Lancope's NetFlow-Based Monitoring Solution Selected by Fitchburg State University to Improve Network Visibility and Troubleshooting
StealthWatch System helps ensure high levels of security and performance for dynamic education infrastructure
ATLANTA, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lancope, Inc., a leader in flow-based security, network and application performance monitoring, has been selected by Fitchburg State University to provide greater visibility and expedited troubleshooting for its dynamic education network. Founded in 1894, Fitchburg State is located in central Massachusetts and serves roughly 7,000 students.
The university's vast network supports approximately 5,000 devices spread out over 30+ buildings as well as three wirelessly-connected remote sites. Fitchburg State turned to Lancope's StealthWatch® System to obtain more in-depth insight into what was going on within its infrastructure to improve both network and security operations, as well as other initiatives such as PCI compliance and curbing illegal P2P file sharing.
"Over the past few years, we have seen an explosion in mobile devices and wireless connections on our network," said Tony Chila, network manager for Fitchburg State University. "We soon realized that we required greater visibility into all of the devices and applications running on our systems than could be achieved with our current solutions. StealthWatch provides us with the actionable insight we need to more quickly and confidently address the full spectrum of network and security issues we are faced with on a daily basis. Everyone from our network, security and server teams, all the way up to the information security officer and chief information officer find value in the system."
With StealthWatch, Fitchburg State can now easily visualize data such as which services, ports and applications are in use across its network, as well as how much traffic is being generated both internally and into/out of the network. The university can seamlessly baseline and monitor network traffic with easy-to-digest, graphical dashboards and reports.
Through the automatic prioritization of issues, StealthWatch helps the university's IT team quickly determine which concerns must be addressed first, eliminating the need for time-consuming, manual analysis and dramatically expediting the troubleshooting process. StealthWatch also easily integrates with other technologies used by the school, including NAC, firewalls and IPS, correlating the logs from these various systems to provide a clear, consolidated picture of both network- and host-level activities.
"Between the intuitive graphs and maps, and the sophisticated drill-down capabilities, StealthWatch makes it simple and cost-effective for us to find out just about anything we want to know about our network," added Chila of Fitchburg State. "Bandwidth utilization, server response time, round trip time, where traffic is flowing to/from, who is generating the traffic and much more is all right at our fingertips. This easy access to key information has been invaluable for many efforts - from boosting network performance and pinpointing potential security issues to capacity planning, VoIP QoS and compliance with PCI and RIAA regulations."
Unifying security, network and application performance monitoring in a single platform, StealthWatch eliminates network blind spots, cuts network and security management costs and dramatically reduces the time from problem onset to resolution. The system fills in the gaps between other network and security technologies, detecting not only sophisticated, zero-day attacks that bypass perimeter defenses, but also insider threats such as device misconfigurations, network misuse, unauthorized access, policy violations and data leakage. StealthWatch is scalable to meet the needs of even the largest networks, analyzing up to 3 million flows per second.
In addition to the StealthWatch Management Console and FlowCollector, Fitchburg State has also implemented the StealthWatch FlowSensor to obtain visibility into areas of the network that do not inherently support NetFlow, including virtual infrastructure. Additionally, the university is using the StealthWatch IDentity Appliance to seamlessly tie network activity to specific users.
"Higher education is a very significant market for us," said Mike Potts, president and CEO of Lancope. "Such expansive, rapidly-evolving environments demand higher levels of network visibility than can be achieved through traditional means. We are excited that Fitchburg State has joined the roster of progressive schools that have turned to StealthWatch to obtain unprecedented levels of network insight and dramatically boost their network and security operations."
For further information on Lancope solutions for higher education, please visit: http://www.lancope.com/industries/higher-education/. More details on StealthWatch can be found at http://www.lancope.com/products.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is a leading provider of flow-based monitoring solutions to ensure high-performing and secure networks for global enterprises. Unifying critical network performance and security information for borderless network visibility, Lancope provides actionable insight that reduces the time between problem identification and resolution. Enterprise customers worldwide, including healthcare, financial services, government and higher education institutions, rely on Lancope to make better network decisions, respond faster to network problem areas and avoid costly outages and downtime — at a fraction of the cost of conventional network monitoring solutions. With Lancope, you can know your network and run your business better. Privately held and venture-backed, Lancope is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information, visit www.lancope.com.
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