StealthWatch by Lancope Achieves 5-Star Rating from CRN Magazine
ATLANTA, Ga., July 26, 2004
Lancope, Inc., the leading provider of behavior-based network integrity solutions, today announced that StealthWatch™ by Lancope® earned top honors for superior technology in CRN Magazine’s Security Product Review published on June 14, 2004. The review commended StealthWatch for its innovative network behavior anomaly detection approach and an impressive ability to provide detailed network intelligence, offer automatic and effective mitigation and enable administrators to define security policies. The CRN review of StealthWatch is available at www.crn.com
“As sophisticated intrusions become more subtle, many administrators are finding that security models built around traditional solutions are increasingly inadequate to protect networks,” said Frank J. Ohlhorst, Technology Editor for CRN. “An obvious intrusion is bad enough, but undetected intrusions often prove to be more damaging. These intrusions, if discovered at all, are often found long after the incursion or breach, leaving little evidence to indicate what data was taken.”
In his review, Ohlhorst asserted, “Solution providers can help companies better secure their networks using StealthWatch. Administrators will find [its] interface simple to use and will appreciate having at-a-glance access to information on the network in seconds.”
According to Ohlhorst, StealthWatch provides “exceptional information by basing statistics on normalized traffic. Data can be broken down and examined at the most minute level, including raw packet data, MAC addresses and sending IP addresses. This capability extends well beyond realtime analysis; the unit can store as much as 30 days of historical information, which allows administrators to quickly assess events and trends over the last 30 days.” Additionally, he found that “packet data views can be further simplified by defining zones.” StealthWatch enables administrators to define Virtual Security Zones, which represent different groups of hosts with similar network and application behaviors that can be configured according to organizational structure, physical location or functional groupings.”
Recognizing that “many businesses find it inefficient to dedicate staff to 24x7 monitoring of network traffic,” Ohlhorst appreciated StealthWatch’s “advanced notification and alarm system ” with definable triggers “to alert administrators of suspicious activity.” StealthWatch can be configured to “automatically respond to those alerts and temporarily mitigate the problem until an administrator can respond. Once the data from an intrusion event is analyzed, it can be used to create mitigation scripts to further automate protection.”
Ohlhorst concluded the review by applauding StealthWatch’s ability to allow administrators “to define access policies. Policies can be set up to block or allow certain types of activity, ranging from acceptable hosts to allowable ports.”
The StealthWatch system, which includes StealthWatch, StealthWatch+Therminator™ and StealthWatch Management Console™, provides enhanced network and host level security as well as powerful visualization of network activity in order to optimize security and network operations. Enabled by its patent-pending flow-based architecture, StealthWatch defeats zero-day attacks without signatures, exposes unauthorized applications and misconfigured network devices, monitors network performance and delivers insightful forensic analysis.
The Lancope Partner Program includes over 22 resellers, referral and system integrators worldwide. Lancope solutions can be procured through multiple Federal Government Contract Vehicles, including GSA, SEWP III and ECS III. For more information about Lancope’s channel program, please email mmoeller@lancope.com or call 770-225-6527.
About Lancope and StealthWatch
Founded in 2000, Lancope is the leading provider of next-generation network integrity solutions that deliver behavior-based threat defense, policy enforcement and insightful network intelligence. With integrated visibility across network security, traffic characteristics and host-level activity, Lancope's StealthWatch solutions provide unparalleled network protection and optimization. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria certified, StealthWatch has received numerous accolades. Most recently StealthWatch received a 5-star rating for technology excellence from CRN Magazine. In addition, StealthWatch has received the Innovation In Infrastructure Award from eWeek and PC Magazine and was honored "Most Impressive" by eWeek. Defending the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions and government entities, Lancope protects the critical assets of today's sophisticated enterprises. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.
