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Stealthwatch for identification of suspicious user behavior

83% of surveyed IT organizations used Stealthwatch to detect or prevent suspicious user behavior.

Visibility and user information combine for second to none forensics

Cisco has allowed us for the first time to truly have visibility of what’s happening within our internal networks and see suspicious traffic as it develops, but it really excels with the integration of identity systems to provide second to none historical forensic data.

— Senior IT Architect, Large Enterprise Financial Services Company

Security Forensics

86% of surveyed IT organizations that primarily use Stealthwatch by Cisco for Security Forensics have used Stealthwatch to detect and/or prevent APTs.

Higher Edu. Orgs Improve Security Posture

84% of surveyed educational institutions enhanced network security posture with Stealthwatch by Cisco.

Enhance Network Security Posture

89% of surveyed IT Security Officers enhanced network security posture with Stealthwatch by Cisco.

Behavior-based Security Monitoring

76% of surveyed IT organizations chose Stealthwatch by Cisco for behavior-based security monitoring.

Real-time Security Monitoring

100% of surveyed IT Security Officers chose Stealthwatch by Cisco for real-time flow monitoring capabilities.

Complete Visibility for Global Enterprises

Cisco’s solution has provided us with better visibility into network activity across our global enterprise. The near real-time data reporting and alerting capabilities enable our team to detect and respond quickly to security incidents as they occur.

— Jeff DeLong, Information Security Architect, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

Network Performance and Security Monitoring

Cisco’s real-time view of network traffic and events is useful for security monitoring and is equally effective at application performance monitoring.

— Chief Security Officer, Small Business Retail Company

Quickly Identify Threats

Stealthwatch helps bring the needle out of the haystack.

— Security Officer, Global 500 Media & Entertainment Company

Internal Host Reputation

Cisco provides immediate knowledge of what a given host has been sending and receiving.

— Senior IT Architect, Global 500 Professional Services Company

Easily Audit Secure Zones

[Stealthwatch] allows us to gain internal network visibility… and easily audit our secure zones to ensure certain types of traffic are not leaving those networks.

— Ryan Laus, Network Administrator, Central Michigan University

Real-time Network Insight

Cisco provides valuable real-time insight and reporting.

— Senior IT Architect, Large Enterprise Professional Services Company

Quickly Detect and Mitigate Malware

Cisco’s Stealthwatch has enabled us to detect malware that other security controls are unable to detect or block, and find the affected sources inside our network, clean them, and reduce bad network traffic.

— IT Architect, Global 500 Professional Services Company

Edge to Access Network Visibility

[Cisco’s] anomaly-based protection has been very instrumental in identifying both internal and external security threats.

— M. Smith, Engineer, United Auto Insurance Group

Greater Network Visibility

[Cisco] provides greater visibility and the ability to zero in on the problem quickly. Ability to trace incidents back to source.

— Ben Petroff, IT Manager, Tembec

Stealthwatch Reduces Mitigation Time for Education Insitutions

91% of surveyed educational institutions reduced the time it took to mitigate a network security incident by 10% to 24% or more by deploying Stealthwatch.

Stealthwatch Intelligence is Invaluable

We lacked visibility into what was happening on the network previously. The intelligence that Cisco gives us is immeasurably valuable in terms of security response, forensics, and knowledge of what is happening on the network.

— Engineer, Medium Enterprise Pharmaceuticals Company

Reduced Mitigation Time

94% of surveyed IT organizations reduced the time it took to mitigate by 10% or more by deploying Stealthwatch.

94%

Visibility into Network Activity with Stealthwatch

83% of surveyed IT organizations meet enterprise requirements by utilizing Stealthwatch by Cisco’s enterprise-wide visibility into network activity.

83%

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