Network Traffic Tapping & Packet Mirroring
Full-Duplex Network Wire Data Mirroring & Forwarding
How NEOX Supports IT & OT Network & Security Teams
NEOX supports IT and OT network and security teams by providing secure, lossless network traffic tapping that delivers continuous, real-time access to raw network data without impacting production environments. By passively copying and mirroring traffic directly from critical network links across data center, campus, cloud, industrial, and critical infrastructure environments, NEOX Network TAPs and vTAPs create reliable visibility points for monitoring, troubleshooting, and security analysis. Unlike traditional SPAN or mirror ports, NEOX TAPs ensure a complete, unfiltered, and accurate copy of all packets—including errors and low-level traffic—enabling precise analysis and eliminating blind spots. This approach allows teams to detect performance issues, investigate anomalies, and respond to security incidents with confidence, while maintaining full data integrity and uninterrupted network operations.
NEOX tapping solutions integrate seamlessly with network monitoring, security, and analytics tools by forwarding full-duplex traffic to platforms such as NPB, NDR, IDS, PCAP, and SIEM systems for deeper inspection and correlation. With flexible deployment options—including modular, portable, and virtual TAPs—NEOX enables consistent visibility across physical, virtual, and hybrid cloud environments, ensuring coverage of both north-south and east-west traffic flows. Built with inherent security features such as invisibility on the network, no IP or MAC address, and data diode functionality, NEOX TAPs protect against tampering and unauthorized access while aligning with zero-trust principles. By delivering scalable, high-performance, and highly secure traffic access, NEOX empowers IT and OT teams to improve network visibility, accelerate troubleshooting and mean-time-to-resolution (MTTR), strengthen threat detection, and maintain resilient and compliant operations across enterprise, service provider, and critical infrastructure networks.
NEOX Security Forensics & Experience Monitoring Products
WIRE-LEVEL NETWORK VISIBILITY WITH NETWORK TRAFFIC TAPS
Real-Time Network Data-in-Motion and Network Intelligence Access
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Full Network Transparency
- Up to 400G performance
- 100% network data
- No impairment to data
- In-line bypass version
- Cloud or SDDC version
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Flexibility with Versatility
- Portable or modular
- Plug-and-play
- PoE+ support
- Various split ratios
- Failure protection on power loss
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Zero Trust Security
- Invisible to attackers
- No network access via monitoring port
- Hardened and secure
- Encrypted firmware
- Security seals
Scalable Network Visibility with Tapping
The first step to building a long-lasting, secure, and scalable Network Visibility Taps practice is to carefully select the strategic points in your network and then deploy NEOX Network TAPs there (vs. SPAN). By eliminating packet loss, NEOX Network TAPs support more effective troubleshooting, performance analysis, and security monitoring. As the frames pass through the TAP, it mirrors every frame in the Transmit (Tx) and Receive (Rx) directions separately, with negligible latency, and forwards those out of the dedicated ports toward the network monitoring tools for Full-Duplex Network Visibility. By doing so, you effectively establish a solid foundation for comprehensive Network Monitoring for the long term. Moreover, this approach ensures your network remains secure, efficient, and ready to scale as your needs grow. You immediately start seeing an exact carbon copy of the network traffic going through that fiber, copper wire, or virtual link. As a result, it reveals all network activity for monitoring and analysis by the tools or for forwarding to the Security teams. NEOX Network TAPs significantly improve the effectiveness of network analysis and troubleshooting. Consequently, organizations can maintain optimal application and user experiences, network performance, and security with greater confidence.
Provisioning a Secure and Discrete Way of Monitoring
NEOX Network visibility TAPs are not only secure and undetectable devices, but they can also be passive and require no power or cooling. They are significantly safer as compared to a SPAN port, which not only opens up all kinds of security vulnerabilities but also causes performance interference, making it never a permanent or scalable solution.
NEOX Network TAPs have no MAC or IP address but act simply as a bump in the wire that is not externally visible to anyone, which means it cannot be hacked. Special screws and security seals protect against physical access and tampering. Additionally, air gap and reverse path isolation further ensure foolproof security (such as in OT environments), making it one of the most secure solutions for network monitoring. As a result, organizations can achieve unparalleled protection against cyber threats. Moreover, these inherent security features eliminate the risk of unauthorized access, while maintaining the integrity and confidentiality of network data. Furthermore, by combining these advanced security measures, NEOX Network TAPs provide a robust defense mechanism that aligns with modern zero-trust principles.
Flexibility and Versatility for Multiple Environments
There are a few things to consider when selecting a Network TAP, depending on where you would like to deploy it. For instance, there are NEOX Portable Network TAPs for remote sites, outdoor locations, and field applications, while NEOX Modular Network TAPs are more suitable for fixed rack-mounted locations such as a data center, mobile cell site, HFT/HPC clusters, or IDF/MDF room. Additionally, it’s important to consider the power and cooling requirements, as you may need to choose between a Passive Network TAP (no power supply or fan) or an Active Network packet TAPs. Specifically, the former is available for “tapping” fiber optics links, whereas the latter is designed for fiber or copper links. Furthermore, you also have the option to select more “hardened” and “extra-secure” models for harsher and more exposed locations and industrial and military applications. Lastly, there are Virtual TAPs for VM-based virtual or container-based cloud deployments, which allow you to mirror and observe the network traffic within or across your VPCs.
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