Cisco Stealthwatch
Payment Processor Secures Global Network with Stealthwatch
2 min read
Elavon is the fourth-largest payment processing company in the world. They process more than 3 billion transactions annually, worth more than $300 billion. Elavon has more than a million customers and is a leading payment solutions provider for airlines and a top five provider for hospitality, healthcare, and retail. With a globally distributed network that […]
What if your network could do it all? Be digital-ready AND secure your business.
2 min read
Networks today are supposed to be digital-ready, meaning fast and agile to propel business into a world where everything is connected. Getting there has hit some major speedbumps due to highly publicized hacks. And this has started a virtual arms race, where no expense is spared to deploy numerous, disparate security solutions. Yet somehow, the […]
To be Effective, Security Needs to Be a Force Multiplier
4 min read
Effective security is simple, open, and automated. We’ve already talked about simple and open. Now let’s talk about automated. Security admins can relate to this scenario. You just learned of an infected system in your environment of thousands of devices. How many others are affected? That’s hard to figure out even in elite operations. What […]
Protecting Clinical Devices – the Achilles Heel of Healthcare
2 min read
Everyday, hackers and cybercriminals are infiltrating networks. And they are especially interested in healthcare. That’s because stolen medical records are profitable, selling up to 10 times more than credit card numbers on the black market. But even more lucrative than identity theft is a ransomware attack. Cyber criminals can charge a hospital millions to unlock […]
Stealthwatch Learning Network License: The Workshop
4 min read
Get an inside look at how Stealthwatch Learning Network License can transform your branch network router into a powerful security sensor and enforcer: one capable of quickly detecting threat activity and mitigating attacks, with little to no hands-on management needed.
Integration: The Civilized Approach to Securing Your Branch
3 min read
We demonstrate two different scenarios: An anomaly that turns out to be an FTP file transfer we didn’t expect, and an unusual spike in traffic. In both cases, what blew me away was how easy it was to understand what was truly going on, and how simple it was to take action.
The True Value of Network Security Monitoring
7 min read
The Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) conducted research into how cybersecurity professionals view network security monitoring and how they use it in their organization. The report Network Security Monitoring Trends surveyed 200 IT and cybersecurity professionals who have a knowledge of or responsibility for network security monitoring. Some of the key findings include: Many organizations now […]
Using Network Telemetry and Security Analytics to Detect Attacks
4 min read
The Cisco 2016 Midyear Cybersecurity Report has been released, and just like the Cisco Annual Security Report and many other security reports the news isn’t encouraging. The very first sentence in the midyear report explains that as defenders, we simply aren’t getting the job done: “Attackers currently enjoy unconstrained time to operate.”[1] Attackers understand that […]
Seeing Over the Wall: Unified TrustSec-ACI Policy Monitoring with Stealthwatch and ISE v2.1
2 min read
Visibility has always been a core component of building effective security policy. Starting with the discovery phase of understanding the behavior of the users and assets on a network through...
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