Cisco Secure Network Analytics Case Study: Educational Institution

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Case Study: Educational Institution

Introduction

This case study of a educational institution is based on a August 2015 survey of Cisco Stealthwatch customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service. The profiled organization asked to have their name blinded to protect their confidentiality.

“It makes identifying a DDoS or DoS attack fairly easy. It allows us to interact with other systems for automated mitigation.”

“It stores a small subset of data about flows for long periods of time, which is useful for investigations.”

Challenges

Stealthwatch has helped improve the following:
- Network baselining
- Incident response
- Forensic investigations
- Network troubleshooting

Use Case

Stealthwatch has helped with:
- APTs
- Malware/zero-day attacks
- DDoS attacks
Is able to secure the following with Stealthwatch:
- The data center
- A BYOD environment

Results

Reduced their network and security troubleshooting time by hours.
Stealthwatch System has helped their organization achieve the following:
- Greater network visibility
- Increased application awareness
Found the following Stealthwatch capabilities to be the most beneficial:
- Flow stitching and deduplication
- Scalability
- Long-term flow storage
Compared to other security vendors, Cisco is:
- Supportive of its customers
- Easy to use
- Easy to integrate with other security technologies
- Cost effective
Stealthwatch enables the company to:
- Better manage security with limited staff/resources
- Speed up incident response

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Case Study: Educational Institution

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

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