Business Problem

Until recently, the cyber security industry was a disparate group of vendors claiming their respective solutions, tools, systems modules and platforms could ensure bulletproof protection against malicious cyber activities. But hackers and cyber pirates always seemed to find a way around supposedly impenetrable  barriers, matching or eclipsing a vendor's technology with their own uber-sophisticated systems with devastating results. Unlike the single-purposes viruses of a decade ago, today's attacks employ thousands of slightly different threat components that easily elude detection by security measures. The result: compromised digital infrastructures and continued fears of all out cyber warfare.

Who is Affected

All companies, critical network infrastructures, carriers, and government agencies can be affected by a lack of cooperation between their cyber security solution vendors that can put their organizations at risk of a cyber attack or misuse of resources.

Solution

The Narus ecosystem – a coalition of networking companies, security companies, service providers and systems integrators – is composed of alliances, technical relationships and business partnerships.

In our ecosystem model, cyber security vendors interoperate, extending their value through partnerships that combine the best of network forensics, visualization, search tools, databases, security information and event managers with their own solutions. These complementary solutions provide a holistic approach to network protection. 

For example, by complementing existing signature-based approaches with non-signature approaches based on real-time traffic intelligence and dynamic network monitoring and analytics, customers can implement an effective defense-in-depth solution and gain enhanced situational awareness. 

Technology alone is not sufficient to fight cyber crime. Therefore ecosystem partners are coming together as a whole to address gaps in technology, train new cyber warriors, develop best practices and implement processes and policies critical to ensure cyber security. 

Credible Evidence
Narus' sample list of partners includes:

•  ArcSight
•  Netezza
•  FireEye
•  Centrifuge Systems
•  Applied Visions
•  Solera Networks

Benefits

This intra-industry cooperation means more value for customers – and it even changes the way vendors may be evaluated. A vendor working within an ecosystem offers its customers an extended network of partnerships and solutions that provide a layered approach to cyber security. Instead of a singular solution that protects their network, customers have the benefit of many solutions, which ensures a more complete approach to cyber security. 

Contact Chee Tan, Director, Business Development at ctan@narus.com or 408.215.4271 to find out how Narus and its ecosystem partners can help solve your cyber and network security concerns.