Infomation Security and Assurance

What is network monitoring? Network monitoring is a proactive activity carried out by network administrators to ensure that the networks are working optimally by monitoring faults, performance and efficiency of networks. Network monitoring systems include hardware and software tools that are used to monitor aspects of networks like the bandwidth, traffic, uptime as well to check the performance of network devices like firewalls, switches and routers.  Network monitoring is important because it can proactively identify faults in networks and prevent network failures and downtimes. Benefits of network monitoring There are several key benefits of practicing network monitoring and following the best practices. Some of the main advantages of network monitoring are: Network administrators can have a clear picture of the networks and their performance Analysis of network components over time helps to identify the needs for upgrades and implementation of new infrasturcture  Organizations can u