Posted by Stephanie Beer on Mon, Aug 09, 2010 @ 10:29 AM
Enterprise Management Associates Recognizes StealthWatch for Product Strength and Cost Efficiency
Atlanta, August 9, 2010 – Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlow™ collection and analysis and flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced that independent analyst firm Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) recognizes its flagship technology – the StealthWatch® System – as the IT industry’s best joint security and network management solution. EMA’s Radar™ for Application-Aware Network Performance Management Q3 2010 report also names StealthWatch a strong value for its product strength and cost efficiency.
“Lancope is honored to be recognized by EMA as a leading network performance management solution provider,” said Mike Potts, president and CEO of Lancope. “This award and report not only recognizes Lancope’s significant impact in the IT industry with its NetFlow-based methodology but also validates the StealthWatch solution as the best of the best in both network performance and network security management. StealthWatch excels in delivering borderless network visibility to optimize network performance and network health.”
StealthWatch is the first flow-based solution to combine powerful network performance monitoring with real-time behavior-based anomaly detection for unified network visibility across physical and virtual networks. Its patented flow-based approach delivers scalability, faster problem resolution workflow and the industry’s only unified platform for managing network, security and virtual operations. StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs for more than 45 million hosts across hundreds of enterprise and government organizations worldwide.
The EMA Radar™ Report highlights Lancope’s strengths, which include:
- Well-established, field-validated network security monitoring solution
- NetFlow-centric solution with response time – an important indicator of user experience
- Expanding basis of data instrumentation options
- Intelligent performance data analysis, including behavior anomaly detection and adaptive dynamic thresholding
- Integrated support for resolving identities – so operators can directly understand who is behind any network flow, and not just which IP address
“Many ANPM (Application-Aware Network Performance Management) solutions over the years have had their roots in the technologically adjacent network security monitoring market, but few have been successful in the long term in straddling the two spaces,” notes Jim Frey, senior analyst at EMA, in the report. “Lancope stands a clear exception to this rule, and validates the premise that multiple operational objectives can be achieved by leveraging the power of ANPM data, particularly when coupled with strong role-specific analytics.”
To view the full report, please visit http://www2.lancope.com/EMA_AANPM_Radar.
About the EMA Radar Report
The EMA Radar Report delivers an in-depth analysis of industry-leading vendors and vendor products, including their overall market position in comparison with other vendors. This information is laid out in an easy-to-decipher, detailed Radar Chart - which includes the composite score for each vendor – making it simple to see how vendors measure up in the market, as well as against other vendors. The EMA Radar report also provides a detailed discussion of methodology and criteria, a high-level market segment overview, a comprehensive analyst write-up on each vendor, as well as an evaluation of software products based on five key dimensions: Ease of Deployment and Administration, Cost Advantage, Architecture and Integration, Functionality, and Vendor Strength.
About EMA
Founded in 1996, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) is a leading industry analyst firm that specializes in going “beyond the surface” to provide deep insight across the full spectrum of IT and data management technologies. EMA analysts leverage a unique combination of practical experience, insight into industry best practices, and in-depth knowledge of current and planned vendor solutions to help its clients achieve their goals. Learn more about EMA research, analysis, and consulting services for enterprise line of business users, IT professionals and IT vendors at www.enterprisemanagement.com or follow EMA on Twitter at http://twitter.com/ema_research.
About LancopeLancope®, Inc. is the
leader in NetFlow collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit
www.lancope.com.
Posted by Stephanie Beer on Mon, Jul 19, 2010 @ 08:00 AM
Atlanta, July 21, 2010 – Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlow™ collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced a complimentary webinar entitled “Use NetFlow to Gain Borderless Network Visibility and Improve Incident Response.” Join Lancope's CTO Adam Powers and Forrester Research, Inc. Senior Analysts, John Kindervag and Glenn O'Donnell, as they explore how NetFlow provides an efficient means of gaining borderless network visibility — one that is especially effective for improving incident response and accelerating root cause analysis. Register for this free event at http://www.lancope.com/news/webinars/.
Increasingly network and security operations are being tasked with providing more uptime, better user experience and proactive security — but with fewer resources. As network and security operations centers evolve, they rely on NetFlow, a "free" information resource resident in routers and switches, to gain borderless visibility across physical and virtual networks. NetFlow collection and analysis gives network and security managers detailed views of traffic patterns without having to deploy sniffers or LAN probes on every segment. By pairing NetFlow analysis with packet-level metrics, Lancope delivers a unified dashboard of total network visibility to optimize network performance and proactively manage network security.
