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Lancope and Bradford Networks Announce Integration between StealthWatch System and NAC Solutions
Interoperability Automates Policy Enforcement at Network's Edge with
Pre-Connect Assessment and Post-Connect Monitoring
Atlanta, GA and Concord, NH, March 26, 2008 – Lancope,
Inc., the provider of the StealthWatch™ System, the most
widely used Network Behavior Analysis (NBA) and response solution,
and Bradford Networks, an award-winning provider of comprehensive
network access control (NAC) solutions, today jointly announced
product interoperability to deliver network visibility both
at the core and edge of the enterprise network.
The integration between Lancope’s StealthWatch System
and Bradford Networks’ Campus Manager and NAC Director
solutions provides pre-connect assessment with post-connect
monitoring to automate policy enforcement at the network edge.
Now access control actions to prevent malicious or suspicious
network behavior can take place at the offender’s point
of entry. By combining these two technologies, organizations
can continuously assess hosts responsible for disrupting network
performance and quickly quarantine offenders before any impact
to network availability.
“Our joint solution from Lancope and Bradford Networks
has enhanced our overall network stability in a cost-effective
manner,” said Ryan Laus, network manager for Central
Michigan University. “StealthWatch’s ability to
analyze behavior from all parts of the network combines with
Bradford Networks’ ability to control wired, wireless,
and VPN access to give us unequaled endpoint control and significantly
reduces the time spent to resolve policy violations and network
incidents.”
During the pre-connect process, Bradford Networks’ NAC
solutions grant entry onto the network only after a successful
posture assessment by a persistent or dissolvable agent. If
the same device exhibits malicious or suspicious activity once
connected, Lancope’s StealthWatch quickly identifies
the behavior and sends alarm notification to Bradford Networks’ NAC
solutions. Alarms are mapped to specific network access control
actions, which can be as simple as sending an email to an administrator
or as drastic as moving the offender’s switch port to
an isolation VLAN.
“Customers demand the combination of detecting threats
to the network and then automating the remediation and this
interoperability between top technologies elegantly delivers
this,” said Mike Gadoury, Bradford Networks founder and
CEO.
“As the standard for network access security and
integrity continue to rises, enterprises need to quickly identify
and resolve policy violations and prevent malicious threats
without overburdening IT,” said Harland LaVigne,
president and CEO of Lancope. “StealthWatch combines powerful network performance
monitoring with behavior-based anomaly detection to cost-effectively ensure network
security and availability. Lancope is working with Bradford Networks to extend
the value of existing network infrastructure, while simultaneously enhancing
visibility and security from the network core to the edge.”
For more information about the joint solution,
click here.
About Bradford Networks
Bradford Networks is dedicated to solving
the security challenges facing enterprise, institutions and
government by developing innovative network access control
solutions for wired, wireless and VPN networks that deliver
automated security services by leveraging existing network
infrastructures and investments. Privately held, Bradford Networks
is located in Concord, NH. For more information, call (603)
228-5300 or visit www.bradfordnetworks.com.
About Lancope
Lancope®, Inc. is the provider of the StealthWatch™ System,
the most widely used network behavior analysis (NBA) and response
solution that unifies behavior-based anomaly detection and
network performance monitoring to protect critical information
assets and ensure network availability by preventing costly
downtime, repair and loss of reputation. StealthWatch streamlines
security and network operations into one process, reduces time
and resources, and eliminates the costs and complexity associated
with non-integrated point products. Both OPSEC and Common Criteria-certified,
StealthWatch received the 2008 and 2007 Global Excellence Award
in NBA and was named Best of Show at Interop2006. Defending
the networks of Global 2000 organizations, academic institutions
and government entities, StealthWatch protects hundreds of
enterprise customers worldwide, more than all direct competitors
combined. A contributing member of the Trusted Computing Group,
Lancope also partners with fellow best-of-breed solution providers
through its Technology Alliance Program, which includes Cisco
Systems, Foundry Networks, IBM Tivoli, Check Point, TippingPoint,
ArcSight and A10 Networks. Lancope is a privately held, venture-backed
company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information,
visit www.lancope.com.
© 2008 Lancope, Inc. All rights reserved. Lancope®,
StealthWatch™ and other trademarks are registered or
unregistered trademarks of Lancope, Inc. All other trademarks
are properties of their respective owners. StealthWatch is
covered by U.S. Patent Nos. 7,290,283 and 7,185,368 and other
U.S. and foreign patents pending.
The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein
may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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