Network taps’ functioning is based on copying packets of both sides of the traffic flow that can then be used to monitor your network traffic and for security analysis.
Tapping the network represents the first visibility activity that needs to be implemented. A network TAP is an external device that mirrors the traffic that is passing between network nodes, and send it to the monitoring tools without interfering with the network performances.
There are many situation where it is convenient to have the network TAPs combined with Network Packet Broker functionalities in one only box.
