We deploy a lot of protection on our networks but deep down we know, they are still penetrable. To make matters worse, Digital Transformation is causing environments to sprawl in abstract ways, and with an immense explosion in bandwidth.
NetOps and SecOps professionals strive to (a) ensure optimal network performance, and (b) enable lightning speed response to security problems (which, due to attack sophistication, may be missed by defensive tools such as Firewalls, Anti-Virus, Anti-Malware). The goal, therefore, is to establish within the network an actionable observability environment.
Progress Flowmon, the NDR (Network Detection and Response) Technology Leader can assist in this matter – It continuously looks at the network traffic behavior monitoring its Flow Data to improve its performance and security.
The Flowmon platform is very scalable in terms of capabilities and cost. Unlike other solutions, it conforms to small and midsize businesses budgetary constraints. It is also fully interoperable with the other parts of the business IT environment and fills the gaps left by traditional security systems such as firewall, IDS/IPS or antivirus.
Monitoring Flow Data vs. Packet Inspection
Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a method of examining the contents of packets passing through a given checkpoint to make real-time decisions depending on what a packet contains and based on rules assigned by the enterprise.
The concept of DPI is great but has a few drawbacks, perhaps cost being the primary one. Even assuming one can get around encryption issues, the massive amount of traffic and its speed causes the investment in tools, high-speed storage, etc. to be nearly non-stop.
On-demand packet inspection could be an alternative but then the challenge becomes how to perfect trigger events to ensure not to miss some security problems.
How about looking into network behavior and then drill deeper?
Flowmon is a scalable and cost-effective solution for businesses of all sizes. It incorporates NDR (Network Detection and Response) and NPM (Network Performance Monitoring) Solutions with Built-in Network Visibility.
It is powered by an intelligent detection engine, which leverages behavior analysis algorithms to detect anomalies concealed within network traffic.
Flowmon exposes malicious behaviors, attacks against mission-critical applications, data breaches and indicators of compromise. It also removes potential blind spots and allows for a unified and actionable intelligence for NetOps and SecOps.
Publicly available testimonials strongly validate Flowmon’s technology:
“The installation of Flowmon is very simple and intuitive. Thanks to Flowmon, we are provided with network visibility that we previously lacked. As a consequence, we can identify the causes of network issues easier than ever before. The solution also allows us to design the proper capacity of our network. We plan to enforce network monitoring solution deployment across all 11 group offices and 20 facilities.”
Masahiro Sato, CTO at Sega
“Nowadays keeping eye on internet browsing history and analyzing the data flow is very difficult. The Flowmon solution made this task easier. We can analyze the network flow and also, we can identify the security threats in the network. The complete dashboard for this is really useful.”
Gartner Peer Insights – Rated 4.9/5
In summary, Flowmon is designed to protect the small, midsize, and large businesses via:
- Detection: uncover ransomware, and other threats
- Threat Hunting: analyze and root cause malicious activities using AI/ML
- Autonomous Response
- Forensic Analysis
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