Ever wanted to stop a specific app from going online—whether to protect your privacy or block suspicious activity? Me too—and that’s why I use Portmaster, a free, open-source network monitor that lets ...

There’s no single network monitoring tool that fits every organization, but the criteria narrow the field fast. Here are the ...

In this series of articles, I am looking at how to monitor my home/home lab LAN. In my first article, I probed my network to see what devices were on it and where they were located. In my next article ...

In a previous article, I wrote about/confessed what a mess my home/home lab networking was and discussed various tools I used to discover what devices were connected to my home network and where they ...

Open source software provider Zabbix released version 4.0 of its open source network monitoring software. The latest version includes more data visualization capabilities, updated agent items, and a ...

Discover the best free SIEM tools for 2026, ideal for budget-conscious CIOs. Enhance your cybersecurity strategy with open-source solutions that provide top-tier threat detection without hefty ...