NETSCOUT’s nGenius Packet Flow Solution Streamlines Service Delivery
for Norway’s mnemonic
WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 20, 2017--
NETSCOUT
SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ:NTCT), a leading provider of business
assurance, a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity,
and business intelligence solutions, today announced that Norway-based
mnemonic chose its packet visibility solutions as part of the company’s
managed security service. The NETSCOUT nGenius®
Packet Flow System (PFS) platform streamlines service delivery and
on-going management of security systems, freeing mnenomic’s analysts to
focus on higher-value activities such as threat investigation and
mitigation, rather than on infrastructure management.
“NETSCOUT greatly simplifies service delivery of our managed security
offering,” said Even Sverdrup Augdal, head of Network Security Analysis,
mnemonic. “It provides an extra layer of reliability and control over
the security monitoring infrastructure. nGenius PFS takes care of
keeping things running smoothly, so that our analysts can focus on
threat investigation.”
mnemonic provides 24/7 monitoring services from European-based Service
Operation Centers (SOC) staffed with incident response teams. At the
core of mnemonic’s solution is a proprietary platform, Argus. Argus is
used to deliver its Managed Defense service designed to rapidly detect,
analyze and respond to security threats on a large scale, including
advanced persistent threats, zero-day and targeted attacks.
Strategic Approach to Service Delivery
mnemonic serves large enterprises as well as the small and midsize
business (SMB) market. For enterprises with large and complex networks,
ensuring consistent and enterprise-wide packet flow visibility is a
challenge. Rather than having security systems operate in visibility
silos, mnenomic’s approach integrates packet flow management at the
onset of the customer engagement. This ensures deep visibility into the
customer’s network, enhancing both the customer’s network security and
mnemonic’s value proposition.
The Packet Visibility Solution
The mnemonic team evaluated several network packet brokers and selected
the NETSCOUT nGenius PFS series, specifically the nGenius PFS 2204 and
4204 models, based on customer requirements. The appliances are a part
of the infrastructure that the company recommends for on-site
deployment, alongside security devices, such as intrusion detection
system (IDS) or security event and incident management (SEIM), all under
the Argus umbrella.
The appliances aggregate traffic from multiple network segments and
forward copies of the traffic to the security devices for inspection.
nGenius PFS performs load-balancing, filtering and speed conversion,
delivering the right packet flows, at the right time and in the form
that the security devices require. The key differentiating factor for
mnemonic was the hardware accelerated proven performance of the nGenius
PFS systems, since the customer’s security and mnemonic’s reputation
depends on high availability of security infrastructure.
The NETSCOUT solution optimizes the efficiency of network security
devices, with many processing-intensive functions, such as filtering and
load-balancing, performed by the packet flow switch. For example,
nGenius PFS can automatically rebalance the load if a particular device
in a group is not functioning properly or needs to be taken out for
maintenance. This allows mnemonic to focus its personnel on the delivery
of the managed service, rather than on managing security infrastructures.
Easing Transition to Active Security
Since many of mnemonic’s customers are migrating from passive to active
security monitoring support for active (inline) security was a key
requirement. The nGenius PFS 4204 and 2204 devices have built-in support
for inline deployments, such as network bypass, conditional triggers and
advanced health-checking. With nGenius PFS as part of the deployment,
the transition from passive to active monitoring is straightforward and
does not require that customers re-architect their visibility plane.
About mnemonic
mnemonic is among the largest IT security service providers in Europe.
It is the preferred security partner of the region’s top companies and a
trusted source of threat intelligence to Europol and other law
enforcement agencies globally. With intelligence-driven managed security
services, 130+ security experts and partnerships with leading security
vendors, mnemonic enables businesses to stay secure and compliant while
reducing costs. For more information please visit www.mnemonic.no.
About NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) is a leading provider of business
assurance – a powerful combination of service assurance, cybersecurity,
and business intelligence solutions – for today’s most demanding service
provider, enterprise and government networks. NETSCOUT’s Adaptive
Service Intelligence (ASI) technology continuously monitors the service
delivery environment to identify performance issues and provides insight
into network-based security threats, helping teams to quickly resolve
issues that can cause business disruptions or impact user experience.
NETSCOUT delivers unmatched service visibility and protects the digital
infrastructure that supports our connected world. To learn more, visit www.netscout.com
or follow @NETSCOUT on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.
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harbor provisions of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and other federal securities laws. Investors are cautioned that
statements in this press release, which are not strictly historical
statements, including without limitation, the statements related to the
benefits of NETSCOUT’s nGenius Packet Flow System® platform, constitute
forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. Actual
results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements due
to known and unknown risk, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors.
Such factors include slowdowns or downturns in economic conditions
generally and in the market for advanced network and service assurance
solutions specifically; the volatile foreign exchange environment; the
Company’s relationships with strategic partners and resellers;
dependence upon broad-based acceptance of the Company’s network
performance management solutions; the presence of competitors with
greater financial resources than ours and their strategic response to
our products; our ability to retain key executives and employees; and
lower than expected demand for the Company’s products and services. For
a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the
Company, please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended March 31, 2017, which is on file with the
Securities and Exchange Commission. NETSCOUT assumes no obligation to
update any forward-looking information contained in this press release
or with respect to the announcements described herein.
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