enterprise
Mike Lossman, Technical Marketing Manager
Join technical product marketing manager Michael Lossman, for a hands-on demo of Forward Enterprise. Learn how to
Search your network like Google to reduce the time it takes to identify and resolve network issues.
View the complete journey of a path in a hybrid multi-cloud environment to speed up troubleshooting.
Streamline decommissioning efforts and prevent unintended consequences by providing actionable access to critical data.
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Demo Tuesday - Isolating a Compromised Host in Seconds
Mike Lossmann, Technical Marketing Manager
In this session, Mike shows how easy it is to determine the blast radius of a compromised host and isolate it even while on vacation. (Because that's what we all want to do on vacation right?)
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5 Ways Network Data can Supercharge SecOps
Nikhil Handigol, Co-Founder
Why is network data your most valuable asset to ensure compliance? Join Nikhil Handigol, Co-founder of Forward Networks, to explore our integrations with Tenable and Rapid7. The demo will highlight how our solutions deliver complete attack surface visibility that empowers SecOps teams to proactively identify impacted hosts with critical vulnerabilities accessible from the Internet or other critical exposure points in seconds.
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Learn how a digital twin can improve inventory management to save time and money
Michael Wynston, Director Network Architecture and Automation Fiserv, Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst, Forrester
Join special guests Michael Wynston, Director of Network Architecture and Automation, at Fiserv, and Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, to learn how the inventory management capabilities of a network digital twin helped Michael to:
- Save 7 figures in support costs
- Improve lifecycle management
- Know with mathematical certainty exactly what is in his network
- Improve security by eliminating blind spots
- Prove compliance over time during auditsBy creating a searchable and easy-to-understand single source of truth for network inventory, Michael answers questions about his network with mathematical certainty, has more confidence in automation efforts, and provides a way for him to plan what he wants his network to accomplish.
Andre Kindness, Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, will augment Michael's expertise with his insight as a leading industry expert to help attendees understand the benefits of accurate inventory management.
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Save Time and Reduce Risk: How a Digital Twin Makes Maintaining a Single Source of Truth Effortless
Mike Lossmann and Craig Johnson
Managing a complex network demands precise and up-to-date information, yet achieving a single source of truth (SSOT) for your network is a significant challenge. Many enterprises rely on multiple sources of truth (SOTs), but conflicting SOTs introduce risk—how can engineers be certain which one is accurate? How can IT teams ensure there are no unidentified devices hidden in the network? Without accurate data, critical tasks like managing CVEs become nearly impossible—you can't secure or remediate devices you don’t even know exist.
By integrating and cross-populating SOTs, administrators gain unprecedented levels of detail about the network and its devices. This session will demonstrate how the Forward Networks Digital Twin collects, augments, and consolidates network information across multiple SOTs to create a comprehensive and accurate SSOT. Using tools like device decorators, Forward Networks ensures seamless troubleshooting, efficient remediation, and a more secure network environment.
Key highlights include:
Why a single source of truth matters: Gain insights into how an accurate SSOT improves troubleshooting, enhances compliance, and streamlines operations.
Challenges of tools like Netbox: Learn why manual updates and integration issues often lead to inaccuracies and inefficiencies in managing network inventory.How a Network Digital Twin transforms your approach: See how Forward Networks automatically reconciles and updates your network data, eliminating the need for manual intervention and ensuring your inventory is always 100% accurate.
Join Technical Solutions Architect and cloud expert Craig Johnson, along with Technical Product Marketing Leader Mike Lossmann, for an interactive demonstration of how Forward Enterprise simplifies the creation and maintenance of a single source of truth (SSOT), empowering you to focus on achieving your objectives with confidence and ease.