cPacket enhances forensic analytics

By combining its cVu and its new cStor products under a centralised dashboard, network security specialist,  cPacket is now able to provide bsuinesses with proactive detection of imminent network challenges as they happen, as well as detailed forensic examination of incidents based on historical traffic recording. 

This new integrated solution streamlines the operational process and minimises the time to resolution of complex performance and security issues. The integration lowers both the upfront costs and the on-going operational expense, while providing what the company claims is the most advanced performance analytics in the market.

The cStor technology complements cPacket’s existing cVu products, which provide real-time performance monitoring, with the ability to record high-speed traffic for forensic analysis of operational issues and security incidents. The company’s centralised dashboard, SPIFEE, provides simple unified access to both the real-time information and the packet traffic recording at a centralised location.

The company sees this as a game-changing solution that redefines the underlying monitoring architecture.  In the past, network monitoring was prohibitively expensive and consequently limited to only a few locations in the network. However, cPacket relies on ubiquitous smart ports (sensors) deployed across the entire network environment, which are powered by cPacket’s proprietary Algorithmic chip.

The novel distributed architecture supports centralised access to the information from all the cPacket smart ports. This provides granular detection of imminent failures, threats, or error conditions before they have a negative impact on critical business activities. The company offers a simple centralised dashboard, which allows operators to leverage this pervasive intelligence to enhance organizations’ operational efficiency and agility.

“In the same way that video recordings can help forensically investigate a crime scene in the physical world, cPacket’s cStor device helps network operations and security personnel investigate network incidents,” said Rony Kay, founder and CEO of cPacket Networks. “Our new cStor enables detailed analysis - both as part of an immediate incidence-response and after-action review – at an unprecedented price point.

“Dependence on network performance increases with the modern applications’ consumption model that relies on virtualisation, datacentres, and higher speed connectivity. As the speed, volume, and complexity of traffic increases, it becomes more critical to have an efficient and agile operational process to detect issues proactively, respond in a timely manner, and enable after-action-reviews to drive corrective actions.”

The new cStor is available in several configurations as modular units that can store 16 to 32 Tbytes of packet-data. Each 2U appliance can record full 10G line rate under stressful traffic conditions.