Episode 50: Martyn Crew - Senior Director, Solutions Marketing and Partner Technologies at Gigamon

In this episode of the Endace Packet Forensics Files, Michael Morris talks with Martyn Crew, Senior Director, Solutions Marketing and Partner Technologies at Gigamon, a 30-year veteran in the cyber security and network management space.Martyn shares his expertise on the limitations and risks associated with exclusively using log and meta-data as the primary resources for your security team's investigations. He discusses various use cases where network traffic and full packet data can play a crucial role in security investigations, highlighting the potential oversights that could occur when teams rely solely on log data.Martyn  recommends  how to address the scalability challenges of leveraging full-packet data and delves into the storage and retention obstacles that many organizations fear when looking at solution options.Finally, Martyn suggests how to achieve a balance with telemetry sources and costs for your SOC team, and shares some key considerations for maintaining visibility in your hybrid cloud infrastructure - encompassing both on-prem and public or private cloud environments.