Name: How to talk to your network: Introducing generative AI for network digital twins
Start: 2024-02-22T19:00:00Z
End: 2024-02-22T19:00:33.000Z
Location: BrightTALK
Rating: 3.5

Forward Networks is a leader in network analytics and intent-based networking solutions. Our BrightTALK channel focuses on the technology, marketing and solutions in this rapidly evolving space.

In enterprise networks, the reliance on multiple clouds has become a common thread. While this approach offers enticing benefits like reliability and cost efficiency, it also presents a formidable challenge: the complexity of managing, visualizing, and securing multi-cloud environments.

Join us for an interactive session where we delve into the strategies employed by global enterprises to overcome these hurdles. Discover how the fusion of network digital twin technology and Empowered Networks' Network Intelligence offering ushers in a new era of cloud visibility, security compliance, and guaranteed service delivery.

Our esteemed panel of industry leaders includes Michael Ell, SVP of Technical Services, and Chris Hindy, SVP of Product Strategy and Innovation at Empowered Networks, alongside Steve Allie, the VP of Technical Services at Forward Networks. 

In this webinar, you will learn how enterprises:

Unlock Unparalleled Cloud Visibility: Utilize the power of network digital twins in providing hop-by-hop visibility within multi-cloud environments, enabling comprehensive insights and optimizing network operations.

Prove Security and Compliance: Verification checks ensure security compliance in multi-cloud environments, safeguarding valuable data and intellectual property.

Don't miss the opportunity to join the conversation and stay ahead of the curve. Reserve your spot now and embark on a transformative journey toward conquering the challenges of multi-cloud environments with network digital twins and network intelligence.

How Global Companies Master Multi-Cloud Management & Prove Security Compliance

In 2023, NIST sent a staggering 28,901 Common Vulnerability and Exposure (CVE) notices, highlighting the intensifying threat landscape. Additionally, an astounding 74% of security breaches were attributed to human error. In such a challenging environment, SecOps teams face the critical task of safeguarding networks by gaining visibility and maintaining accurate network data.

Join this discussion and learn how to:

Streamline SecOps Efforts: Discover how network digital twins and intelligence can revolutionize your SecOps capabilities, driving efficiency and enhancing threat mitigation.

Uncover Network Vulnerabilities: Gain deep insights into detecting non-compliant configurations, assessing network security posture in real-time, and identifying the impact and severity of CVEs.

Leverage Advanced Network Insights: Harness the power of digital twins to swiftly determine the blast radius of infected hosts, enabling precise and rapid response.

In this live discussion, industry leaders Michael Ell, SVP of Technical Services, and Chris Hindy, SVP of Product Strategy and Innovation at Empowered, will partner with Steve Allie, the VP of Technical Services at Forward Networks, to unveil a game-changing alliance—network intelligence and digital twin technology and take your questions.

Achieve SecOps Excellence with a Network Digital Twin & Network Intelligence

Join AI and Networking experts Howard Holton from GigaOm and Nikhil Handigol from Forward Networks for an insightful webinar exploring the symbiotic relationship between AI and digital twins. Gain essential insights to navigate the evolving technological landscape as we discuss how generative AI is set to revolutionize network management by enhancing the capabilities of network digital twins. Delve into the potential "dark side" of AI that IT leadership should be vigilant about. Don't miss out on this comprehensive discussion that will shape your understanding of AI-enabled digital twins and their impact on network management.

How AI-enabled digital twins will transform network management

In today's fast-paced business environment, networks have become the lifeblood of global enterprises. However, the ever-increasing complexity and fragility of these networks present unprecedented challenges. NetOps teams are under immense pressure to ensure reliability and security in an uncertain landscape. It's time to break free from outdated network diagrams and embrace a new era of understanding.

Join industry experts Michael Ell, SVP of Technical Services, at Empowered and Steve Allie, VP of Technical Services at Forward Networks for a live discussion. Together, they will unveil the powerful combination of network intelligence and digital twin technology.

During this event, you will learn to

Decode the Complexity: Gain deep insights into how network intelligence and a network digital twin deliver unparalleled visibility and understanding.

Elevate Network Reliability: Discover how digital twin technology creates virtual replicas of your network for informed decision making.

Unleash Collaboration: Explore how accessible data brings NetOps, SecOps, and CloudOps teams together, fostering seamless collaboration, streamlining workflows, and driving productivity.

Realize Time Savings: Bid farewell to laborious troubleshooting calls as the digital twin reduces MTTR to seconds

Discover the results enterprise companies are achieving

Unraveling Complexity: Mastering Networks with Digital Twins & Intelligence

You have enough to do without having to take on tedious project management responsibilities.  Learn how a digital twin can make your life easier from Sean and Tyler, both of whom are veteran military network engineers. 

In this webinar, Sean and Tyler will delve into three crucial aspects that every Federal network engineer must master:

1.  Harnessing the Power of KPIs: Explore how Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) can revolutionize your project management approach. Discover how to use KPIs to track progress, measure success, and enhance decision-making for Federal network initiatives.

