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What Is a Network Topology Diagram? Types, Examples and How to Build One That Stays Current

Most network diagrams are accurate exactly once: the day they are finished. The network keeps changing, the drawing does not, and the gap shows up during the next outage. According to the Uptime Institute Annual Outage Analysis 2026, failure to follow established procedures remains the leading driver of human-error outages. A wrong diagram is how a right procedure hits the wrong port. The fix is a network topology diagram that matches the live network topology.

When AI Agents Attacked Their Own Evaluators, the Industry's Own Leaders Started Asking for Guardrails

When AI agents attacked their own evaluators in July 2026, it exposed a gap no policy commitment can close. The OpenAI Hugging Face incident revealed that enterprise agent governance requires in-flow runtime controls, not retrospective auditing or industry safety agreements.

Bleemeo and ilert: two European companies, one alerting chain

Some alerts only need to reach a Slack channel. Some need to reach one specific person, at 3am, and keep trying until they answer. For the second kind, we are partnering with ilert — an incident response platform covering the full lifecycle: from the moment an alert arrives, through paging the right responder, coordinating the response, telling customers what’s happening, and learning from it afterwards. The integration is live today, on both sides.

Why FIPS Mode Is Not Enough: What Federal Teams Should Expect Their Vendors to Prove

Federal teams need more than a system setting. They need defensible evidence that the cryptography protecting federal information is validated, correctly configured, and actually used. For platforms such as ScienceLogic, that product-level evidence should come from the vendor, not be reconstructed by the customer.

Enterprise AI governance framework: A practical guide to governing AI

AI adoption is accelerating across enterprises, but governance isn't necessarily keeping pace. As AI becomes part of everyday business workflows and applications, organizations need to understand where it is being used, what data it can access, and who is responsible for managing the risks. ManageEngine's shadow AI researchhighlights this challenge.

How to Identify Shadow AI with Teneo Managed DEX

What is Shadow AI, and how can IT teams identify unsanctioned AI tools being used across their organization? In this short video, see how Teneo Managed Digital Employee Experience (DEX) can provide visibility into AI application usage, helping organizations uncover Shadow AI and better understand which AI tools employees are actually using. With Teneo Managed DEX, IT and security teams can gain greater visibility into emerging workplace risks, including unauthorized or unmanaged AI applications that may create security, data privacy, governance, or compliance concerns.

Cribl On Your Coffee Break Episode 16 - Dashboards

Welcome to the final week of Cribl on your coffee break, the series to help you get started with the Cribl platform. Today we’re going to cover the last of the "essential skills” in the Cribl platform: using and building dashboards. By the time the month is over, you will have a pretty good idea of what Cribl can do, and how to do it. You’ll also have consumed more caffeinated beverages than is strictly appropriate...