In the ever-escalating contest against sophisticated cyber adversaries, the principle that threats unseen cannot be effectively countered has become a paramount concern. Deficiencies in comprehensive network visibility invariably create exploitable blind spots, affording malicious actors the opportunity to infiltrate digital infrastructures, traverse laterally within them, and exfiltrate sensitive data over protracted periods. This extended “dwell time” demonstrably exacerbates the resultant damage and financial implications associated with data security incidents.
The gravity of this challenge is consistently highlighted by authoritative industry analyses. The IBM Cost of a Data Breach Report 2024 reveals a concerning trend, with the global average cost of a data breach reaching a record $4.88 million, representing a substantial ten percent increase year-over-year. Compounding this issue, the report indicates that the mean time to identify and subsequently contain a data breach remains alarmingly protracted, at 258 and 84 days respectively, underscoring the extended operational window frequently available to malicious entities within compromised network environments.
Similarly, the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report, a comprehensive analysis encompassing over 30,000 security incidents and confirming in excess of 10,000 data breaches, reinforces this critical point. The reports findings consistently emphasize that system intrusion remains a leading action vector in successful breaches. Such intrusions are frequently facilitated by the exploitation of vulnerabilities and subsequent lateral movement – clandestine activities that are notoriously challenging to detect and mitigate without the benefit of profound and granular network awareness. Furthermore, the report highlights a significant surge in the exploitation of vulnerabilities, exhibiting an almost threefold increase (180%) compared to the preceding year, with web applications often serving as the initial point of compromise. This trend underscores the critical imperative for real-time network monitoring capabilities to promptly identify and respond to such exploits before they culminate in significant data security breaches.
The aforementioned data compellingly illustrate a critical tenet: the longer malicious activities remain concealed within a network infrastructure, the more substantial and detrimental their ultimate impact becomes. Therefore, illuminating the shadows – achieving comprehensive network visibility – transcends the realm of a desirable security enhancement; it constitutes a fundamental prerequisite for effectively mitigating cyber risk, significantly reducing threat dwell time, and minimizing the potentially devastating consequences of contemporary cyberattacks within increasingly intricate network ecosystems. It is within this critical context that solutions such as the NEOX PacketOwl Series emerge, offering a potent instrument for gaining profound insight into network traffic and effectively dispelling these perilous blind spots.
Unveiling the Unseen: The NEOX PacketOwl Series – 100Gbps Visibility for a Zero-Trust World
In the persistently evolving and increasingly hostile landscape of cyber threats, the capacity to observe and comprehend network activity in real-time has transitioned from a mere operational advantage to an indispensable element for organizational resilience. A deficiency in thorough network visibility invariably engenders exploitable lacunae, enabling malicious actors to surreptitiously infiltrate digital infrastructures, navigate laterally within them, and exfiltrate sensitive data over extended durations. This protracted “dwell time” significantly amplifies the resultant damage and financial ramifications associated with data security breaches.
Central to addressing this critical challenge is the NEOX PacketOwl Series, a sophisticated suite of integrated appliances meticulously engineered to furnish unparalleled network visibility through its high-performance Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS), Network Security Monitoring (NSM), and Network Detection & Response (NDR) functionalities.
At its technological core, the NEOX PacketOwl Series is predicated upon an unwavering commitment to exceptional performance. By integrating an advanced, Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)-based architecture with a meticulously Open Suricata-optimized threat detection engine, PacketOwl distinguishes itself as an industry-leading solution within its category, exhibiting the capacity to analyze network traffic at a sustained rate of 100 Gigabits per second (Gbps). This substantial computational capability empowers security teams to identify, analyze, log, and generate alerts pertaining to cyber threats in real-time, thereby facilitating a proactive and robust defense against a broad spectrum of malicious activities.
Uncompromising, High-Velocity Visibility:
A particularly salient characteristic of the NEOX PacketOwl Series is its inherent lossless design. Within high-throughput network environments, conventional security appliances frequently encounter limitations in maintaining pace with the sheer volume of data, often resulting in dropped packets and, consequently, the creation of critical blind spots within network visibility. In contradistinction, the PacketOwl possesses the capability to capture and meticulously analyze every discrete packet traversing the network at speeds of up to 100Gbps, thereby ensuring zero-loss inspection. This fundamental attribute positions it as the fastest open-source platform predicated upon Suricata technology currently available, providing an exhaustive and precise depiction of network activity.
Adaptive Models for Diverse Data Requirements:
The NEOX PacketOwl Series encompasses a range of meticulously engineered models designed to accommodate a spectrum of data storage requirements, all while retaining the formidable 100Gbps analysis engine:
- NX-NSMPO-100G-90TB: 90 Terabytes (TB) of Solid-State Drive (SSD) storage capacity
- NX-NSMPO-100G-180TB: 180 TB of SSD storage capacity
- NX-NSMPO-100G-360TB: 360 TB of SSD storage capacity
- NX-NSMPO-100G-760TB: Industry-leading 760 TB of SSD storage capacity
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With an impressive tenure exceeding over 25 years in IT and security, Dr. Erdal Ozkaya is a distinguished figure in the global cybersecurity landscape, dedicated to defending organizations from virtual perils. Serving as the CISO for NEOX, Dr. Ozkaya is at the vanguard, crafting cybersecurity strategies and guiding the information security risk management. Dr. Ozkaya is zealous about navigating cybersecurity quandaries and propelling digital innovation across the corporate realm and society at large. His extraordinary leadership and acumen have not gone unnoticed, garnering recognition as a top 50 tech luminary by IDC and CIO Online, and earning the prestigious title of Global Cybersecurity Influencer of the Year from the InfoSec Awards.