Ixia has launched Vision ONE, a turnkey device that rapidly collects, processes, and filters data and application flow to security and monitoring tool to increase network protection, and improve return on IT investment without sacrificing performance.
Ixia’s Vision ONE provides reliable inline connectivity for security tools such as intrusion prevention systems (IPS), data loss prevention (DLP), and firewalls. Its integrated intelligence features enable users to access encrypted traffic using SSL decryption, reduce analysis traffic using advanced packet processing, and precisely select traffic by application type, geography, and device criteria using deep packet inspection (DPI).
The rise of applications supporting Secure Socket Layer (SSL) encryption is expected to account for nearly two thirds of Internet traffic by the end of 2016, exposing enterprises to new vulnerabilities they need to uncover to remain secure. Vision ONE’s unique SSL decryption feature extends a security teams’ ability to look into encrypted traffic revealing anomalies and intrusions through Ixia’s Application and Threat Intelligence Program (ATIP).
In addition, the new 10GbE version of ThreatARMOR is now available offering line-rate blocking of known-bad sites and unwanted countries, as well as integrated fail-to-wire capability for maximum performance and availability.
“All it takes is one opening for a hacker to gain access to a network and access information critical to a business,” said Zeus Kerravala, principal analyst at ZK Research. “A comprehensive network visibility solution creates the foundation for understanding exactly what is happening in an enterprise network, especially when dealing with the myriad of security tools needed for application and data protection. The ability to see that single, granular point of unusual activity is vital to successfully protecting an organization against threats and hackers.”
“Ixia has combined our industry-leading network visibility capabilities into one, easy-to-use, affordable device, that provides our customers with ‘forensics in seconds’ so they can see everything and miss nothing,” said Deepesh Arora, vice president of product management at Ixia. “As a result, customers can realize a 10X return on their investment, or more, by boosting IT team productivity, rapidly deploying and expanding the life of analytics tools, and improving network availability.”
Network Security without Sacrificing Performance
Overall, Vision ONE enables an enterprise to increase their security quickly and easily. Integrating Ixia’s most powerful network visibility and security solutions, Vision ONE offers a wide range of benefits including:
· Immediate time to value with an intuitive GUI -- inline and out-of-band -- that enables IT professionals to rapidly deploy Vision ONE, and be up and running quickly so they can focus on increasing security rather than configuration
· Zero-loss advanced packet processing improves security tool efficiency with deduplication and packet trimming
· Deep packet inspection optimizes investment in infrastructure by classifying traffic in real time, and directing it to the correct tool according to set parameters, such as application type, geolocation, or handset type
· Sophisticated load balancing maximizes up-time and ensures that no critical data is lost by distributing traffic across a number of monitoring tools
