Posted by Alicia Beuke on Mon, Apr 26, 2010 @ 02:10 PM
ATLANTA AND LONDON (InfoSecurity Europe 2010), April 26, 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 deliver "Eliminate Network Blind Spots Created By Virtualization & Improve ROI" at InfoSecurity Europe 2010. Despite many benefits, server virtualization also introduces new challenges for monitoring and securing networks. Because virtual machine-to-virtual machine (VM2VM) communications inside a physical server cannot be monitored by traditional network and security devices, the lack of virtual visibility complicates problem identification and delays resolution, potentially reducing the ROI associated with virtualization. In this session at InfoSecurity Europe 2010, Lancope will discuss how to gain virtual visibility using NetFlow to monitor virtual networks and how to mitigate via the VM infrastructure to resolve virtual network incidents.
Who: David Salter, Senior Systems Engineer, Lancope
What: Eliminate Network Blind Spots Created By Virtualization & Improve ROI Date/Time: Tuesday, 27 Apr 2010 at 10:00 a.m. - 10:25 a.m
Where: InfoSecurity Europe Conference 2010 Technical Theatre Earls Court, London, UK http://www.infosec.co.uk/
Attendees will learn how to:
• Protect the cost savings gained by migrating to the virtual environment
• Identify when a virtual server is generating an excessive amount of traffic
• Determine services consumed or served by each VM
• Secure VMs without introducing undue administrative burden or performance issues
• Track and identify network events that trigger VMotion
For more information about how StealthWatch monitors, secures and optimizes virtual and physical networks, visit 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.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Wed, May 27, 2009 @ 11:33 AM
ATLANTA, May 27, 2009 – Lancope®, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) solution for unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, announced today that Network Products Guide, the industry’s leading publication on information technologies and solutions, has named StealthWatch a winner of the 2009 Best Products and Services Award. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of the end-users of technology worldwide. Earlier this year, Lancope was recognized as the 2009 Best Network Security by SC Magazine Awards Europe and received the 2009 Global Excellence Awards in Virtual Security, Network Visibility and Network Behavior Analysis from Info Security Products Guide.
StealthWatch is the first flow-based solution to combine powerful network performance monitoring with real-time behavior-based anomaly detection to deliver unified network visibility across physical and virtual networks. StealthWatch’s patented flow-based approach eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. A proven solution, StealthWatch now protects over 40 million hosts worldwide and is deployed at hundreds of enterprise organizations across a variety of industry verticals, including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Federal Government, Healthcare, Energy and Higher Education.
“Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping shape better products and services.” says Rake Narang, editor-n-chief, Network Products Guide. “StealthWatch’s innovative approach to analyzing VM-to-VM communications to deliver complete visibility of the virtual network is revolutionizing the way enterprises view and manage network and security operations.”
“Once more StealthWatch is recognized for innovation in network and security and reflects Lancope’s ability to anticipate customers’ needs by addressing emerging technologies like virtualization,” said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. “This award not only validates our flow-based methodology to resolving the visibility challenges that virtualization brings, but also solidifies our leadership of the Network Behavior Analysis market.
Discover how StealthWatch delivers complete visibility into security, network, user and application activity across the virtual network at http://www.lancope.com/products/stealthwatch-flow-sensor.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) solution that combines flow-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. StealthWatch streamlines security, network and virtual monitoring into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch received the Global Excellence Award in NBA for the past three consecutive years. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined. 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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©2009 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. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283; 7,185,368; 7,475,426 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Tue, May 05, 2009 @ 12:12 PM
ATLANTA, May 5, 2009 - Lancope, Inc., the provider of StealthWatch, the Best in NetFlow Analysis (http://www.lancope.com/news/08052008.aspx) and the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response system, today announced general availability and shipping of StealthWatch System 5.9, a system-wide upgrade, which includes the addition of the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE, the free, virtual appliance for security and performance monitoring of virtual environments; Qualys integration for extended response management; and numerous reporting and workflow enhancements to unify visibility across virtual and physical networks. Providing the capability to seamlessly and centrally manage and monitor global infrastructures from a single dashboard, StealthWatch reduces total network and security management costs.
"Virtualization not only introduces numerous key benefits, but also presents significant management challenges. As the leaders in NetFlow analysis, Lancope anticipates these pitfalls and continues to revolutionize the way enterprises view and manage network and security operations. In this release, we are delivering a cost-effective, scalable, unified view of physical and virtual network visibility," said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. "This release marks the extension of Lancope's award-winning security and performance monitoring functionality into the virtualized environment, providing unparalleled visibility into this critical portion of the network infrastructure."
