Narus Introduces New Application for Cyber Analysis

NarusInsight CyberAnalytics Built for Real-Time Analysis of Network Traffic Delivers Detailed Answers to Your Most Challenging Network Security Questions


SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - Oct 11, 2011) - Narus, Inc., the leader in dynamic network traffic intelligence, today introduced its latest application to deeply analyze IP traffic in real time. The cyber analytics application is built upon Narus' flagship product, NarusInsight Traffic Intelligence system, and provides security analysts with unparalleled insight into suspicious, malicious and anomalous network traffic to accelerate investigations. Security analysts now have the tool needed to examine enormous amounts of network traffic data quickly, reducing the time needed to discover, investigate and understand traffic of interest. With NarusInsight CyberAnalytics, security analysts have the visibility into the traffic required to improve the overall health and security of critical networks.

Research firm Forrester Research underscores the importance of detailed visibility into a network in a recent report. "Forrester recommends deploying network analysis and visibility (NAV) tools in conjunction with your traditional security information management (SIM) system. These include network discovery tools, tools that analyze flow data, tools that dissect packet captures, tools that look at network metadata, and tools used for network forensic examination1."

NarusInsight fulfills these requirements with a multitude of unique features and functionalities. Overall, it improves security analysts' ability to make decisions by proactively looking for "things" that shouldn't be on their network. Using powerful on-demand analytics for stored "traffic at rest" and live analytics for streaming "traffic in motion," the solution can examine enormous amounts of network traffic data quickly. This reduces the time needed to uncover potential issues that often escape detection using traditional solutions.

The solution also has the ability to visualize "big data" over a longer period of time. Security analysts can see more relevant network traffic with a longer search window up to days, weeks or even months. Thanks to Narus' experience in metadata, the solution recognizes what data to collect, how to collect it and how to analyze it.

"Most solutions today detect what security analysts already know to look for, as is the case with signature-based attacks," said David Cavuto, director, product engineering, Narus. "NarusInsight CyberAnalytics is all about looking for what we don't know, which involves digging deep into the details of network traffic. This type of network insight is the cornerstone to establishing a healthy, secure network and improving the efficiency and productivity of the operations center."

NarusInsight CyberAnalytics is available immediately. Please visit www.narus.com for more details.

About Narus
Narus provides dynamic network traffic intelligence and analytics software that analyzes IP traffic and flow data to map the digital DNA (or behavior) of the network in real time.

Through its patented analytics, Narus' carrier-class software detects patterns and anomalies that can predict and identify security issues, misuse of network resources, suspicious or criminal activity, and other events that can compromise the integrity of IP networks. The NarusInsight System is designed to be a next generation Network Analysis and Visibility (NAV) solution integrated into a customer's operational environment, strengthening existing security and monitoring systems, while providing total traffic visibility across the network.

NarusInsight protects and manages the largest IP networks around the world and has been deployed with commercial and government installations on five continents. Narus is a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., with regional offices around the world.

1 "No More Chewy Centers: Introducing the Zero Trust Model of Information Security," Forrester Research, Inc., 17 September 2010.

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Narus, Inc.
Lucia Mikasa
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