a16z Podcast a16z Podcast: When Large Scale Gets Really Massive -- Managing Today’s Enterprise Networks
Jun 27, 2014
Orion Hindawi, CTO and co-founder of Tanium, shares insights on managing massive enterprise networks. He discusses the challenges of handling hundreds of thousands of nodes and how Tanium’s innovative peer-to-peer architecture simplifies data retrieval. The conversation delves into modern cybersecurity needs and the evolution of network management tools, especially in the context of IoT growth. Hindawi also highlights the criticality of real-time data processing to enhance network security and decision-making in today's complex environments.
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Rethinking Scale For Real-Time Answers
- Tanium rebuilt endpoint management from first principles to get data in seconds instead of hours or days.
- They aimed not for 10x faster but 10,000x faster to achieve near real-time visibility across large networks.
Counting PCs Was Surprisingly Hard
- A government customer couldn't say whether they had 150k or 300k PCs, illustrating poor inventory accuracy.
- Steven noted multi-day inventories produce wildly outdated counts and fuel poor decisions.
Legacy Tools Aren't Suited For APTs
- Many legacy tools were built for untargeted worms and mass patches, not targeted APTs and insider threats.
- Antivirus and firewalls alone often fail against modern, sophisticated attacks tailored to each organization.