Building upon fundamental product values, such as maximizing ROI from existing resources and enabling lightweight, scalable, enterprise deployment, the StealthWatch System 5.9 introduces the following key capabilities for optimizing network and security operations across physical and virtual networks:
- StealthWatch FlowSensorTM VE with support for VMware ESX 3.5
The new StealthWatch FlowSensorTM VE is a lightweight virtual appliance designed to provide unparalleled visibility into the virtual network using NetFlowTM traffic accounting technology. This lightweight, scalable approach enables fast deployment and extreme efficiency with low impact on I/O and CPU to ensure maximum performance of the virtual environment
Integrating seamlessly with the award-winning, physical StealthWatch System, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE software appliance to analyze virtual network traffic to detect and address configuration problems, inefficiencies in resource allocation, security violations and policy violations before any failure occurs in the virtual environment. Deployed on a VMware ESX server, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE provides deep virtual monitoring to manage performance, capacity and availability of all virtual technologies, down to the performance metrics of individual virtual machine (VM) instances and the applications that reside within.
By monitoring all communications across the virtual network backplane and capturing vital traffic statistics about ingressing, egressing and VM-to-VM communications, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE provides complete visibility into security, network, user and application activity across virtual networks. This critical network intelligence addresses multiple challenges, including gaining virtual network topological and location awareness, securing virtual networks, demonstrating compliance, controlling VM sprawl and tracking virtual machines when they are moved via VMware VMotion, to protect the cost-savings associated with server virtualization.
- Extended Response Management System via Integration with Qualys
StealthWatch now enables the ability to perform Qualys vulnerability scans in response to any alarm raised by the system. This powerful integration allows users to automatically gather insightful, relevant characteristics for those hosts exhibiting unusual network behavior, which can be indicative of attacks, worms or policy violations. Together, these leading technologies give Enterprises comprehensive contextual awareness to further strengthen the security of their networks, conduct automated security audits and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
- Enhances to Reporting and WorkFlow Automation
In addition to offering a host of new reports that support the virtual environment, StealthWatch continues to deliver several powerful, system-wide reporting enhancements that reflect StealthWatch's unique ability to combine both security and network performance monitoring into a single, actionable view. These enhanced, more granular reports aid in usability and provide more extensive audit information for alarms. With enriched workflow automation, StealthWatch helps further streamline security and network operations, improve operational efficiency, enhance user productivity and increase communication and collaboration among security, network and server groups.
To learn more about StealthWatch FlowSensor VE, visit http://www.lancope.com/products/stealthwatch-flow-sensor/ or register at http://www.lancope.com/news/webinars/ for an "Exclusive look at StealthWatch System 5.9 and Lancope's New FlowSensorTM VE Technology", a complimentary webcast on May 13th and 14th for a demonstration of gaining unified visibility across physical and virtual networks.
Availability & Pricing
The StealthWatch FlowSensor VE is available for free download from http://www.lancope.com/products/stealthwatch-flow-sensor/ with introductory pricing to connect to the physical StealthWatch System beginning at US $1,500. StealthWatch System 5.9 is now shipping with entry-level system pricing starting at US $49,995. Current customers can contact their account manager or the Lancope Customer Care Support Desk for upgrades at support@lancope.com. For more information, please contact the Lancope at sales@lancope.com.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) solution that combines flow-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring. Delivering unified visibility across physical and virtual networks, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots and reduces total network and security management costs. StealthWatch streamlines security, network and virtual monitoring into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch received the 2008 and 2007 Global Excellence Award in NBA. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined. 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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©2009 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. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283; 7,185,368; 7,475,426 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Wed, Apr 22, 2009 @ 12:09 PM
Atlanta and London (Infosecurity Conference 2009), April 22, 2009-Lancope®, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the Best in NetFlow Analysis (http://www.lancope.com/news/08052008.aspx) and the most widely used network behaviour analysis (NBA) and response solution, today announced that it will showcase the new StealthWatch FlowSensorTM VE at Infosecurity Europe 2009. This free NetFlow-based, lightweight virtual appliance provides anomaly detection and network performance monitoring for virtual environments. When deployed with the physical StealthWatch solution, StealthWatch FlowSensor VE extends Lancope's physical network security and visibility expertise to the virtual network.