WHO:
John Kindervag, Senior Analyst, Forrester
Glenn O'Donnell, Senior Analyst, Forrester
Adam Powers, CTO, Lancope
WHAT: Use NetFlow to Gain Borderless Network Visibility, Improve Incident Response
WHEN: Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 12:00 PM ET / 9:00 AM PT
REGISTER: http://www.lancope.com/news/webinars/
Attendees will learn how to utilize NetFlow to:
- Achieve borderless network visibility
- Improve incident response
- Accelerate root cause analysis
- Gain forensics, auditing, and attack detection capability without additional hardware
- Reduce total network and security management costs
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About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the leader in NetFlow collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Mon, Jul 12, 2010 @ 08:13 AM
Nation’s Leading Blood Center Uses Best in NetFlow Analysis Solution to Speed Problem Resolution, Prevent Network Downtime for Critical Blood Establishment Computer System
Atlanta, July 12, 2010 – Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlowTM collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced that Puget Sound Blood Center (PSBC) relies on StealthWatch for improved visibility across fixed and mobile networks supporting critical blood delivery and saving thousands of lives.
PSBC is an independent, community-based blood center in Wash. that is internationally recognized as a leader in transfusion medicine. The blood center operates the world's largest transfusion service, serves patients in more than 70 hospitals and clinics in 14 counties, and provides tissue and transplant support to 185 hospitals across the Northwest. With more than 1,200 devices connected to a network serving fixed and mobile donor centers, PSBC demands a high level of network visibility to ensure that its Blood Establishment Computer System is available 24x7x365 to support patients.
“Before StealthWatch, our IT team was frustrated by lengthy problem resolution, a lack of audit trails and the inability to monitor user activity for HIPAA compliance,” said Peggy Dunn, IT director for PSBC. “Identifying and solving network problems quickly is critical to our patient care. Moreover, StealthWatch has also benefited PSBC in other ways—from increased user accountability to improved cross team collaboration between helpdesk, network services and developers. We even use StealthWatch to train new IT employees.”
PSBC has deployed StealthWatch Xe for NetFlow™ and sFlow®, the StealthWatch IDentity appliance and the StealthWatch Management Console (SMC). By leveraging flow telemetry from routers and switches, StealthWatch delivers a high level of visibility and behavior-based protection in a cost-effective, scalable manner. StealthWatch’s proven NetFlow and sFlow analysis also provides PSBC with detailed insight into network traffic patterns, link utilization and performance. Lancope's StealthWatch IDentity appliance links individual users and specific network events. PSBC administrators simply request the username(s) and IP address associated with an event from the SMC, and the system returns the appropriate information in real-time. StealthWatch enables PSBC to monitor network traffic in real time and instantly drill down to any segment, device, application, host or user.
According to Dunn, “Our team relies on StealthWatch to quickly identify a problem, distinguish between network and application cause and notify the right resource for expedient resolution. The powerful NetFlow analysis enables us to verify a network connection centrally without traveling to remote sites, without hooking up to switch ports and without following the cables. And because StealthWatch provides historical context of IP activity, we have the audit trails needed to definitively resolve even the most sporadic network issues.”
“In StealthWatch, we have an efficient, convenient tool to monitor and enforce our acceptable use policy,” said Dunn. “While this obviously helps us comply with HIPAA mandates, in the larger context, we are creating better network citizens by educating people about how their behavior affects critical applications.”
“The Puget Sound Blood Center truly delivers a life-saving service, and as a result, it requires vigilant network visibility and incident response,” said Mike Potts, president and CEO of Lancope. “Properly analyzed NetFlow from StealthWatch is helping IT teams like PSBC keep a watchful eye on user activity, changing conditions, host behaviors and more. This enhanced visibility can help you regain control of the network and improve performance.”
StealthWatch has delivered tangible business benefits to PSBC, including cost savings from reduced network downtime and documented increases in IT employee productivity. “As opposed to constantly trouble-shooting and network monitoring, our high-level IT resources are now able to focus on strategic projects that will enhance patient care and support growth,” said Dunn. “This is the goal of every IT department and StealthWatch is helping us achieve it.”
