Lancope® PRESS RELEASE
Lancope Ships StealthWatch System 5.7
New Version Further Utilizes Flow Data to Deliver Enhanced Visibility and Extend Value of Behavior-based Anomaly Detection and Network Performance Monitoring across Enterprises
Atlanta, December 17, 2007 — Lancope®, Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch™ System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution, today announced the general availability of StealthWatch System 5.7. The system-wide upgrade includes the following powerful new features that further utilize flow data, such as Cisco IOS NetFlow™ or sFlow®, to significantly extend the scalability and value of behavior-based anomaly detection and network performance monitoring for enterprise organizations:
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“Despite its wide availability for some time, organizations are just now recognizing the benefits of harnessing flow data,” said Lawrence Orans, research director for Gartner, Inc. “NBA systems use flow data to provide visibility into the state of the network to identify suspicious patterns of behavior, policy violations or attacks that have not been identified by adjacent controls. Flow-based monitoring allows networking teams to not only recognize a problem, but also to identify what the problem is and how to solve it. The use of flow metrics can significantly decrease time spent troubleshooting problems.”
According to Adam Powers, CTO of Lancope, “As ‘flow-masters of the universe’, Lancope continues to raise the industry standard of excellence for all flow-based technologies. This latest release delivers powerful new capabilities, such as QoS performance monitoring and correlating user identity with IP and MAC addresses, which enhances end-to-end network visibility, enabling IT teams to efficiently manage and secure complex networks without requiring additional, expensive hardware and software.”
A single, unified system for security and network operations, StealthWatch provides detailed views of anomalies and network utilization for security analysts, network engineers and network planners. Visit http://www.lancope.com/news/webinars/ to access the “Exclusive Look at StealthWatch System 5.7” webinar for a demonstration of the following key capabilities:
Security Focus
Integrate StealthWatch Visibility Into Enterprise Applications — Through the flexible SOAP-compliant API, administrators can now access host, flow and probe data from StealthWatch through several applications to increase staff productivity with a more focused approach to rapid problem resolution.
Rapid Identification of Problems with Reduced Maintenance — Introducing the Behavioral Baselining Engine v2.0, StealthWatch delivers greater precision in detecting network and security problems while further minimizing maintenance efforts. StealthWatch’s new Visual Tolerance Editor, which allows customized alarm variances relative to continuously optimized baselines, enables risk-based security policy management through improved alarming accuracy and reduced operational costs.
Track Interactions with External Systems by Country — StealthWatch now automatically associates external devices with their country of origin, enabling administrators to quickly report on top-talkers and zone locking as well as easily query for alarms, flows, probes and host information.
Investigate Historical Host Activity — Providing a historical reference to host activity, StealthWatch now allows administrators to rapidly identify hosts matching any number of parameters and richly display host behaviors over time to proactively identify potential problems and discover affected hosts.
Network Focus
Monitor Quality of Service Deployments — With the addition of Quality of Service reporting and trending, StealthWatch provides the critical visibility needed to ensure actual traffic passing through individual interfaces matches configured or desired traffic levels for each service.
Determine Autonomous System Transit — StealthWatch now offers Autonomous Systems Reporting for extended network visibility to aid trending analysis and capacity planning.
Identify Top Talkers by Zone — Extending the per-interface view of top talkers, StealthWatch segments Top Ten statistics by hosts, flows, and services to provide an additional layer of intelligence for investigating network slowdowns or traffic spikes.
Security and Network Operations
Improve System Identification via DHCP Server Integration — StealthWatch ID-1000 now integrates with DHCP servers to provide additional information about hosts, including the MAC address, that further improve audit and control information for regulatory compliance.
Create Relevant Dashboards and Custom Reports — StealthWatch’s Document Builder now offers numerous, extensive components from which administrators can easily build flexible dashboard(s) for custom views of critical Enterprise activity to enable faster identification of problems.
Availability and Pricing
StealthWatch System 5.7 is now shipping with entry-level system pricing starting at US $49,995. Current customers can contact the Lancope Customer Care Support Desk for upgrades at 800-838-6574 or support@lancope.com. For more information, contact Lancope at 888-419-1462, +1 770-225-6500 or sales@lancope.com or visit http://www.lancope.com/downloads/WhatsNewinStealthWatch57.pdf.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch™ System, the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response solution that unifies behavior-based anomaly detection and network optimization capabilities to protect critical information assets and ensure network performance 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 2007 Global Excellence Award in NBA and was named Best of Show at Interop2006. 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. A contributing member of the Trusted Computing Group, Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco Systems, Foundry Networks, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint, ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, call 888-419-1462 or visit www.lancope.com.
