Network Diagramming Channel Feature

Lancope Offers Network Visibility into Mobile Devices

By Anil Sharma
TMCnet Contributor

Lancope, a provider of application and network performance monitoring, has claimed that its StealthWatch System extends comprehensive network visibility to mobile devices for the security of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) environments.

Lancope is a provider of flow-based monitoring solutions to ensure high-performing and secure networks for global enterprises.

Officials with Lancope said that by analyzing mobile device information collected from existing network infrastructure, StealthWatch cost-effectively detects issues stemming from any device on the network without having to install additional software or deploy expensive probes.

"Mobile users often circumvent corporate security policies and safeguards, and it is too cumbersome - and often impossible – to install and manage security software on every new device," said Joe Yeager, director of product management at Lancope, in a statement.

Yeager said that with 75 percent of companies allowing employee-owned mobile devices to be used at work, now is the time for organizations to adopt a solution like StealthWatch that leverages existing infrastructure to deliver seamless security monitoring for any device that enters the network.

According to company officials, StealthWatch, through sophisticated behavioral analysis, can detect and alarm on anomalous behavior originating from anywhere on the network, including users' personal smartphones, tablets or laptops.

Thanks to this, organizations can now quickly and easily uncover externally-launched attacks such as botnets, worms or advanced persistent threats, as well as internal risks including network misuse, policy violations and data leakage – regardless of the device being used.

"Beginning this year, mobile devices will exceed PCs in both shipments and spending," said Yeager.

He said that meanwhile, Gartner (News - Alert) has predicted that 90 percent of companies will allow corporate applications on personal devices by 2014.

While conventional defenses are losing their efficacy amidst this rapidly-evolving environment, StealthWatch is filling in the gaps and providing the situational awareness needed to maintain high levels of security and performance in light of IT consumerization and BYOD," said Yeager.

In other industry news, as OPNET Technologies (News - Alert) – a provider of network diagramming solutions – got ready to round out its 25th anniversary, it took the time to sit down with TMCnet and reflect on another year in the industry.

“2011 has been an outstanding year for OPNET,” Susan Cole, OPNET Media Relations, told TMCnet. “Significant new offerings were introduced, including AppMapper – the industry’s first fully automated solution for run-time application dependency mapping. OPNET also launched its first SaaS (News - Alert)-based offering in 2011.”

“New capabilities were announced that extend and enhance OPNET’s application performance management for cloud and mobile environments,” she added.