About Puget Sound Blood Center
Puget Sound Blood Center is an independent, community-based blood center with a long and unique tradition of blending community volunteerism, medical science and research to improve patients’ lives. Patients with leukemia, cancer, burns, hemophilia and traumatic injuries depend on the breakthrough discoveries made by Blood Center scientists. Internationally recognized as a leader in transfusion medicine, the Blood Center operates the world's largest transfusion service, serves patients in more that 70 hospitals and clinics in 14 Western Washington counties and provides tissue and transplantation support to 185 hospitals across the Northwest. For more information about Puget Sound Blood Center, please visit psbc.org.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the leader in NetFlowTM collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit http://www.lancope.com/.
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©2010 Lancope, Inc. All rights reserved. Lancope, StealthWatch, and other trademarks are registered or unregistered trademarks of Lancope, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Posted by Stephanie Beer on Tue, Jun 29, 2010 @ 10:12 AM
Atlanta and las vegas (Cisco LIVE 2010, June 29, 2010 – Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlow™ collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced that it is exhibiting and presenting at Cisco Live! in Las Vegas, June 28-July 1. Lancope is demonstrating its award-winning StealthWatch solution and showcasing customers who use StealthWatch to gain borderless network visibility.
Attendees stopping by Lancope’s Booth # 1161 will have the opportunity to meet Lancope’s CTO Adam Powers, members of the product team and veteran customers from both Financial and Food Service industries. Specifically, Lancope will focus on the applicability of NetFlow technology in Cisco's new Borderless Network Architecture and how StealthWatch addresses the new set of challenges that the borderless initiative brings to network monitoring and visibility. Through product demonstrations and in-booth presentations, attendees will learn more about how StealthWatch generates, collects and analyzes NetFlow to deliver borderless visibility for efficient network, security and virtual management.
“From the beginning, Lancope has recognized that network, security and data center administrators are best jointly served by a single, unifying visibility solution that leverages existing infrastructure to maximize efficiencies across the IT environment,” said Mike Potts, president and CEO of Lancope. “StealthWatch was designed for the specific needs of these individuals, helping them to better manage dynamic IT environments and reduce mean time to resolution. The overwhelming positive response we receive each year at this show combined with our rapidly expanding global customer base illustrates how we effectively anticipate the needs of these individuals.”
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the leader in NetFlow collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Tue, Apr 27, 2010 @ 02:12 PM
ATLANTA AND LONDON (InfoSecurity Europe 2010), April 27, 2010-Lancope, Inc., the leader in NetFlowTM collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced that it will demonstrate the Suspect Data Loss alarm in StealthWatch at Infosecurity Europe at Stand E24. Enhancing StealthWatch's ability to protect organizations against data leakage and improving end-to-end visibility across physical and virtual networks, the new alarm alerts organizations of potential data extrusions regardless of data format, protocol or encryption technique.
Recent studies show that the average organizational cost of a single data breach is close to $7M and rising(1). Recognizing that data loss prevention is a top priority for most organizations, Lancope developed the alarm, which detects anomalous data transfer from any point on the network to the Internet. Specifically, StealthWatch quickly identifies unusual network behavior indicative of data loss and provides details about the users involved, the amount of data transferred, the services used, how long the communications lasted and if it was a recurring event. StealthWatch is the only flow-based solution that reduces data loss and scales to monitor global networks for security, network performance, and virtual operations - all from a single platform.
The StealthWatch Suspect Data Loss alarm works with any data format or protocol, including unstructured data schemes commonly used to store employee identification numbers and private health information. Other data loss prevention tools require packet-level visibility to detect employee identification, credit card and social security numbers leaving the network. This requires the deployment of expensive probes throughout the network, as well as resource-intensive manual configuration and maintenance. Unlike traditional DLP tools, StealthWatch neither sits inline on the network nor requires probes. Rather, StealthWatch collects and analyzes flow telemetry to cost-effectively deliver visibility across physical and virtual networks. Extending visibility down to the user identity level, StealthWatch connects network activity with individual user names, not just IP addresses, to significantly improve audit controls for regulatory compliance.
Offering organizations increased control of their networks, StealthWatch enables immediate mitigation actions when a breach is detected, from triggering a deeper analysis to blocking a specific transaction from completing to provide time for investigation. All baselines and blocking actions can be easily modified, including exceptions for traffic amount thresholds.