2.  Managing Compliance and Audit Records: Learn how to leverage audit records within our platform to ensure compliance with Federal regulations. Discover how Forward Networks' cutting-edge technology simplifies the process of gathering, assessing, and managing compliance data, seamlessly aligning with Federal network standards.

3.  Budgeting for Tech Refreshes: Gain insights into using Forward Networks to plan your network's hardware refresh and overcome budgeting challenges. Discover how our platform provides comprehensive visibility into your network's performance and helps optimize resource allocation, enabling you to confidently plan and execute tech refreshes.

Don't miss this opportunity to join your fellow Federal network engineers in our collaborative and insightful webinar. Learn from Sean & Tyler's invaluable expertise, honed through years of experience in network engineering and digital twin technology.

Simplified Project Management for Federal Engineers using a Digital Twin

In enterprise IT environments, network complexity and human error pose significant challenges. Because today’s constantly changing networks are comprised of tens of thousands of devices, millions of lines of code, and hundreds of operating systems across multiple cloud platforms, the risk of human error looms large. Surprisingly, 58% of network outages, often resulting in substantial financial losses, stem from preventable human error.

Amidst a plethora of tools claiming to streamline network management, engineers seek a solution that doesn't necessitate expertise across multiple vendors. Chris Hindy, SVP of Product Strategy and Innovation at Empowered, and Steve Allie, VP of Technical Services at Forward Networks, in this webinar. Discover how the combination of network intelligence and digital twin technology has enabled enterprises to eradicate complexity, leading to fewer outages, enhanced security, and cost savings.

Abolish Network Complexity and Human Error

In the second session on STIG Compliance, Federal Engineers Arica Becksted and Sean Deveci will show exactly how Forward Networks makes easy work of ensuring STIG Compliance using policy verification checks.  Join us for a live  hands-on session

Join our Federal Technical Solutions Engineers, Arica Beckstead and Sean Deveci to learn how a digital twin can streamline your compliance efforts and give you full confidence heading into an audit.

How to Achieve Stress Free STIG Compliance Part 2

There are nearly 500 complex specifications in the DISA STIG compliance checklists. Most of us don’t have time to read them, let alone check our complex networks to ensure total adherence. Unfortunately in addition to creating risk on the network, non-compliance can result in extremely expensive fines and a painful level of scrutiny for government agencies.

Many agencies are trying to achieve compliance manually, or through a combination of tools but this is expensive and error prone.
Join our Federal Technical Solutions Engineers, Arica Beckstead and Sean Deveci to learn how a digital twin can streamline your compliance efforts and give you full confidence heading into an audit.

How to Achieve Stress Free STIG Compliance Part 1

Let’s face it: your network is a complex, hairy beast. It eats protocols for breakfast, consumes configs for lunch, and sometimes the state outputs from its packet dinner can be… unpleasant.

If your network beast includes hardware and software from dozens of vendors, spread across multiple data centers and clouds, and runs mission-critical applications with challenging security requirements… then join Brandon Heller, Forward Networks CTO and Co-founder, for this 30-min session/demo featuring real-life examples from large “beastly” enterprise networks that found a path to reliability, agility, and security.

Top 5 Network Issues That a Digital Twin Can Solve in Under a Week

After 20 years of working as a networking engineer, Craig transitioned his skills to become Forward Networks' cloud engineering expert. The transition was anything but intuitive because things work differently in the cloud. 

Join us to learn how Craig made the journey, and how you can leverage your traditional networking skills in the three major public cloud environments (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Azure). Craig will also offer advice on connecting your home lab to the public cloud for a deeper dive into cloud networking.

From Network to Cloud Engineer: How to Develop Your Cloud Networking Skills

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 audits

By 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.

Learn how a digital twin can improve inventory management to save time and money

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.

5 Ways Network Data can Supercharge SecOps

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?)

Demo Tuesday - Isolating a Compromised Host in Seconds

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.

Learn To Troubleshoot Complex Network Issues in Seconds With Forward Enterprise

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.
- provide a history of collections, showing whether each one passed or failed, and why, aiding in troubleshooting.

Learn how digital twin technology can quickly resolve network issues.

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.
5. Offer asset inventory features and network query language (NQE) for deeper network insights.

See how a Digital Twin makes ensuring a hybrid network child's play

Have you ever wanted to ask your network a question? Join this session with co-founder Nikhil Handigol to learn how Forward Networks is empowering engineers to gain advanced networking insights using natural language prompts as he introduces the platform's first feature powered by generative AI.

AI Assist facilitates Network Query Engine (NQE) searches using natural language, thus allowing users of varying skill levels to conduct sophisticated network queries with minimal learning curve. Moreover, AI Assist generates natural language explanations for existing queries, fostering improved collaboration and understanding within the team.

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