Cisco Secure Network Analytics With Stealthwatch, Omega Exim Limited gains multi-layered visibility into malware, insider threats, encrypted traffic and much more.

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Cisco Stealthwatch Case Study

With Stealthwatch, Omega Exim Limited gains multi-layered visibility into malware, insider threats, encrypted traffic and much more.

Introduction

This case study of Omega Exim Limited is based on an August 2019 survey of Cisco Stealthwatch customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Stealthwatch is a must-have component of our security posture.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led Omega Exim Limited to evaluate and ultimately select Cisco Stealthwatch:

A lack of visibility into a complex network with branches, IoT devices, remote employees and guests, cloud infrastructure, etc.
A lack of a threat investigation and forensic analysis tool
Protecting sensitive data
Detection of insider threats
Analyzing encrypted traffic without decryption
Real-time malware detection
Compliance requirements
Creating and enforcing segmentation policies

Major security concerns related to cloud infrastructure are:

Misconfigured assets
Data loss
Abuse of cloud services leading to disruption or huge bills

Use Case

Omega Exim Limited chose Stealthwatch for its:

Comprehensive visibility
Advanced security analytics using machine learning and entity modeling
Existing network infrastructure
Scalability
Integration with other Cisco products and technologies
Ability to analyze encrypted traffic without decryption

Results

Utilizing Stealthwatch, Omega Exim Limited was able to:

Detect and prioritize advanced malicious attacks and insider threats in real-time
Investigate the source of the threat through network audit trails
Mitigate threats using the existing network infrastructure
Simplify network segmentation by modeling and enforcing policies
Provide visibility into what devices, users and applications are using the network

TechValidate Research on Cisco Secure Network Analytics

With Stealthwatch, Omega Exim Limited gains multi-layered visibility into malware, insider threats, encrypted traffic and much more.

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

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