Cisco Secure Network Analytics TechFacts : Page 17

With our limited resources and large amounts of data, Stealthwatch helps us pinpoint the areas that my analysts need to focus on.

— Operations Manager, Large Enterprise Financial Services Company

With Stealthwatch, our security team is able to better investigate the problems within our network and fix any issue more efficiently.

— Chief Information Officer, State & Local Government

Stealthwatch Monitors East-West Traffic

Traditionally, one of the biggest gaps in visibility is within east-west lateral movement. Without NetFlow, it’s nearly impossible to monitor that traffic at scale. Stealthwatch happens to be our tool of choice for that.

— Security Manager, Large Enterprise Media & Entertainment Company

Stealthwatch Customer on Early Detection

Stealthwatch is able to understand our idea of what is “normal.” It notices changes and enables us to react in a timely manner so that events do not become incidents.

— Senior IT Architect, Fortune 500 Automotive & Transport Company

We can detect any potential attacks or issues and address them before they become bigger issues.

— IT Specialist, State & Local Government

Stealthwatch Effectively Secures the Data Center

82% of surveyed customers are able to secure their data center with Stealthwatch.

Stealthwatch Illuminates the Network

70% of surveyed customers were able to secure previously unseen areas of a network with Stealthwatch.

Stealthwatch Enhances Network Visibility

96% of surveyed customers have reported greater network visibility after deploying the Stealthwatch System.

Cisco’s Stealthwatch is easy to implement and having nearly complete network visibility is super important. Moreover, the tech support team at Cisco is also very responsive and training has been excellent.

— Tom Wilcox, Network Administrator, Education Dept

We really have benefited from the SLIC subscription since it is able to help us see malware issues and we also like the idea that using netflow has helped us “probe” our network end-to-end.

— Tom Wilcox, Network Administrator, Education Dept

Stealthwatch a Critical Tool in Managing Security

83% of surveyed IT organizations rated Cisco’s Stealthwatch role in managing cyber security as Critical.

Stealthwatch Improves Security Posture

89% of surveyed IT organizations rated Cisco Stealthwatch’s role in improving security as critical.

Stealthwatch Helps Organizations Detect Malware

79% of surveyed IT organizations rated Stealthwatch as effective at detecting malware / zero-day attacks.

Detect APTs with Stealthwatch

74% of surveyed IT organizations rated Stealthwatch as effective at detecting advanced persistent threats.

Stealthwatch Detects Insider Threats

84% of surveyed IT organizations rated Stealthwatch as effective at detecting insider threats / suspicious behavior.

StealthWatch Accelerates Incident Response

89% of surveyed IT organizations rated StealthWatch as effective at accelerating incident response and forensics.

Stealthwatch Detects DDoS Attacks

68% of surveyed IT organizations rated Stealthwatch as effective at detecting DDoS.

User & Host Level Data Critical for Performance Monitoring

68% of surveyed IT organizations agree that Stealthwatch’s user/host-level information is critical for performance monitoring.

User & Host Level Information Critical for Troubleshooting

89% of surveyed IT organizations agree that Stealthwatch’s user/host-level information is critical for network troubleshooting.

Stealthwatch User & Host Level Data Critical for Security

84% of surveyed IT organizations agree that Stealthwatch’s user/host-level information is critical for security.

Stealthwatch Provides Faster Incident Response

58% of surveyed IT organizations find faster Incident response to be the greatest benefit of the internal visibility provided by Cisco Stealthwatch.

Continuous Internal Monitoring a Major Benefit of Stealthwatch

84% of surveyed IT organizations find continuous internal monitoring to be the greatest benefit of the internal visibility provided by Cisco Stealthwatch.

Stealthwatch Critical for Response to Cyber Threats

89% of surveyed IT organizations rated Cisco Stealthwatch’s Responding to cyber threats as Critical.

68% of surveyed IT organizations find that FlowReplicator reduces configuration time for network infrastructure.

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The Cisco Difference

A small business health care company believes that Cisco stands out from the competition due to its scalability up to 3 million flows per second, user centric monitoring, advanced behavioral detection, flow analytics and customer support.

Providing clear visibilty for incident response

A small business health care company rated Stealthwatch as extremely effective at accelerating incident response and forensics.

Providing real-time visibilty into cyber threats

A small business health care company rated Stealthwatch as extremely effective at detecting DDoS.

Improved Incident Response and Network Visibility

A Global 500 professional services company agrees that early detection of advanced threats (APTs, malware), a faster Incident response, forensics, monitors individual user activity & mobile devices, continuous internal monitoring, contextual & situational awareness, meeting auditing & compliance requirements, and cross-department collaboration are the greatest benefits of the internal visibility provided by Cisco Stealthwatch.

Cisco Provides Advanced Threat Detection

An educational institution agrees that early detection of advanced threats (APTs, malware, etc.), faster Incident response, forensics, continuous internal monitoring, contextual & situational awareness, and cross-department collaboration are the greatest benefits of the internal visibility provided by Cisco Stealthwatch.

Comprehensive Network Visibility

A large enterprise professional services company agrees that faster Incident response and forensics, continuous internal monitoring, and meeting auditing & compliance requirements are the greatest benefits of the internal visibility provided by Cisco Stealthwatch.

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