Technical Guides
In-depth technical resources, design guides, and operational playbooks from BlackHawk Data's engineering team.
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.
Checklists & Tools
Practical tools and checklists to help your team evaluate, plan, and execute infrastructure initiatives.
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