Middle Eastern Financial Company
CHALLENGE
Inline security needed to pass suspect data between multiple security tools
SOLUTION
iBypass 40-10 switch, xStream 40 NPB
RESULTS
Including bypass plus packet broker allowed inline tools to safely support serial analysis of data
Extending usable life of existing IPS security tools saved the firm $680K
European Wireless Service Provider
CHALLENGE
Support integration of lawful intercept information for regulatory compliance and load balance 40 GB data over multiple 10 GB capacity tools
SOLUTION
NTO 7300 NPB, Flex Tap
RESULTS
NPB delivered filtered data for lawful intercept compliance; filtered data for QoS and NPM tools
NPB load balancing extended monitoring tool lifespans saving $200K on CAPEX tool costs
European Financial Payment Processor
CHALLENGE
Stronger security was required to protect cardholder data and avoid PCI-DSS fines.
SOLUTION
Security Fabric with NPBs and iBypass Switches in high availability configuration
RESULTS
PCI compliance eliminated fines of $10K/day
Ability to share security tools freed $3M for purchase
of other tools to strengthen overall security posture
Delivered 10X ROI on cost of Security Fabric
University of Texas at Austin
CHALLENGE
Monitor massive volumes of data for network optimization and security concerns at 100GE
SOLUTION
NTO 7300 NPB, NTO 6212 NPB,
ATI Processor, 100GE interfaces
RESULTS
Deployed Intelligent Visibility solutions including NPBs with application filtering and monitoring
Reduced intrusion detection system (IDS) capacity demands by 20-30%
Solution paid for itself within 1 year
North American Healthcare Provider
CHALLENGE
Customer needed to upgrade perimeter firewall to pass HIPAA audit and avoid costly penalties and also wanted to protect network from tool failures.
SOLUTION
Security Fabric with NPBs, iBypass switches
RESULTS
Eliminated all single points-of-failure to protect network
Active-active HA configuration achieved fastest failover in PoC testing
Avoided $1.5 million in annual penalties
Fortune 1000 North American
CHALLENGE
Multiple 10GE inline security tools were causing transaction latencies in their 40GE network
SOLUTION
xStream 40 NPB
RESULTS
Achieved 1 microsecond transaction latency
Doubled tool efficiency with traffic load balancing and aggregation across 10/40GE tools
Saved CAPEX by not having to replace 10GE tools after upgrade
Cook Children’s Healthcare
CHALLENGE
Complaints of network “slowness”, network troubleshooting takes days, and lack of application performance trending
SOLUTION
NTO 5236 NPB with AFM
RESULTS
Monitoring scans identified app problems/slowness
Realized 80% reduction in MTTR
Duplicate packet removal increased efficiency – 50% of the original traffic was duplicated
Hi-Tech Cyber Security & Research Corporation
CHALLENGES
Inefficient utilization and ineffectiveness of security tools
SOLUTION
NTO 5288 with Advanced Feature Module
RESULTS
Increased tool efficiency 100% by removing 50-80% of duplicated network traffic
Improved tool efficiency and delayed CAPEX
through load balancing
Global Online Coupon Leader
CHALLENGE
A recent 10G upgrade left security and performance monitoring tools overburdened and they were seeking a solution to limit 10G tool upgrades.
SOLUTION
Network packet broker
RESULTS
Load balancing provided parallel deployment of two or more inline security tools
Oversubscription of tools was eliminated
Traffic monitored at line rate without delays
Military Base
CHALLENGE
A core network upgrade also required an upgrade to expensive 10G traffic recorders that they did not have budgeted
SOLUTION
Fiber taps, Network packet broker (NPB)
RESULTS
NPBs allowed them to share traffic recorders on multiple 10G links saving them 50% in traffic recorder purchases
Improved forensic and compliance capabilities
Major Transportation Company
CHALLENGE
Lack of SPAN ports for all monitoring tools and slow network/application performance
SOLUTION
Two NTO 5204 NPB
RESULTS
Monitoring probe resource contention eliminated due to SPAN/Tap port sharing
80% reduction in troubleshooting time – reduced from 1 week to 1 day
Eliminated SPAN port data collectors saving $140K
Managed Security Services Provider
CHALLENGE
Needed faster debugging / problem resolution while decreasing SLAs penalties
SOLUTION
Two NTO 5236 NPB
RESULTS
Problem resolution time was reduced 75%
Eliminated $50K in SLA penalties
Saved $200K with a 4 to 1 reduction in performance monitoring appliances
Solution paid for itself with 167% ROI over 1 year
Canadian Airline Corporation
CHALLENGE
Existing monitoring infrastructure caused major delays for security and operations team to diagnose and fix network issues
SOLUTION
Four network packet brokers (NPBs)
RESULTS
Reduced mean time to resolution (MTTR) by no longer manually cabling tools to ports
Load balancing and de-duplication reduced the number of IDS tools from 8 to 1, an 87% savings
North American Equipment Manufacturer
CHALLENGE
Network availability issues across 150 sites, SPAN filtering was becoming complex, needed to centralize and simplify monitoring strategy
SOLUTION
Seven NTO 5236 NPB
RESULTS
Eliminated SPAN and port mirroring issues
Increased monitoring team efficiency by 200%
NTO GUI was easy and intuitive to use, it significantly reduced traffic filter creation time
North American Food Manufacturer
CHALLENGE
Lack of SPAN ports for all monitoring tools existed and troubleshooting was time consuming
SOLUTION
Vision ONE NPB
RESULTS
SPAN port contention issue eliminated
MTTR was reduced by 70%
Unnecessary traffic to the web server decreased by 80%
North American Energy Developer
CHALLENGES
Monitoring tools were either overwhelmed or underutilized; the company did not know which network apps were running slowly or why
SOLUTION
Six network packet brokers (NPBs)
RESULTS
Balanced monitoring tool utilization and eliminated SPAN port contention with load balancing and packet deduplication
Solved their network application performance issues with always-on data access for tools
Large North American Pharmacy
CHALLENGE
Current solution was an obstacle to problem resolution and role-based access for teams
SOLUTION
Eight NTO 5236 and two NTO 5288 NPBs
RESULTS
75% reduction in MTTR meant faster problem resolution and fewer e-commerce portal outages
Role-based access reduced department friction
Improved PCI compliance with packet slicing
North American Financial Institution
CHALLENGE
Validate configuration changes in the lab to reduce operational costs and reduce risk
SOLUTION
BreakingPoint, Bypass, xStream 40 NPB
RESULTS
New process tests all configuration and upgrade changes prior to going live
Eliminates 120 vendor code defects per year
Saved $800K in first year on operations costs
Implemented HA solution for inline security tools