Streamline Inline Security: Bypass + Intelligent Packet Brokering Optimize Security While Decreasing Cost and Complexity Today’s fast-changing threat landscape may require firewalls, Data Loss Prevention (DLP), intrusion prevention systems (IPSs), anti-virus systems, and other security elements to all be deployed inline. Serial deployment bolsters defenses, but can raise concerns around network uptime, performance, operational ownership, security flexibility, and overall cost. Ixia’s Inline Security Framework offers a proven solution for optimizing inline deployment of security tools while delivering greater security resilience and lowering cost. An intelligent framework including bypass switches and inline packet brokers helps ensure availability, optimize performance, and streamline operation by network security teams.
Ixia Bypass Switches Overview of how using Ixia External Bypass Switches safeguards your networks. Learn more at http://www.ixiacom.com/products/bypass-switches
www.youtube.com Ixia iBypass: Avoid 5 Common Security Risks in One Easy Step With multi-million-dollar security breaches continuing to make headlines, businesses continue to invest in advanced security defenses—next-generation firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (NGFW and NGIPS), data leak prevention (DLP), distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation, and others. But along with the obvious challenge of having to manage the growing complexity, deploying multiple security elements inline can introduce new vulnerabilities and put availability at risk. Several of these can be overcome by installing a simple, low-cost device called a bypass switch along with new security elements. At the most basic level, a bypass switch adds a layer of protection against planned and unplanned events taking down security devices and entire network links. Bypass intelligence removes risk and cost during deployment and day-to-day operation, preventing vulnerabilities from arising as you build out your state-of-the-art security infrastructure.
Taking the Risk and Cost Out of Security Upgrades Migrating to next-generation intrusion prevention systems (NGIPS) or other specialized security tools can be a costly proposition. It can also add risk. You will need to be ready for just about anything, and you can be, if you deploy new tools in tandem with external bypass switches, such as Ixia’s Intelligent Bypass (iBypass) solutions.Along with greater need to maintain high availability (HA), newer security devices deployed inline may also introduce single points of failure in that one failed appliance has the potential to bring down the entire link. Last but not least, the deployment itself may not go as planned, resulting in prolonged downtime and exposure and a too-costly use of precious maintenance windows.
Ixia Security Report 2017 Ixia has 20 years of experience testing networking and network-security appliances. We also provide the industry’s highest performing network packet broker. Along the way, we have seen a dramatic increase in your attack surface, and not just because of additional malware. Organizations must grapple with new cloud technologies, mobile devices on the network, a host of new compliance and monitoring tools, and the rise of the Internet of things.We analyze the impacts of these new trends in our 2017 Security Report, including examinations of the shifting environment of network security, how security reach is expanding, new threats, and new areas of vulnerability. Download the Ixia 2017 Security Report to learn more
Infographic: Security Fabric Secure Networks Have Four Things in Common
White Paper: The Model for Deploying and Integrating Network Security and Monitoring Tools Network security monitoring requires processing and examining data that isexploding within a perimeter that is expanding. Hackers and the tools theyuse to infiltrate enterprise networks and exfiltrate company secrets are moresophisticated than ever. As a result, many organizations are using more securityand network monitoring tools to spot threats and protect their business. Thisrequires a deployment and integration model for inline and out-of-band securitytools to integrate them properly and get the most out of their capabilities.The Ixia Security Fabric is a powerful network visibility engine that ensuresresilient traffic delivery to enterprise security, compliance, and analytics tools.Ixia’s Security Fabric is the foundation for stronger inline and out-of-band securitydeployments. With context-aware and security intelligence data processingengines, the Ixia Security Fabric delivers only relevant, de-duplicated traffic toyour network security and monitoring tools
White Paper: Architecting for Security Resilience Continuous investment is what drives today’s network security. Threats evolve rapidly so enterprises must add, maintain, and upgrade their frontline security multiple times per year. What was once a firewall now also includes a next-gen firewall, web-application firewall (WAF), intrusion detection and prevention system, forensics tools and more. You purchase security tools to protect your network, but what have you done to protect your tools?
Case Study: Payment Services Company Saves $3M Visibility Compliance Saved This Payment Services Company $3,000,000 in Tool Costs with a $290,000 investment, for 10X ROI
White Paper: External Bypass Switches Security is at a premium today for both the enterprise and the consumer. The consumer needs to trust the networks they use, and therefore the enterprise must make securing networks a priority in order to maintain business and brandfidelity.Inline security resources can themselves actually become points of failure and vulnerability. They bring concerns about network uptime, performance, operational ownership, security flexibility and overall costs. Despite redundancy and other protections, they must be taken offline for upgrades and scheduled or unscheduled maintenance. Further, if a tool loses power or becomes overprovisioned, the network link can break and traffic cease to flow.
Case Study: Leading Bank Uses Ixia Net Optics To Optimize Security A prominent U.S.-based bank recently selected Ixia’s Net Optics network visibility solutions to play a powerful role in a breakthrough security monitoring strategy. Within its innovative design, the Ixia Visibility Architecture mitigates the mounting complexities of securing financial industry networks with unrivaled flexibility, performance, and scalability.
Solution Brief: Network Security Investments An Executive Brief for Network Security Investments
Data Sheet: xStream 40 The Ixia xStream™ 40 is a network packet broker purpose-built for fail-safe inline security tools deployment and out-of-band network traffic monitoring for high-speed networks. The need to monitor and inspect all traffic on highvolume 10GbE and 40GbE networks puts pressure on organizations to invest heavily in new 10GbE and 40GbE tools, or risk oversubscribing their current tools.
Data Sheet: Ixia Net Optics iBypass 40-10
Ixia Visibility for the Enterprise Brochure Are users complaining “the network is slow?” Or “Skype isn’t working?” Is your security team chasing too many false positives? Will your data center investment produce the return on investment (ROI) your executive e-staff expects? Stronger applications, tighter security, and higher returns on your IT investment all hinge on being able to see inside your network. Only with total visibility across your physical and virtual networks can your teams—and your tools—make exactly the right decisions at exactly the right time.