"Data loss prevention is top of mind for many organizations, especially when the costs associated with a breach continue to rise and regulators impose stiff penalties for losing customer records," said Adam Powers, CTO of Lancope. "Designed to complement Data Loss Prevention technologies, the Suspect Data Loss alarm uses NetFlow to detect suspicious uploads without requiring payload content analysis. By leveraging flow telemetry for detailed network visibility, StealthWatch is ideally suited to detect and prevent data breaches-without expensive probes and time-consuming configuration and maintenance."
For more information about how StealthWatch supports Data Loss Prevention (DLP), visit http://www2.lancope.com/l/2382/2010-03-22/153DP/2382/21977/Data_Loss_Prevention_print.pdf or stop by the Lancope Stand E24 at InfoSecurity Europe 2010.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the leader in NetFlow collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. StealthWatch delivers unmatched scalability, best-in-class problem resolution work flow, and the industry's only unified platform for managing network, security and virtual operations. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit http://www.lancope.com/.
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©2010 Lancope, Inc. All rights reserved. Lancope, StealthWatch, and other trademarks are registered or unregistered trademarks of Lancope, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
(1)Ponemon Study Shows the Cost of a Data Breach Continues to Increase; Jan. 25, 2010; PR Newswire
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Mon, Mar 22, 2010 @ 12:45 PM
Atlanta, March 22, 2010 - Lancope, Inc.,the leader in NetFlowTM collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring, today announced that it will host two one-hour virtual town hall discussions entitled "Ask the Expert: Your NetFlow Questions - Answered!" on Wednesday, March 24, 2010. Register for this event at http://www.lancope.com/news/webinars/.%20
WHAT: Ask the Expert: Your NetFlow Questions - Answered!
WHEN: 10:00 a.m. ET and 2:00 p.m. ET on Wednesday, March 24, 2010
REGISTER: http://www.lancope.com/news/webinars/ Whether NetFlow newbie or experienced NetFlow Ninja, all levels of NetFlow familiarity are invited to participate in this question-driven webinar about leveraging NetFlow and other flow telemetry for network performance and security monitoring. Topics will include enabling flows on routers and switches, best practices, tips and tricks, optimization techniques as well as the current or future power of NetFlow. Registrants are encouraged to submit questions in advance of the live webcast.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the leader in NetFlow collection and analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. StealthWatch delivers unmatched scalability, best-in-class problem resolution work flow, and the industry's only unified platform for managing network, security and virtual operations. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit http://www.lancope.com/. # # # ©2010 Lancope, Inc. All rights reserved. Lancope, StealthWatch, and other trademarks are registered or unregistered trademarks of Lancope, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. Media Contact: Jody Ma Kissling 770-225-6513 or jma@lancope.com
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Mon, Feb 22, 2010 @ 12:44 PM
ATLANTA, February 22, 2010 - Lancope®, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the Best in NetFlowTM Analysis (http://www.lancope.com/news/08052008.aspx) and the leader in flow-based network performance and security monitoring for unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, today announced that Info Security Products Guide, the world's leading publication on security-related products and technologies, has named StealthWatch a finalist for the 2010 Global Product Excellence in the Editor's Choice category. These prestigious global awards recognize security and IT vendors with advanced, ground-breaking products and solutions that are helping set the bar higher for others in all areas of technologies.
Unlike traditional monitoring technologies that require extensive deployments, StealthWatch pioneered the collection and analysis of flow telemetry - NetFlow, sFlow and others - from routers and switches to deliver cost-effective network visibility, improve security postures and optimize network performance. StealthWatch enables security and network operations teams to remediate incidents within minutes, reducing the overall cost of managing and protecting networks. A proven solution, StealthWatch now monitors over 45 million hosts across hundreds of enterprise and government organizations worldwide.
"Lancope is proud to be singled out once more as the leader of innovative flow-based solutions for scalable network visibility," says Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. "Our success is driven by our continued focus on meeting customers' needs for solutions that improve visibility without adding cost or administrative burden. Industry awards combined with growing customer deployments of StealthWatch further validate our flow-based approach to network performance and security monitoring."
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is theleader in NetFlow Analysis and the provider of the StealthWatch® System for flow-based network performance and security monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch monitors the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities worldwide. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, Blue Coat, VMware, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.
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©2010 Lancope, Inc. All rights reserved. Lancope, StealthWatch, and other trademarks are registered or unregistered trademarks of Lancope, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.
Media Contact:
Jody Ma Kissling
770-225-6513
jma@lancope.com