Cisco Secure Network Analytics Case Study: Vesuvius

Case Study: Vesuvius

This case study of us.vesuvius.com is based on a December 2012 survey of Cisco Stealthwatch customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“We are dependent on [Stealthwatch by Cisco’s] ‘Alarm and Target (Alarm Report by Type)’ for security analysis and detection.”

Primarily uses Stealthwatch by Cisco in the following ways:
- Incident Response
- Network Forensics
- Security Forensics
- Network performance monitoring
Used Stealthwatch to detect or prevent the following security threats:
- Network malware or virus
- Suspicious user behavior
- External hacking attempt
Is doing the following with Stealthwatch by Cisco deployment:
- Monitoring a large, globally distributed network

Chose Stealthwatch by Cisco for the following capabilities:
- Behavior-based security monitoring
- Real-time flow monitoring capabilities
- DDoS
- Scalability
Selected Stealthwatch by Cisco over the following vendors:
- Riverbed Cascade / Mazu Networks
- NetScout
- Fluke / Visual Network systems
- Open source solution
Meets enterprise requirements by utilizing the following Stealthwatch by Cisco benefits:
- Scalability and flexibility
- Improved incident response and threat management
- Enterprise-wide visibility into network activity
Rated the following Stealthwatch by Cisco capabilities as compared to competing vendors:
- Network Security: Better
- Scalability: Better
- Network Visibility: Better
- Innovation: Better