WHAT: Showcase StealthWatch FlowSensor VE, the FREE NetFlow-based, lightweight virtual appliance for unparalleled visibility into virtual networks
WHEN: 15:30 p.m. GMT Wednesday, 29th April 2009
WHERE: New Products Theatre - Stand D80 -
Infosecurity Europe 2009
London, UK
http://www.infosec.co.uk/
For more information or for a demonstration of StealthWatch, please visit Lancope's stand #D70 during Infosecurity Europe 2009.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies flow-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring to protect critical information assets and optimize network operations by preventing costly downtime, repair and loss of reputation. StealthWatch streamlines security and network operations into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch received the 2008 Best in NetFlow Analysis Award and the 2007- 2008 Global Excellence Awards in NBA. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Brocade, VMware, Blue Coat, 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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©2009 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. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283; 7,185,368; 7,475,426 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Mon, Mar 23, 2009 @ 11:53 AM
WHAT: Virtualization introduces new challenges for Enterprises to monitor and secure virtual networks. The lack of visibility into virtual machine-to-virtual machine (VM2VM) communications complicates problem identification and resolution, potentially erasing any cost-savings associated with virtualization.
Discover how Lancope's StealthWatch FlowSensorTM VE is ideally suited for monitoring and securing virtual networks. By delivering detailed visibility across physical and virtual networks - with minimal to no drag on virtual resources -StealthWatch quickly reveals network congestion issues, policy violations, worm outbreaks and other security and traffic volume related incidents.
Learn how to:
- Secure VM Infrastructure without administrative burden or degraded performance
- Identify and resolve intra-server VM issues
- Determine services consumed or served by each VM
- Track virtual machines when they are moved via VMware VMotion
- Manage virtual network to control VM sprawl
WHEN: Thursday, 26 March 2009 at 3 p.m. UK / 11 a.m. ET
WHO: Eleanor Dallaway, Infosecurity Magazine, Editor
Adam Powers, Lancope, Chief Technology Officer
Simon Perry, Principal Associate Analyst, Quocirca Ltd
WHERE: Register at http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/webinars/
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behaviour analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies flow-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring. StealthWatch streamlines security and network operations into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch received the 2008 Best in NetFlow Analysis Award and the 2007-2008 Global Excellence Awards in NBA. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers 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://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/.
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©2009 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. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283; 7,185,368; 7,475,426 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Mon, Mar 02, 2009 @ 11:50 AM
Atlanta, March 2, 2009- Lancope®, Inc., the provider of StealthWatch®, the Best in NetFlow Analysis (http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/08052008.aspx) and the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response system, today announced it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The VMware TAP program helps technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers.
"We are excited to welcome Lancope as the newest member of the VMware TAP program," said Bernie Mills, senior director, alliance programs, VMware. "The VMware TAP program offers companies like Lancope the tools and resources they need to develop high-value solutions that meet the needs of our mutual customers."
"VMware is recognized as a market leader for delivering the most trusted virtualization platform for running applications," said Harland LaVigne president and CEO for Lancope. "By coupling our technologies, Lancope extends flow-based expertise in delivering physical network visibility to virtual environments by analyzing virtual traffic to detect and address configuration problems, inefficiencies in resource allocation, security violations and policy violations before any failure or degraded performance can occur. Working with VMware we provide our mutual customers unprecedented visibility to improve security and performance in the virtual environment, while minimizing complexity and preserving IT cost savings."
Recently Lancope announced a free virtual appliance-the StealthWatch FlowSensorTM VE, which provides great visibility into virtual machine (VM) traffic and application data across all VMs deployed on a VMware ESX host. The StealthWatch FlowSensor VE facilitates Enterprises to maximize the benefits associated with server virtualization and address multiple challenges: gaining virtual network topological and location awareness, securing virtual networks, demonstrating compliance, controlling VM sprawl and tracking virtual machines when they are moved via VMware VMotion. The StealthWatch FlowSensor VE seamlessly integrates with the physical StealthWatch System to unify visibility across virtual and physical networks and enable central management and monitoring of global infrastructures from a single dashboard.
With more than 900 members worldwide, the VMware TAP program works with best-of-breed technology partners to provide them a comprehensive set of VMware technical and marketing services, support, tools and expertise to deliver enhanced value to joint customers.'
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies visibility for evolving networks. Providing continuous monitoring 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 received the 2008 Best in NetFlow Analysis Award and the 2007- 2008 Global Excellence Awards in NBA. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, IBM Tivoli, Blue Coat, VMware, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/.
