Tag: Internal Monitoring

Lessons Learned from the New York Times Hack

Unfortunately, The New York Times is not the only organization that has been the victim of a sophisticated, targeted attack of this nature, and it certainly will not be the last as regular drum beat of these kinds of incidents has been reported over the past few years. In order to combat these new and constantly evolving threats, defensive techniques need to adapt. READ MORE

Internal Visibility for Detecting Financial Fraud

A recent article in Dark Reading uncovered some alarming insights surrounding insider breaches in the financial sector, as first reported by Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute. For example, the report uncovered that insider fraud in the financial industry typically goes on for more than two years before detection. These types of insights highlight a prevalent issue surrounding today’s network security – a lack of in-depth visibility into the internal network. READ MORE

Lancope Extends NetFlow-Based Behavioral Analytics to the Perimeter for Greater Contextual Awareness

Extension of internal monitoring capabilities to the perimeter dramatically improves network visibility, performance and security ATLANTA and LAS VEGAS (Cisco Live conference), July 11, 2011 – Lancope, Inc., a leader in flow-based security, network and application performance monitoring, has announced that it will now combine internal and perimeter-based network monitoring for greater contextual awareness. By integrating NetFlow analysis from the internal network with key data from perimeter devices such as firewalls, Lancope will enable customers to achieve dramatically improved visibility, performance and security. Through its new capabilities, Lancope’s StealthWatch® System will now assign Concern Index™ points to IP addresses that… READ MORE