Cisco Secure Network Analytics TechFacts : Page 18

Greater Network Visibility

By increasing visibility into our network we are able to correlate data between our network TAPs and Firewall information to generate a ‘larger view’ of whats really going on in the network and from where the activity originated.

— IT Architect, Medium Enterprise Banking Company

Cisco Stealthwatch Customer Statistic

84% of surveyed IT organizations use Stealthwatch with Firewalls.

Cisco makes good on its ROI

We purchased Cisco due to a sense of urgency brought about by the results of an external penetration test. Our organization is relatively small, and the IT focus had been on everything but security for a while. Cisco immediately made clear its ROI due to the overwhelming visibility it provided to events that would likely had never been noticed had we not integrated Stealthwatch into our environment. It is hard to pick a favorite aspect at this juncture besides the Stealthwatch solution as a whole.

— Andrew Chapman, Network Engineer, Alpha Natural Resources

Visibility – Functionality – Customer Support

Stealthwatch provides an holistic view of our network rather than a specific link or part of the network. The rich functionality together with the superb customer support gives us an excellent tool for combating security issues on the network.

— Tony Arnold, Security Manager, The University of Manchester

Drill down into actual flows

[Stealthwatch Solution provides us with] the powerful combination of security with performance visibility, [also allowing] the ability to drill down into the actual flow(s) related to an incident.

— Mark Pleunes, Engineer, Grafisch Lyceum

Great Mapping Feature Allows Focus on Communication

[The Stealthwatch Solution is] very intuitive and easy to use, it allows us see our internal traffic and easily identify hosts that are communicating to places they shouldn’t. The mapping feature is great because it allows you to really focus on communication between specific host groups.

— Ryan Laus, Network Administrator, Central Michigan University

Best part of Stealthwatch…

Knowing that if my manager asks for stats on a client-server connection or history of such a connection, I can go back and give him that information; it’s also extremely helpful in providing our DBA’s and Server team with such connection data / performance data as they plan their projects or iron out issues

— Tom Wilcox, Network Administrator, California Department of Education

Stealthwatch Retail Customer Support

60% of surveyed retail IT organizations rank Cisco’s customer support as excellent or higher.

60%

Stealthwatch flow analytics above par for educational institutions

78% of surveyed educational institution’s IT organizations agree Cisco is differentiated in flow analytics from other competitive products.

Global 500 Companies Pair Stealthwatch with IDS/IPS for added Situational Awareness.

89% of surveyed Global 500 IT organizations use Stealthwatch with IDS / IPS.

Stealthwatch Continuous Internal Monitoring Greatly Benefits Large Enterprises.

82% of surveyed large enterprise IT organizations find continuous internal monitoring to be the greatest benefit of the internal visibility provided by Cisco Stealthwatch.

82%

Stealthwatch Security Critical to Engineers

88% of surveyed engineers at IT organizations rated Cisco Stealthwatch’s ability to improve security as critical.

88%

Stealthwatch working with Firewalls

71% of surveyed IT organizations use Stealthwatch with firewalls for enhanced awareness and better context.

Visibility Critical to Health Care Professionals

73% of surveyed health care IT organizations rated Cisco Stealthwatch’s monitoring visibility as critical.

Stealthwatch a major time-saver when used for advanced threat detection!

100% of the surveyed IT organizations using Stealthwatch primarily for advanced threat detection say Stealthwatch saves weeks or more per incident for determining Mean-Time-To-Identify threats and Mean-Time-To-Know root cause.

Detecting Threats / Suspicious Behavior

67% of surveyed Fortune 500 IT organizations rated Stealthwatch as ‘effective’ at detecting insider threats / suspicious behavior.

Accelerating Incident Response

83% of surveyed IT organizations rated Stealthwatch effective at accelerating incident response and forensics.

Performance Monitoring & Diagnostics.

63% of surveyed educational institution IT organizations are currently using Stealthwatch for network performance monitoring & diagnostics.

User Intelligence Critical for Forensics

56% of surveyed IT organizations agree that Stealthwatch’s user/host-level information is critical for forensics.

56%

Cisco’s Customer Support goes above and beyond

78% of surveyed IT organizations rank Cisco’s customer support as above average or higher.

78%

User Intelligence Critical for Troubleshooting

71% of surveyed IT organizations agree that Stealthwatch’s user/host-level information is critical for network troubleshooting.

71%

User Intelligence Critical for Security

72% of surveyed IT organizations agree that Stealthwatch’s user/host-level information is critical for security.

Detect Bad Actors

…I can immediately see who is misbehaving [on the network]. It is a great documented source for our incident reports.

— Joe Zertuche, Information Security, School of Medicine, Stanford University

Differentiated Value in 1:1 Flows

40% of surveyed IT organizations agree Cisco is differentiated in 1:1 flows from other competitive products.

Stealthwatch drill down abilities

[Stealthwatch] has the ability to drill down into information from a single console.

— Matthew Frederickson, IT Director, Council Rock School District

Faster Mean-Time-To-Know

86% of surveyed IT organizations save hours or more per incident when determining Mean-Time-To-Identify threats and Mean-Time-To-Know root cause using Stealthwatch.

Stealthwatch System provides insight

Cisco’s Stealthwatch System is a product that provides so much insight into what is really happening within your network, and gives the best blend of advance notice of problems combined with historic reporting using standard flow data. Couple this with outstanding support, sales, marketing, and active collaboration with customers and it’s a winning solution.

— Steve Mould, Senior IT Architect, Experian

Detect Insider Threats

72% of surveyed IT organizations rated Stealthwatch as effective at detecting Insider Threats / Suspicious behavior.

Network Analysis & Visibility

90% of surveyed IT organizations are currently using Stealthwatch for Network Analysis & Visibility.

Expert Support

[Stealthwatch provides] access to the highly trained staff to help us talk through alerts and issues that we have on our network.

— Doug Wilson, IT Systems Analyst, Webster Financial Corporation

TechValidate Research on Cisco Secure Network Analytics

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