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©2009 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. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283 and 7,185,368 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Mon, Feb 16, 2009 @ 11:45 AM
Atlanta, February 16, 2009- Lancope®, Inc., the provider of StealthWatch®, the Best in NetFlow Analysis (http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/08052008.aspx) and the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response system, today announced StealthWatch FlowSensorTM VE, the industry leading, complimentary NBA software-only solution to provide anomaly detection and network performance monitoring for virtual environments. As the newest addition to the award-winning, flow-based StealthWatch System, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE extends Lancope's physical network visibility to virtual environments by analyzing virtual network traffic to detect and address configuration problems, inefficiencies in resource allocation, security violations and policy violations before any failure or degraded performance occurs.
StealthWatch FlowSensor VE delivers:
- Deep Virtual Monitoring-performance, capacity and availability management of all virtual technologies, down to the performance metrics of individual virtual machine (VM) instances and the applications that reside within
- Unified Visibility-complete visibility into security, network, user and application activity across virtual networks
- Single Dashboard-central management and monitoring of global infrastructure across virtual and physical environments through seamless integration with the physical network visibility solution
- Lightweight, Scalable, Fast Deployment- extreme efficiency with low impact on I/O and CPU to ensure maximum performance of the virtual environment
Deployed on a VMware ESX host, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE collects VM traffic and application data across all VMs deployed on that server, converting that information into a customized, proprietary version of NetFlow v9, which in turn is sent to the StealthWatch Xe for NetFlow collector for detailed analysis.
By capturing vital traffic statistics, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE addresses multiple challenges, including gaining virtual network topological and location awareness, securing virtual networks, demonstrating compliance, controlling VM sprawl and tracking virtual machines when they are moved via VMware VMotion, to help maximize the benefits associated with server virtualization.
"VMware delivers a trusted virtualization platform for enterprise and desktop applications," said Shekar Ayyar, vice president of infrastructure alliances, VMware. "We believe by coupling our industry-leading hypervisor with flow-based behavior analysis, customers can now gain a new level of visibility to help improve security and performance in the virtual environment, while preserving IT cost savings and minimizing complexity."
Lancope's innovative approach to monitoring virtualized servers differs wildly from comparative technologies, which conduct processing on the virtualized servers themselves and utilize significant virtual resources. Lancope's centralized analysis eliminates the overhead associated with disparate virtual security tools, enabling scalable, centrally managed enterprise protection. Easily deployed, lightweight, and user friendly, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE can help contain costs and maximize return on investment (ROI) of server virtualization.
According to Neil MacDonald, vice president of Gartner, Inc., in his "Tactical Guidelines for Evaluating Virtualization Security Solutions" which was published by Gartner on 16 January 2009, "...most organizations will require a combination of physical and virtual security solutions for at least the next five years...Using solutions and vendors for securing virtual environments that are different from those used in physical environments compounds the chance of making a mistake, misadministration or mismanagement."
"Visibility into virtualized environments for security and availability management can help accelerate VM rollouts," said Adam Powers, chief technology officer of Lancope. "By capitalizing on our flow-based expertise, Lancope has developed a high-performance solution in response to overwhelming market demand for seamless, integrated visibility across physical and virtual networks- that neither sacrifices performance nor cost savings - and helps enhance the reliability and security of virtualization."
Availability & Pricing
StealthWatch FlowSensor VE will be available at no charge in April and will be available for download from http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/. Introductory pricing to connect StealthWatch FlowSensor VE to the StealthWatch System begins at $1,500 USD. For more information, please contact Lancope at sales@lancope.com. Current customers can contact their regional sales representatives.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies visibility for evolving networks. Providing continuous monitoring 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 received the 2008 Best in NetFlow Analysis Award and the 2007- 2008 Global Excellence Awards in NBA. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, IBM Tivoli, Blue Coat, VMware, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/.
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©2009 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. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283; 7,185,368; 7,475,426 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending
Posted by Alicia Beuke on Thu, Jan 27, 2000 @ 11:47 AM
Atlanta, February 17, 2009- Lancope®, Inc., the provider of StealthWatch®, the Best in NetFlow Analysis (http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/08052008.aspx) and the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response system, today announced StealthWatch System 5.9, a system-wide upgrade which includes the launch of the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE, the complimentary, software-only NetFlow-based solution for performance monitoring and securing virtual environments. The latest version of StealthWatch will deliver unified visibility across virtual and physical networks with the capability to seamlessly and centrally manage and monitor global infrastructures from a single dashboard.
