Technical Guides

In-depth technical resources, design guides, and operational playbooks from BlackHawk Data's engineering team.

Resources

Design & Architecture Guides

Comprehensive technical guides built from real-world deployments across enterprise, healthcare, utilities, and critical infrastructure.

Cloudflare WAF Best Practices

The 7 most common WAF misconfigurations and a step-by-step guide to hardening your Cloudflare security posture.

Fortinet SD-WAN Design Guide

Reference architecture for multi-site SD-WAN deployments using FortiGate, including hub-spoke and dual-hub topologies.

Zero Trust Architecture Framework

A practical framework for implementing Zero Trust across network, identity, device, and application layers.

OT/IoT Segmentation Playbook

Step-by-step guide to segmenting IT and OT networks for utilities, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure.

AI Datacenter Readiness Guide

Evaluate your datacenter’s readiness for AI workloads — compute, storage, networking, cooling, and power considerations.

CCaaS Migration Playbook

Complete migration guide from on-prem PBX and contact center to cloud-based UCaaS and CCaaS platforms.

Network Assessment Methodology

Our proven methodology for evaluating network health, identifying risks, and building prioritized remediation roadmaps.

Need a Custom Assessment?

Our engineering team can build a tailored assessment, architecture review, or migration plan specific to your environment.