"While virtualization has a number of key benefits, it also presents significant management challenges," said Dr. Jim Metzler of Ashton, Metzler and Associates. "End-to-end network visibility - an absolute requirement for IT organizations - is lost upon server virtualization. Lancope recognizes that virtual machines have limited compute resources and consequently has developed a lightweight solution for gaining visibility into virtual networks. Furthermore, Lancope provides a unified view of physical and virtual network visibility to minimize administrative and management burdens associated with maintaining disparate, non-integrated technologies."
Building upon fundamental product values, such as maximizing ROI from existing resources and enabling lightweight, scalable, enterprise deployment, the StealthWatch System 5.9 introduces the following key capabilities for optimize network and security operations across physical and virtual networks:
- StealthWatch FlowSensorTM VE with support for VMware ESX 3.5
Integrating seamlessly with the award-winning, physical StealthWatch System, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE software appliance to analyze virtual network traffic to detect and address configuration problems, inefficiencies in resource allocation, security violations and policy violations before any failure occurs in the virtual environment. Deployed on a VMware ESX server, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE provides deep virtual monitoring to manage performance, capacity and availability of all virtual technologies, down to the performance metrics of individual virtual machine (VM) instances and the applications that reside within.
By capturing vital traffic statistics about ingressing, egressing and VM-to-VM communications across the server, the StealthWatch FlowSensor VE provides complete visibility into security, network, user and application activity across virtual networks. This critical network intelligence addresses multiple challenges, including gaining virtual network topological and location awareness, securing virtual networks, demonstrating compliance, controlling VM sprawl and tracking virtual machines when they are moved via VMware VMotion, to protect the cost-savings associated with server virtualization.
- Enhanced Reporting and WorkFlow Automation
In addition to offering a host of new reports that support the virtual environment, StealthWatch continues to deliver several powerful, system-wide reporting enhancements that reflect StealthWatch's unique ability to combine both security and network performance monitoring into a single, actionable view. These enhanced, more granular reports aid in usability and provide more extensive audit information for alarms. With enriched workflow automation, StealthWatch helps further streamline security and network operations, improve operational efficiency, enhance user productivity and increase communication and collaboration among security, network and server groups.
- Extended Response Management System via integration with Qualys
StealthWatch now enables the ability to perform Qualys vulnerability scans in response to any alarm raised by the system. This powerful integration allows users to automatically gather insightful, relevant characteristics for those hosts exhibiting unusual network behavior, which can be indicative of attacks, worms or policy violations. Together, these leading technologies give Enterprises comprehensive contextual awareness to further strengthen the security of their networks, conduct automated security audits and ensure compliance with internal policies and external regulations.
Lancope continues to revolutionize the way enterprises view and manage network and security operations by delivering new and innovative network visibility and optimization functionality.
"Building on our NetFlow innovation, Lancope is pioneering unified visibility solutions for evolving networks by expanding StealthWatch beyond the physical network as the best-of-breed visibility solution for virtualized networks," said Harland LaVigne, president and CEO of Lancope. "As our product family becomes increasingly sophisticated and we expand our global presence, it's imperative that we continue to add the highest caliber of solutions. This release marks the extension of Lancope's award-winning security and performance monitoring functionality into the virtualized environment, providing unparalleled visibility into this critical portion of the network infrastructure."
To learn more about the challenges associated with visibility, security and performance management in virtual environments, download the "Maintaining Visibility in a Virtualized Environment" Market Brief by Dr. Metzler from http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/resource.
Availability & Pricing
StealthWatch System 5.9 will be generally available and shipping in April. The StealthWatch FlowSensor VE will be available for free download from http://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/ with introductory pricing to connect to the physical StealthWatch System beginning at $1,500 (USD). For more information, please contact Lancope at sales@lancope.com. Current customers can contact their account manager or the Lancope Customer Care Support Desk for upgrades at support@lancope.com.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch® System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies flow-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring to protect critical information assets and optimize network operations by preventing costly downtime, repair and loss of reputation. StealthWatch streamlines security and network operations into one process, reduces time and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified, StealthWatch received the 2008 Best in NetFlow Analysis Award and the 2007- 2008 Global Excellence Awards in NBA. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors combined. Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, 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://lancope.web8.hubspot.com/.
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©2009 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. StealthWatch is covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283; 7,185,368; 7,475,426 and other U.S. and foreign patents pending.